Background activity can drain your battery and use your mobile data without you seeing it happen. Apps refresh in the background to keep content updated, which helps you pick up where you left off.

With Dynamic View, Gemini is more than an AI chat tool. Instead of responding with static text or creating images or code, ...

Ring video doorbells and security cameras garner praise for their ease of setup and day-to-day use, but if you stop at the last step in Ring’s basic installation routine, you’ll miss out on some of ...

Miami University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level ...

Seeing photos on my Lock Screen has long been one of my favorite features of the Always On Display. The blurred look might work for some, but I’m pretty surprised that Apple changed the default ...

With Apple rolling out the latest iOS 18.1 update, privacy has become an even hotter topic. The update introduces advanced AI capabilities through Apple Intelligence and Siri, giving your device more ...

Privacy is personal, so you shouldn’t treat the settings I listed here as a checklist. Treat them as suggestions. Your tolerance for data collection and the ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Apple packed iOS 18 with new features and ...

iPhones are finally getting a much-requested setting, but availability is limited. The upcoming iOS 18.4 update introduces an option to set a default navigation app, other than Apple Maps, but ...