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With the launch of iPhone 14 and new Apple Watch models, Apple introduced a new safety feature called Crash Detection. Keep reading to learn what it is, how it works, and how to turn it on and off. What Is Crash Detection? Crash Detection is designed to detect severe car crashes in passenger cars. If you're in a severe crash and unresponsive, your Apple device can automatically call...

Apple's AirTags are small, button-shaped devices that are designed to be attached to items like keys and wallets to allow these accessories to be tracked using Bluetooth right alongside Apple devices in the Find My app. If you've set up a AirTag and attached it to an item, you'll want to know how to track it so that you can locate the attached item, should you misplace it. If your iPhone or...

On Apple Watch, there's an option in watchOS that lets your iPhone unlock your watch as long as the ‌iPhone‌ is unlocked (Settings -> Passcode -> Unlock With ‌iPhone‌). Enabling this option means you don't have to input a passcode twice in the morning – one on your Apple Watch when you put it on your wrist, and one on your ‌iPhone‌ when you unlock it for the first time. However, we've heard...

In watchOS 9, Apple has added a new Low Power Mode for Apple Watch Series 4 and later that is designed to extend the battery life of your device beyond the usual "up to 18 hours" of life on a single charge in normal use that Apple advertises. Keep reading to learn how the function works and how to enable it. For some years now, many Apple Watch fans have been clamoring for a new model that...

In iOS 16, Apple added a new setting that allows you to hang up on an active phone or FaceTime call using the virtual assistant, Siri. Keep reading to learn how it works. With each version of iOS, Apple seeks to improve the accessibility features of its mobile operating system to ensure that as many people can use it as easily as possible, and that's been no different in its latest release,...

In iOS 16, Apple has expanded the reach of its Live Text feature, which can recognize text in not just photos, but also videos now, too. Keep reading to learn how to use it. In iOS 15, Apple introduced a feature called Live Text that can recognize text when it appears in your camera's viewfinder or in a photo you've taken and let you perform several actions with it. In iOS 16, this ability...

In iOS 16, Apple added a new Safety Check feature that's designed to make it easy for users to quickly reset all of the data and location access that they have granted to other people. Keep reading to learn how it works and how to use it. Safety Check is a new option in iOS 16 that lets you stay aware of and reset all of the access to your data and location that you have granted to others....

In iOS 16, Apple can deliver security updates to iPhones without having to update the entire operating system. Keep reading to learn how it works and how you can disable it if you prefer. In the past, some of Apple's most important point releases of its iOS mobile operating system have been linked to critical security updates that are designed to keep you and your private data safe and...

On Apple Watch Ultra, Apple Watch SE, and Apple Watch Series 6 and later, the redesigned Compass app can be used to create Compass Waypoints and then find the distance and direction between them. Here's how it works. In watchOS 9, the Compass app has been redesigned and now has an adaptive watch face showing your bearing at the center. If you scroll the Digital Crown, you can also view your...

In iOS 16, it's possible to create a shared iCloud Photo Library and then invite up to five other friends with Apple products to view photos, contribute photos, and edit photos. If you've already created an iCloud Shared Photo Library that other friends have access to, you can get notified by iOS 16 whenever a photo you contributed to the library is deleted by someone else. Alternatively, ...

In iOS 16, Apple has introduced an iCloud Shared Photo Library that aims to make it easer to share photos with your friends and family. Keep reading to learn how it works and how you can use it. With the new ‌iCloud‌ Shared Photo Library in iOS 16, a new option in the Photos app lets you create a shared library and then invite anyone with an Apple device to view the photos, contribute photos...

In iOS 16, it's possible to create a shared iCloud Photo Library and then invite up to five other friends with Apple products to view photos, contribute photos, and edit photos. If you've already created an iCloud Shared Photo Library and still have space for more friends and family to join, you can do so by following the steps below. Just be aware that as the creator of the shared...

In iOS 16, it's possible to create a shared iCloud Photo Library that allows up to five other friends with Apple products to contribute photos to. This means if you are all at the same event, you can have your iPhone camera automatically upload new shots to the same shared library for you to enjoy and look back on together. In the Camera app, you can tap a new icon that looks like two...

In iOS 16, Apple has made some significant improvements to the the Weather app, such as making each panel tappable to view more granular details about the current forecast information. Apple has also added an option to get alerts for severe weather. Here's how to set it up. The Weather app in ‌iOS 16‌ is able to send a notification if there is a severe weather alert issued near you, so...

In iOS 16, Apple has brought some notable improvements to the Photos app, one of which is the ability to undo and redo individual adjustments that you make to your pictures. Keep reading to learn how it's done. In previous versions of iOS, whenever you made edits to a picture in Apple's stock ‌Photos‌ app, if you weren't happy with the results then you had to manually change the edited...

In iOS 16, Apple has brought some notable improvements to the Photos app, one of which is the ability to copy edits you make to an image and then paste them to other pictures. Keep reading to learn how it's done. If you have multiple photos that you want to edit in the same way, or if you've made changes to one photo that you want to replicate in another photo, you can use the new copy and...

In previous versions of iOS, relying on your iPhone to automatically track down duplicate photos in your Photo Library wasn't an option, and if you wanted to purge your device's storage of duplicates you had to download a third-party app to do it for you. In iOS 16, however, that's no longer the case, because the Photos app will now automatically detect any duplicates in your library and...

Sometimes you might not want certain pictures shot on your iPhone or iPad to take pride of place in your Photo Library, but for whatever reason, you don't want to just outright delete them. That's why Apple has always included a Hidden album in the Photos app. In previous versions of iOS, the problem was that the Hidden album remained in full view in the Albums section of the ‌Photos‌ app, or...

In iOS 16, Apple has expanded system-wide translation to the Camera app, which means you can use your iPhone's camera to translate signs, menus, packaging, and more in real-time. Keep reading to learn how it's done. Apple entered the translation game when it released iOS 14 with native Safari browser translation and a dedicated translation app. iOS 15 then extended machine translation to...

Apple's iOS software includes a Clock app that also has a handy timer feature, but you don't even need to open the Clock app to use it. Keep reading to learn how to set a timer on your iPhone in a jiffy. Whether you're busy cooking or just want to limit the amount of time you spend on a certain task, timers come in handy for all sorts of things. And the quicker you can set a timer, the more...