Your iPhone ($699 at Apple) home screen still looks and functions pretty much the same as it has for the last 13 years, but all that’s set to change when iOS 14– which debuted Monday at Apple’s …
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What’s New For The Apple Smart Home With iOS 14
You may have missed the juicy HomeKit smart home news that was buried, bizarrely, in the ‘Privacy’ segment of the keynote …
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iOS just got widgets and an app library. Where have we seen those before?
Just last year we saw Apple “introduce” things like swiping to type and sign-in with Apple on iOS 13. Similarly, bundled notification and Screen Time on iOS 12 were also lifted from the Google-made OS …
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iOS 14 lets you tap the back of your iPhone — yes, the back — to perform commands
Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 has been widely dissected by now, but there’s still a couple of hidden features that Apple didn’t mention in its WWDC keynote. One of the coolest we’ve seen is a new Back Tap …
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iOS 14 learns your charging habits to extend your AirPods’ lifespan
Apple has added a new feature called Optimized Battery Charging on iOS 14 that learns your charging habits to reduce how quickly your AirPods’ batteries age.
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iPhone’s radical new iOS 14 home screen changes: What you need to know
OS 14 brings with it a slew of changes to the home screen. Here’s exactly what you’ll see when you fire up the new OS on your iPhone.
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iOS 14 liquid ingress warning automatically disables Lightning charging
Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 includes an updated liquid ingress warning system that automatically disables charging through the Lightning connector, a mechanism designed to prevent damage to device …
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All the new features iOS 14 borrows from Android
Google’s good ideas will almost always end up on iOS at some point, even as the next version of Android will, no doubt, crib some ideas from Apple. The big one: after years of keeping the iOS home …
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3 iOS 14 features I’m excited for that nobody’s talking about yet
Even though they didn’t get the spotlight in Apple’s WWDC keynote, these iOS 14 features are still a big deal.
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iOS 14 will respond to taps on the back of your iPhone
People are still discovering features in iOS 14 now that its developer beta is available, and that includes a few clever tricks. Most notably, Federico Viticci and others have noticed a new “Back Tap” …
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Hands-on: Apple’s macOS Big Sur, iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7
We’ve been able to test the key new features of Apple’s 2020 operating systems, and summarize them all for you in this report. Should you install the betas?
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iOS 14 ‘Back Tap’ lets you quickly switch apps, perform actions on your iPhone
Tap the back of your iPhone to take a screenshot, scroll and more. iOS 14, the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system, has a useful new feature that may change how you use your iPhone. Called …
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iOS 14 finally brings widgets to your iPhone’s home screen
A mainstay on Android but new to iOS, widgets will be available on the home screen i Though the biggest news from Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference Monday arguably was about its new …
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iOS 14 sends a notification when apps read your clipboard
After it was previously discovered that apps could access an iPhone’s clipboard, the iOS 14 beta has a feature where your iPhone alerts you when a third-party app accesses your iPhone’s clipboard.
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Will iOS 14 work on your iPhone? Here’s how to find out
Last year, we found out only iPhones from the last four years would be compatible with iOS 13. We’ll tell you if your phone will be compatible with iOS 14.
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iOS 14 lets you perform actions by tapping the back of your iPhone
Apple has added a new accessibility option on iOS 14 that lets you perform actions like firing up Siri by tapping the back of your iPhone twice or thrice.
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10 of the best iOS 14 features that Apple didn’t have time to talk about
OS 14 and iPadOS 14 pack several exciting hidden features that Apple never had time to demo on stage. iOS 14 will finally let users set the default browser and mail clients on iPhone and iPad, …
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