Give Your Phone a Huge (and Free) Upgrade by Switching to Another Keyboard
…the App Store on iOS, search for keyboards, and you'll find a bunch available. Most are free to use or at least try, and some come with premium features you can…
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Set Up Your Phone’s Always-On Display So You’re Unlocking It Less Often
…apps each time you pick it up. Here's what you can do on the major phone models. Google Pixel Phones Most Android phones now offer an always-on display feature, including…
Samsung’s Top Earbuds Are a Real AirPods Pro Competitor
…Sadly, it’s one of the few features that can’t be customized. Folks like me will stick to the volume controls on our phones. Versatile Noise Control The Galaxy Buds4 Pro…
I Logged Many Miles at Work With a Walking Pad Under My Desk
…You can control the CyberPad (and the colorful lights along the side rails) with its Bluetooth remote and app. As long as you open the app at some point during your walk…
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Makes Me Wish All Phones Had a Privacy Screen
…The conversational editing feature in Samsung's Gallery app, for example, already exists in Google Photos (also preinstalled). It's nice to have more feature parity, in case you prefer using one…
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code discreetly added to Meta’s AI app over multiple updates this year shows that the feature, internally called “NameTag,” identifies people captured by the glasses’ camera and, when activated, alerts the…
How to Use Apple’s Live Translation on Your AirPods
…Otherwise, you can say "Siri, start live translation" to enable the feature. A shortcut to the Translate app is available via Control Center if you need it, and you can also set…
Android Auto’s Secret Superpower Is a Customizable Shortcut Button
…One of these is the option to add Assistant shortcuts to the Android Auto app screen, so anything you can tell Google Assistant to do, you can put behind a button on…
Google’s Newest Entry-Level Fitness Tracker Is the Screenless Fitbit Air
…of Google's health software ecosystem, it's also a subscriber-only feature. Anyone can use the Google Health app for free, and if you have a Fitbit device or Pixel Watch…
There Aren’t a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone
…Amazon famously launched the Fire Phone in 2014, but it was discontinued shortly after due to a limited app ecosystem and terrible sales. Alongside a gimmicky 3D display, it had an app…