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Google Maps this week updated its iOS app with a new "Follow" feature, letting you keep track of events and news from your favorite local restaurants, bakeries, or bars. You can follow a location by searching for it in Google Maps on iOS, and then tapping "Follow" under the hours of operation. After you follow a business, all of their updates then appear in the new "For You" tab of Google...

Have you recently found yourself singing some song lyrics only to discover that you're unable to remember the actual name of the song they belong to? As an Apple Music subscriber, you can quickly search the entire ‌Apple Music‌ catalog using just a short lyric phrase, allowing you to find the song in question and add it to your library or your favorite playlist for safekeeping. Here's how it...

As an Apple Music subscriber, you can use Siri as a personal DJ to control song playback, queue up songs, find song facts, add songs to your library, play your favorite playlists, or even play something new. Below is a list of ‌Siri‌ commands that will work on any iPhone or iPad with an internet or cellular connection. Simply say "Hey ‌Siri‌" or press and hold the Side button/Home button on...

If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can view the lyrics for your favorite songs right from within the Music app on your iPhone or iPad. First, you'll need to start playing a song in the ‌Apple Music‌ catalog or in your library. Once a song is playing, tap on the song's banner just above the ‌Apple Music‌ menu bar at the bottom to bring up the full song interface. From here, there are...

In Apple Music, you can easily create playlists and combine music from your own collection with music from the ‌Apple Music‌ catalog. Here's how to do it. Create a Playlist on iPhone and iPad Launch the Music app on your iOS device and find a song that you want to start a playlist with. Long press or 3D Touch on the song. Choose Add to Playlist -> New Playlist. Tap to give your playlist...

Once you've created a playlist in Apple Music, adding a cover image of your own is easy. Here's how to do it. Add a Photo to a Playlist on iPhone and iPad Launch the Music app on your iOS device and navigate to the playlist you want to add a picture to. Tap Edit in the upper right corner of the screen. Tap the cover image. Choose Take Photo or Choose Photo from the pop-up menu. Take...

If you want to get rid of a HomeKit device or remove it from your ‌HomeKit‌ setup, Apple has made doing so very easy. In the Home app on your iPhone or iPad: Press and hold the icon of the accessory you want to remove. Tap on Settings. Scroll to the bottom and tap on Remove Accessory. Removing a HomeKit device on Mac: Open the Home app and double click (or right-click) on the...

Like the home screen on your iPhone and iPad and the desktop on your Mac, you can customize the background of the Home app. The default image of a fence draped in red leafy vines is nice, but you may want an image with some personal meaning or a different aesthetic. Making a change is easy. In the Home app on an iPhone or iPad: Click on the home icon in the top left corner. Scroll down to...

Twitter today launched its Twitter Prototype Program and is accepting applications from people who want to beta test new Twitter features on iOS devices. Twitter's tests will be done through a new app called Twttr rather than in the existing Twitter app. The first feature Twitter plans to test is a new design for conversations, which will make it easier to follow replies to an initial tweet. ...

Shazam, the song discovery app that's now owned by Apple, received a minor bug fix update last week, which, according to AppFigures, removes all third-party SDKs. Shazam for iOS is no longer using ad networks, analytics trackers, or open-source utilities that had the potential to provide app usage data to third-party companies. Admob, Bolts, Doubleclick, FB Ads, FB Analytics, FB login,...

As of February 27, 2019, Apple is requiring that all Developer accounts with an Account Holder role be secured with two-factor authentication in order to ensure that only the account owner is able to sign into the account. Two-factor authentication involves a pop-up code being generated on trusted devices linked to an Apple ID any time a login attempt is made unless you've logged with that...

Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming tvOS 12.2 update to its public beta testing group, one day after providing the beta to developers and a week after releasing the second tvOS 12.2 public beta. The tvOS 12.2 public beta can be obtained by going to the Settings app on the Apple TV and navigating to the Software Updates section under "System." "Get Public Beta Updates" will need to ...

British audio equipment maker Bowers & Wilkins is expected to release its first AirPlay 2-enabled receivers in the near future. A pair of new Bowers & Wilkins receivers named Formation Audio and Formation Duo are listed as "coming soon" in Apple's recently updated list of HomeKit and ‌AirPlay‌ accessories. Bowers & Wilkins releasing receivers is interesting in itself, as the company is...

If you're an Apple Music subscriber, you can add songs, albums, playlists, and video content from the ‌Apple Music‌ catalog to your personal music library. And if you turn on iCloud Music Library on all your devices, you'll see any ‌Apple Music‌ content you add on one device across all of your devices, as long as they're signed in to your Apple ID. To add an individual song from ‌Apple Music‌...

Whenever you're listening to Apple Music in the Music app, you can quickly stream audio from your iOS device to your Apple TV, HomePod, or any AirPlay-compatible speaker. Bring up the screen showing the currently playing song and then tap the AirPlay icon centrally located at the bottom of the interface. This will being up an audio output panel, where you'll see a list of devices and...

If you're an Apple Music subscriber with an Apple Watch Series 3 or later, you can listen to ‌Apple Music‌ right on your wrist, thanks to the device's automatic access to your music library. Before you start listening to ‌Apple Music‌, make sure your Apple Watch is connected to a local Wi-Fi network or a cellular connection. You'll also need to pair your Apple Watch with some AirPods or...

When you first subscribe to Apple Music, you're asked to provide information about your favorite genres and artists so that it can offer you accurate suggestions and curated playlists as soon as you start using the service. This personalization gradually improves as you continue to use ‌Apple Music‌, and the best way to influence it is to generously use the Love and Dislike buttons. How...

When you subscribe to an Apple Music individual, student or family plan, or take advantage of Apple's free ‌Apple Music‌ trial, your subscription automatically renews every month or every year using the payment information you used when your first signed up to the service. If you want, you can turn off this auto-renewal charge by following the steps below. Note that when you do this, you are ...