I saved $50 a month by switching to these open source Android apps

Spotify costs $12.99 a month for an Individual plan, while the ad-supported Netflix plan sets you back $8.99 a month. That’s ...
CNET

Want More Privacy? Here's How to Lock and Hide Apps on Your iPhone

If you lend your iPhone to someone to make a call in your device's Phone app, that person could accidentally see which other ...
MacStories

Remodex Is the Best Codex Remote Client for iOS (Until OpenAI Releases an Official Codex Mobile App)

Various OpenAI employees and members of the Codex team have been hinting at a native Codex app for iOS lately. While I very ...
9to5Mac

iOS 26 adds fun way to customize your iPhone wallpaper, here’s how to use it

iOS 26 keeps adding a lot of new ways to customize your iPhone, but one of my favorites was there in the first 26.0 release: 3D spatial wallpapers. Here’s how to use the feature. How to apply 3D ...
9to5Mac

CarPlay in iOS 26 has my top new Apple Music feature, here’s how to use it

CarPlay just got new features in iOS 26.4, plus some exciting new apps, but one of my favorite recent features is an Apple Music change in iOS 26 that’s perfect for the car. Here’s how to use it. Pins ...
Wired

Apple Will Push Out Rare ‘Backported’ Patches to Protect iOS 18 Users From DarkSword Hacking Tool

As DarkSword spreads, Apple tells WIRED it will enable iOS 18-specific fixes for millions of iPhone owners who remain on that iOS version rather than force them to update to iOS 26. Now, however, the ...
MacTech

How to use the ‘Playlist Playground’ for Apple Music in iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4

iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 offer a new “Playlist Playground” feature for Apple Music. It lets you create a playlist with a text-based prompt. You can create, edit, and curate playlists with custom ...
Bleeping Computer

WhatsApp rolls out more AI features, iOS multi-account support

WhatsApp is rolling out multiple features designed to make the app easier to use, including AI-powered message replies and photo retouching, support for two accounts on iOS, and chat history transfer ...
MacTech

How to set up and use CarPlay with an iPhone running iOS 26

iOS 26 offers some new CarPlay features: ° Customizable widgets: You can now create two editable widget stacks that appear simultaneously on your dashboard. Interface Customization: Choose from nine ...
Wired

Give Your Phone a Huge (and Free) Upgrade by Switching to Another Keyboard

You see a lot of your phone's keyboard. It pops up whenever you need to enter text or numbers, it's your gateway to galleries of GIFs and emoji, and it’s a shortcut for voice dictation. It's an ...
Cult of Mac

How to use the new Phone app (or get the old one back)

Give it a go before you give it up. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac For the first time in 18 years, Apple redesigned the oft-overlooked Phone app. The overhaul in iOS 26 simplifies the Phone app’s ...
AppleInsider

How to use filtering in Messages on iOS 26

If your Messages inbox is catching a lot of stray, unwanted messages, we'll show you how to filter, report, and block spam messages on iOS 26. At WWDC 2025, Apple announced that it would be bringing ...