Apple’s iOS 15.6 is here and ready to be downloaded to your iPhone. The follow-up to iOS 15.5, released July 20, folds in bug fixes, a lengthy list of security updates and a new feature for watching live sports in the TV app. With iOS 15.6, the TV app will now let you restart live …
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WatchOS 9: All the New Apple Watch Features Coming Soon
The WatchOS 9 public beta has just arrived, along with iOS 16, and the Apple Watch is getting a major software update. Expect in-depth running metrics, new watch faces and even some clues about the rumored Apple Watch Series 8. The beta update lets us preview most of the new features ahead of the general release in the fall, likely the …
Read More »Google Maps’ Historical Street View Is Coming to iOS and Android
Google Maps’ Street View has been around for 15 years. To mark the occasion, the tech giant on Tuesday unveiled a new camera and announced it’s bringing historical Street View to Android and iOS. Historical Street View allows you to view historic imagery from a location and see how a place has changed over time, dating back to 2007 when …
Read More »Apple iOS 15.5 Is Available Now
After releasing iOS 15.5 to developers last Thursday, Apple launched the new update more widely on Monday. Most of the changes coming with 15.5 are minor, mainly tweaks to apps and updates that seem to lay the foundation for larger changes in the future. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Killed the Last iPod 6:43 The update includes two main enhancements: …
Read More »YouTube Doesn’t Allow PiP on the iPhone. Here’s How You Can Do It Anyway.
Apple introduced Picture in Picture mode back in 2020 with the release of iOS 14, which allows you to watch videos in a floating window anywhere on your phone or tablet. If you want to watch Netflix or HBO Max without being in the app, you can easily do so by swiping up out of it, which usually enables PiP …
Read More »iPhone Smart Stacks Will Make You Love Your Home Screen
If you have iOS 15 or 14 downloaded on your iPhone, you have access to all sorts of fun ways to customize your home screen. You can switch up your app icons, take advantage of a pseudo app drawer called App Library and experiment with widgets. (Plus, rumors suggest that iOS 16, which Apple could show off at WWDC in June, might introduce bigger …
Read More »iOS 15.4.1 Is Here and Has an iPhone Battery Drain Fix
A new iPhone update arrived recently: iOS 15.4.1. Coming on the heels of iOS 15.4, this update is relatively small but still important: It resolves a battery-draining bug and fixes a security flaw that Apple says “may have been actively exploited” on some devices. Read more: iOS 16 Wish List: New iPhone Features We Hope Apple Debuts at WWDC Some iPhone users took …
Read More »iMovie’s Latest Update Will Make Your Movie For You
I shoot a lot of video footage these days, but I don’t do a lot of video edits. Apple’s latest iMovie update for iOS seems to be speaking to me: iMovie 3.0 introduces new modes that promise to make the video editing process a lot more automatic. And, in one case, it’ll do everything for you. Will that make me …
Read More »Don’t Just Comment in Google Docs. React to Text With Emoji, Too
Google says that Google Docs users will be able to use emoji reactions in documents. The new feature will be on by default, but it can be turned off. “The new emoji reactions feature provides a less formal alternative to comments to express your opinions about document content,” Google said in a blog post last week. Google said this feature will …
Read More »Customize Your iPhone Home Screen With Aesthetic Apps and Widgets
Apple’s iPhone has always lagged behind Android phones in terms of customizing its home screen, but last year’s release of iOS 14 changed quite a bit. iPhone users now have the ability to create home-screen themes filled with their own unique app icons and widgets. When paired with custom wallpaper, personalized themes can create quite an aesthetic effect. And with …
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