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In iOS 17, the Automatic ‌AirPlay‌ feature that was available for TVs in iOS 16 has expanded to include speakers as well. Here's how to control the new ‌AirPlay‌ functionality. Previously in iOS 16, Apple allowed iPhones to discover and automatically connect to any frequently used Apple TV or smart TV with ‌AirPlay‌ support when playing content from apps that you regularly used with ‌AirPlay‌. ...

In iOS 17, Safari has gained a new feature called Profiles, which is designed to help separate your browsing sessions into things like Work, School, or Personal. Here's how to use it in the beta and when iOS 17 is released to the general public later this month. In ‌iOS 17‌, Apple expands on Tab Groups with a Profile feature that is designed to let you separate your browsing for...

Apple in iOS 17 has added support for saving screenshots of entire webpage articles and other long-form app content to the Photos app. Keep reading to learn how it's done. Previously in iOS 16, Apple included an option in the system's screenshot interface to capture scrollable content in apps like Safari and Notes and save it as a multi-page PDF document. In iOS 17, Apple has extended the ...

In iOS 17, Siri has learned a few more useful features worth knowing about. One is the ability to use Siri to send messages to friends and family over compatible third-party apps. Keep reading to learn how it's done. When you ask ‌Siri‌ to send a message in iOS 17, you can now tap to select which app on your iPhone that you want to send it from. This allows you to send messages not just...

In iOS 17, Apple has added several new Messages features and tweaked the interface design of the Messages app to give it a cleaner look. This means that the way you navigate and perform certain actions in the messaging app has changed quite a bit. For example, previously in iOS 16, sending a voice message involved tapping the waveform icon in the row of apps below the text input field to...

Apple in iOS 17 introduced a new feature for Mail and Messages that can automatically delete one-time verification codes after you have used them. Here's how it works on iPhone and iPad. These days, many websites and services use one-time passcodes sent via SMS or over email for verification purposes, but these one-time codes can soon clog up your Mail inbox and Messages app. Thankfully...

In iOS 17, still in beta, Apple has added an accessibility setting that makes the haptic feedback feature activate faster than in previous versions of its mobile operating system. If you fondly hearken back for the days of 3D Touch, you might just prefer it. As many iPhone users might remember, ‌‌3D Touch‌‌ was an interactive haptic feature that Apple introduced in 2015 with the...

In iOS 17, Apple has added several new features to its Messages app to make communicating with other Apple users more creative and fun. One such feature is the ability to use emoji as stickers. This article shows you how it's done. Stickers have been in the Messages app for years now, but not much has changed about them - until now. That's because in iOS 17 Apple treats all standard emoji as ...

In iOS 17, Apple has added several new features to its Messages app to make communicating with other Apple users more creative and fun. One such feature is the ability to add effects to your stickers. Keep reading to learn how it works. iMessage stickers arrived way back in iOS 10, allowing users to resize stickers, put them on top of chat bubbles, add them in photos, and stick them on top...

Apple in ‌iOS 16‌ introduced a Remove Subject From Background option for photos on your iPhone, and in ‌iOS 17‌, you can also use the feature to create and save your own stickers. Keep reading to learn how it works. In iOS 16, Apple enhanced its Visual Look Up capability for photos by making it possible to isolate the subject of a picture from its background so that you can copy it to...

In iOS 17, Apple has added several new Messages features and tweaked the interface design of the Messages app to give it a cleaner look. This means that the way you navigate and perform certain actions in the messaging app has changed quite a bit. For example, previously in iOS 16, sharing photos involved tapping the Photos icon in the row of apps below the text input field to access your...

In iOS 17, Apple not only added several new Messages features, but also tweaked the interface design of the Messages app to give it a cleaner look. This means that the way you navigate and manage some aspects of the app – including iMessage sticker apps – has changed quite a bit. Keep reading to learn how it's done. iMessage stickers arrived way back in iOS 10, allowing users to resize...

StandBy is a customizable Lock Screen mode in iOS 17 that activates only when an ‌iPhone‌ is positioned on its side (i.e. horizontally in landscape orientation) while connected to a charging cable, a MagSafe charger, or a Qi-based wireless charger. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. Think of it as a kind of smart display for your ‌‌‌iPhone‌‌‌ that offers fast...

StandBy is a new customizable Lock Screen mode in iOS 17 and later that activates when an ‌iPhone‌ is charging and positioned on its side. If you charge your ‌‌iPhone‌‌ at night, StandBy automatically adapts to low light and takes on a red tone, but there's a way to stop this from happening. Keep reading to learn how. At night, StandBy mode will get darker if the room you're in is...

StandBy is a Lock Screen mode that activates when an ‌iPhone‌ is plugged into a charger and positioned in a horizontal (or landscape) orientation. It consists of three different screens, one of which is the fullscreen photos view. Keep reading to learn how you can customize it. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. StandBy's second screen shows content from your Photo...

WhatsApp has rolled out a new option that lets users send photos and video over the messaging platform in high resolution. Keep reading to learn how it's done. WhatsApp has released an update allowing iPhone and Android users to send photos and videos in high resolution, finally addressing the service's low quality media sharing limitation. Called "HD quality," the option means users can...

StandBy is a Lock Screen mode that activates when an ‌iPhone‌ is plugged into a charger and positioned in a horizontal (or landscape) orientation. It consists of three different screens, the last of which is the fullscreen clock display. Keep reading to learn how to change the style of the clock. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. StandBy's third screen shows the time ...

StandBy mode on iPhone is a customizable Lock Screen mode introduced in iOS 17 that activates when an ‌‌iPhone‌‌ is charging and positioned on its side. Think of it as a kind of smart display for your ‌‌iPhone‌‌ that offers fast access to different screens of glanceable information that can be viewed at a distance, when your device is charging on a kitchen, desk, or nightstand, for example. Subscri ...

In iOS 17, Apple has added a new dimension to the Lock Screen by including a new horizontal StandBy mode that turns your iPhone into an information hub when it's not in use. This article explains how to prevent the mode from displaying notifications. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. StandBy mode activates when an ‌‌iPhone‌‌ is plugged into a charger and positioned ...

In iOS 17, Apple Music has got some new features that should make using the Music app and the ‌‌Apple Music‌‌ streaming service in general a more enjoyable and immersive experience. One new new ‌Apple Music‌ feature in particular that rival music streaming services have had for some time is the ability to crossfade tracks, so now you can smoothly transition between songs so that the music...