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Many of us have had a conversation with a friend, only to be scrolling on our phones later and come across an ad for the very thing we thought we’d been discussing in private. My colleague, Erin MacPherson, told me this story: “My mom was talking to me about wanting a side-by-side double trash can for under her breakfast bar, and a few days later, I was seeing Amazon ads for exactly those. It was... freaky. Up until then, I had pretty much assumed that I’d forgotten about Googling something or looking it up on Amazon, but I was sure I hadn’t with that one.” Stories like this raise the question—is your iPhone spying on you?

You turned off message notifications or notifications for another app, but now you want to turn them back on. We're all entitled to change our minds, so it's important to know how to reverse these things. Deliver Quietly isn't actually the setting anymore, as of iOS 15, so now you're really just turning back on notifications that have been turned off for any app. For this example, we will use iMessage, but you can follow these steps for any app. Here's how to enable iMessage notifications when they've been turned off.

Knowing how to close apps on Apple Watch is important whether an app is acting up or you just don't want to scroll through so many open apps when you're trying to navigate between them. Here's how to close applications on an Apple Watch quickly, and what to do if that isn't working.

In the 172nd episode, David and Donna share all of the best headphones, speakers, cases, smart home gadgets, and more for everyone on your shopping list this holiday season.

The new firmware version for AirPods Pro provides bug fixes and gives you access to new features, such as Conversation Boost. Whether you're troubleshooting or simply excited about the new functionalities, we'll show you how to check whether you have the AirPods latest firmware and how to update your AirPods Pro if it hasn't already been installed. 

FaceTiming with family or friends doesn't have to mean you're stuck sitting in one place the whole time you're on the video call. With the new Center Stage iPad feature for FaceTime, you can move around to cook, show off your dance or exercise moves, or have people enter or exit the frame and still stay perfectly zoomed, centered, and in focus.