iPhone Life - Best Apps, Top Tips, Great Gear

iPhone's Emergency SOS system really does save lives. The feature allows iPhone users to quickly call for help, alert their emergency contacts, and ping their location. If you've already set up your emergency contacts but would like to change, edit, or delete emergency contact information, it's a fairly simple process. Here's how to change emergency contacts on your iPhone.

A good way to maintain a secure device is to ensure no one can access it but you. Having a passcode that you keep to yourself is a great way to keep a device private, but a device that uses Touch ID may end up with a few extra fingerprints from unknown persons. But you might not have known that you can actually test which fingerprints are yours and which fingers they belong to! Here's how to determine unknown fingerprints and delete them.

Before you go for a swim, you should activate Water Lock on your Apple Watch. What is Water Lock? This helpful feature helps you to avoid water damage to your smart watch by locking the display and ejecting any water after you've submerged the watch.

Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, iCloud+, News+, Apple One… The list of Apple’s subscription options is enough to make your head spin. Each subscription comes with its own questions: Is it better than its competitors? Is it worth the monthly price? If I subscribe, will I use it? How can I best bundle my subscriptions? Lucky for you, I’ve tried every Apple subscription out there and can tell you with confidence which are worth the monthly price tag.

Stolen Device Protection was released with iOS 17.3, and it helps protect your phone from iPhone passcode thieves who might get access to your passcode or Apple ID password. This Apple security update requires biometric data to access or change any sensitive iPhone settings. It also forces you to wait an hour to make changes to your Apple ID if you are at a location other than work or home.

The Journal App, a fun new app that came with iOS 17.2, is a great way to keep a digital journal directly from your iPhone. The Journal app has a straightforward user interface that allows you to write, upload media, add links, and keep track of important memories. For this reason, it's important to be able to keep that information private. Here's how to lock the Journal app to protect your entries from prying eyes.

Tracking flights on iPhone is easy. In fact, there are several different ways to check the status of your flights from your Apple devices. In this tip, you'll learn how to use the built-in iMessage flight tracker.