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If you have an iPhone, you probably already have an Apple Watch. Apple’s distinctive wearable is the top-selling smartwatch in the world, despite the fact that you still need an iPhone to use it and the battery life lasts barely a day.…

No matter the make and model of your phone, it’s likely to have an emergency SOS feature built in—something you will hopefully never have to use but should make yourself aware of, just in case.Emergency SOS works in a similar way across…

Although it’s not the coolest pick of music services, I use YouTube Music for everyday listening. As someone who watches an absurd amount of videos alongside their music, I appreciate that YouTube Premium lets me enjoy both without ads…

To all the parents who want to know more about who your kids are talking to on their smartphones, I have good news and bad news. The good news: A prominent social media app recently made changes allowing parents and guardians to access…

Other options on Android are available, but the best one depends on what you want to protect. If you want to lock away sensitive photos and videos in Google Photos, for example, the feature is built right in: From the app, pick Library,…

Change is scary, especially when it hits a service you use every day. Google is switching up the design for Gmail to bring it more in line with changes across the company's other services. But if you see the new look and hate it, you can…

If you’re a desk worker, you’re two and a half years into WFH at least some of the time or most of the time. Your remote office setup is dialed in: You’ve got your preferred desk chair, your widescreen monitor, your janky little ring…

A good host always shares Wi-Fi with visitors, but explaining which network to join and spelling out the password (if you can even remember it) can get tedious. Maybe you think you remember it but it’s just not working, and you insist…

For some games, you can search online to find other people or websites that have tested individual titles to see how much battery life they’ve gotten for specific games. Most of this data might be anecdotal, but it can help give you a…

Starting in iOS 16, when it’s released later in 2022, the Hidden and Recently Deleted photo albums will prompt for your passcode to view the contents.Delete Old ScreenshotsWhile tapping on the Albums section in the Photos app and…