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7 iPhone settings to change right now for longer battery life

By Kaycee Hill Published

Learn which iPhone settings drain your battery fastest and how to adjust them.

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Apple iPhone 17 review.
Stop taking average iPhone photos — change these 3 camera settings right now

By Kaycee Hill Published

Learn which iPhone camera settings instantly improve photo quality and composition

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YouTube now lets you hide Shorts completely — here's how to turn them off

By Kaycee Hill Published

Learn how to remove YouTube Shorts from your feed using the zero-minute time limit.

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The most common charging habit is actually killing your phone — here's the fix

By Kaycee Hill Published

Is your phone battery dying faster? This charging mistake is likely why.

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iPhone showing iOS 26 interface.
iOS 26 lets you match app icons to your iPhone color — here's how to enable it

By Kaycee Hill Published

Automatically tint your iPhone's app icons to match its body color or Apple MagSafe case color.

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
Your Galaxy S26 Ultra's screen isn't set to the highest resolution right out of the box — here's how to fix it

By Tom Pritchard Published

Samsung nerfs Galaxy S26 Plus and S26 Ultra screens out of the box, so here's how to put it right.

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Samsung is killing Messages for millions of users — here's your escape plan

By Kaycee Hill Published

Samsung is replacing Messages with Google Messages, here's how to make the switch.

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Apple iPhone 17 review.
TikTok just discovered you can change your iPhone's charging sound — here's how

By Kaycee Hill Published

This iPhone charging sound trend is taking over TikTok. Here's how to try it.

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This hidden Samsung Galaxy S26 feature will filter out scammers and other nuisance calls — here how you switch it on

By Tom Pritchard Published

Call screening can protect you from spam, scammers and people you just don't like talking to.

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3 Google Maps features that solve the biggest travel headaches

By Kaycee Hill Last updated

Google Maps can remind you when to leave, show parking availability, and save your spot so you never forget where you parked.

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