iPhone Life - Best Apps, Top Tips, Great Gear

Apple Pay is a convenient system for making payments from bank accounts and credit cards that comes built into major Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac). It allows you to make payments to stores when there in person, via websites, or even through apps. Unfortunately, not all stores, sites, and apps accept Apple Pay. Among the places that accept Apple Pay, however, there are some that previously did not accept Apple Pay, and have eventually started to allow the use of the payment system in their stores and on their sites. One of these stores is CVS, at least in part.

Live Listen is a clever feature that essentially turns your iPhone (or iPad/iPad touch) into a microphone and then amplifies the sounds it picks up through your Airpods. As long as your Airpods are in range of your phone, they essentially act like pseudo-hearing aids. Not only does this sound cool in theory, it actually works really well! Let's cover how to set up and use the Live Listen feature.

Ever had a weird person photobomb your family pictures? Or has your nephew decided that wearing shirts with curse words is appropriate birthday-party attire? There may be many reasons why you might need to blur out part of a photo. We’ll teach you how to blur a photo on iPhone 15 and earlier models using native apps and third-party options.

Have you ever wondered how to combine photos on iPhone without a third-party app? The easiest way to combine two pictures and create a side-by-side photo on your iPhone is by creating a shortcut in the Shortcuts app. Then, you can just select the images you want to combine. Let's go over how to make side-by-side photos on your iPhone.

Want to know how to add money to Apple Cash? If you're an Apple Pay user, you may be wondering, "Can I use Apple Pay without a debit card?" Yes, you can add money to Apple Cash without a debit or credit card, or even a bank account. 

I’ve never gotten a Pro iPhone before, because I never felt like I needed it. Yes, I’d enviously eye the remarkable pictures my friends would post on social media that they claimed to take on their Pro or Pro Max, but I’ve always been happy to stick to the budget models, and my wallet has been, too. This year, however, I got the opportunity to try out the iPhone 13 Pro.

The iPhone makes it easy to create time-lapse videos right in the Camera app — no video editing required! It’s as simple as pointing and tapping, like any other photo or video function on the iPhone. However, it’s important to plan ahead so you get your time-lapse recording right the first time around, because it may not be possible to recreate the event. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to operate the iPhone’s time-lapse feature and make sure the results are awesome on the first try.