Android phones are lauded for being feature-rich and highly customizable. However, most of them have a lot of baked-in features that are enabled by default. This is often done to offer a smooth and ...

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If you're not rushing to update your iPhone to iOS 26 anytime soon, these are important iOS 18 settings you can change now. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author ...

The iOS 18 by Apple also comes with the RCS messaging feature, which is set to transform the communication between iPhones and Android smartphones with improved messaging power. It is an enhanced ...

With iOS 26, Apple has expanded its native call recording feature with transcripts, Live Translation, summaries and tighter integration with Notes. It’s a more polished and useful tool than before, ...

Apple’s revolutionary AI platform gives users the option to turn on Apple Intelligence by enabling certain settings in their devices to unlock some of the features that are promoted in iPhone, iPad, ...

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If you have an Apple Watch Series 9 or later or Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later, it can detect patterns in your heart rhythm that suggest hypertension and send you critical health notifications when they ...

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Apple announced the new iPhone 17 lineup and the new iPhone Air at its "awe dropping" event on Sept. 9, and you can buy those devices now. But before you upgrade any of those devices, Apple suggests ...