iPhone Life - Best Apps, Top Tips, Great Gear

This article goes over how to connect Apple Music to Alexa. Alexa works as an external speaker, but if you have Apple Music instead of Amazon Music, you'll want to know how to get your home assistant to connect to Apple Music. If you want to play Apple Music on Alexa, you'll need to set it up through the Alexa app. Here's how.

March is Women’s History Month, where we honor and celebrate women and their many accomplishments and contributions to the world. According to the job search site Zippia, women make up 17.6% of the app developing industry. While the percentage is small, it plays a huge role in the importance of highlighting apps that are developed by women. In that way, it will inspire women and girls to consider a career in the field of technology, especially in app development. We would like to celebrate Women’s History Month by giving you a roundup of five best iOS apps created by women.

You might be asking, “What is Focus Status?” Focus Status tells your contacts or apps that you are unable to respond to their messages for a certain period. While the feature has built-in Focus options such as “Do Not Disturb” and “Sleep,” you can create other Focus options with various iPhone emojis. Here’s how to customize your status bar with an emoji.

Every time you log in to a website on your iPhone, you’ll likely see a prompt, asking if you’d like to save the login information. Most people opt to save new passwords and end up with a long list of saved passwords. This makes logging into different websites much more convenient, however, it can also be problematic if you no longer need a specific password or don't want it saved on your device. If you’re interested in clearing clutter and keeping your phone secure, read on to learn how to delete passwords on your iPhone.

Screen cover bubbles not only look tacky, but they can also obscure your screen and make touch gestures more difficult on your phone. While your initial instinct might be to remove the screen protector and re-apply it, this should be a last-ditch measure, since this process can be messy and reduce the strength of the adhesive backing. To help avoid this, we've compiled a list of clever and easy tips to help remove air bubbles from under your screen protector. 

In the 179th episode, David and Donna share all the early reviews of the 2022 iPad Air and high-end Mac Studio & Studio Display. Learn why many iPhone Life team members are springing for the iPad Air! Other topics include iOS 15.4 features like new emojis and using Face ID with a mask.

What would you do if you lost all of your data? Scary thought. Our devices are more than just for communicating with friends and family. We use our iOS devices for work, to purchase items, and to plan travel. But as much as we love our apps, they take up large amounts of space. So if you have limited iCloud storage space, you might not be able to sync everything. Below, we'll explain your options to manage iCloud storage, as well as how to sync specific apps to iCloud and which apps you should prioritize backing up.