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How to Use Mail Privacy Protection on Your iPhone
By Leanne Hays
Did you know you can turn on Apple's Mail Privacy Protection to hide your IP address and make it difficult for senders to find your location or track your online activity? Here's how to turn Mail Privacy Protection on or off.
How to Use AirPods as Hearing Aids & Take the Hearing Test
By Olena Kagui
Users have been using AirPods as hearing aids for quite some time now, but the AirPods Pro 2 have built-in features to test your hearing and actually improve your ability to hear using the Hearing Aid feature. The five-minute process will help you figure out if you have any hearing loss and if your AirPods can make a difference for you.
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What Is Game Mode on iOS 18 & How To Use It
By Rhett Intriago
Your iPhone now has a dedicated Game Mode. This new feature is included with the latest iOS update and is designed to help improve your gaming experience on the iPhone and iPad. Find out what Game Mode is, how it works, and how to activate Game Mode on iOS 18.
How to Use iOS 18 Eye Tracking on Your iPhone
By Leanne Hays
Eye Tracking allows iPhone users to control their iPhone with their gaze. Users can also customize Eye Tracking in many helpful ways. Here's how to turn on and use one of Apple's most helpful new iOS 18 features, Eye Tracking.
How to Type to Siri by Double Tapping the Home Bar
By Olena Kagui
Learn how to Type to Siri in order to navigate your iPhone or get your questions answered without the need to speak out loud. This discreet way of communicating with Siri is perfect for public situations. However, if you keep accidentally activating the Type to Siri feature, we can also teach you how to turn it off.
How to Delete Duplicate Apps on iPhone Home Screen
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
If you have two of the same app icon on your Home Screen, you might be wondering if this means you have the app downloaded twice and how to remove duplicate apps on your iPhone. You'll be pleased to know, you did not actually download this app twice; it's just showing up twice on your Home Screen, and it's very easy to get rid of the duplicate icon. Let's learn how to delete duplicate apps on your iPhone.
How to Find Every Image You Created in Image Playground
By Olena Kagui
The Image Playground feature in the Messages app also has a standalone app called Playground. The Image Playground library, which contains all your saved generated images, can be accessed from the Playground app, but also directly from the Messages app. Learn how to find all the images you’ve created using Image Playground.
How to Use iPhone Calculator Conversion
By Leanne Hays
One of the most convenient new iOS 18 Calculator tricks is the ability to convert currency or units on your iPhone, no unit converter app needed! Here's how to use the unit converter on your iPhone calculator.
How to Turn Off Compass Backtrack on Apple Watch
By Olena Kagui
The Apple Watch Compass Backtrack feature is great if you are worried about getting lost, but it can be a nuisance to have on all the time, between the battery drain and interruptions caused by Backtrack getting stuck and not turning off. Learn how to turn it off for good and only enable it when you need to use it.
How to Camera Search Google with Visual Intelligence
By Olena Kagui
The Visual Intelligence Apple feature is the Google Lens iPhone alternative, letting you search an image via Google. You can do this super quickly using the Camera Control button as long as you have Apple Intelligence enabled on your iPhone. Learn more about this feature and if your iPhone can do it.
How to Fix the 6 Most Annoying iOS 18 Update Settings
By Olena Kagui
Every new iPhone update comes with new features that may take users time to get used to. The iOS 18 update is unique, offering brand-new ways to customize your device and test Apple Intelligence features. We'll teach you how to tweak your settings to turn this new iPhone update into a blessing rather than a curse.
How to Get Rid of Mailbox Priority in Mail App on iPhone
By Olena Kagui
iOS 18.2 introduced an Artificial Intelligence feature to the Mail app that is supposed to identify the most important emails and bring them to the top of your inbox. If you are worried about AI's ability to prioritize your emails or simply prefer your old inbox accurately, we'll teach you how to toggle off Show Priority.
iOS 18 Dark Icons: Why Are Icons Dark?
By Rhett Intriago
So you’ve updated to iOS 18 and, suddenly, all of your icons changed color. If you’re confused about why your app icons are black after installing the latest update, we’re here to help you make sense of the situation. Read on to find out more about iOS 18’s dark icons!
The best Apple Intelligence iPhone 16 feature is for sure Visual Intelligence! Often compared to Google Lens, iPhone’s version lets you take an image and search for it on Google. It is also possible to ask ChatGPT about the image, use it to summarize or read aloud photographed text, and more. We’ll teach you how to use Apple Visual Intelligence.
Best Ways to Use ChatGPT in iOS 18.2
By Rhett Intriago
With the latest version of iOS, ChatGPT is natively integrated into Siri, allowing you to use ChatGPT to complete requests that are too complex for Apple Intelligence to handle. Find out how to maximize your ChatGPT use below!
Use ChatGPT with Siri (iOS 18.2)
By Rhett Intriago
You can now use ChatGPT with iOS to make more complex requests, create images, rewrite text, and more. While Apple Intelligence is capable of doing many of these things already, ChatGPT allows your iPhone to push the AI a little further. Find out how to enable ChatGPT on iPhone.
How to Share Genmoji with Android
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Genmoji is a new Apple Intelligence feature that allows you to create and share your own emojis. The feature is only available in Apple native apps so you cannot create Genmojis in other messaging platforms like WhatsApp, but you can share Genmoji with non-Apple users in a couple of different ways. Let's learn how!