Category: Mobile Apps

Messenger (i.e. Facebook Messenger) is getting some new features. Meta announced a number of changes to the app in a blog post on Wednesday , […]

Spotify may have pioneered the annual streaming recap, but these days every other service has its own version of “Wrapped.” For example, if you’re a […]

The modern Internet is driven by algorithms . For example, when you load Instagram, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the […]

Since election night on November 5th, I have noticed a mass exodus of my X friends from the site. This is not surprising: owner Elon […]

Beyond the Pixel 9 phones, Google has released a number of exclusive apps for the flagships—and while the AI-powered Pixel Studio and Screenshots apps may […]

It’s not just you: Bluesky has fallen. For a short period of time Thursday afternoon, the website and mobile app returned an endless loading screen […]

Basically, every sports app is a bloated nightmare. You just want to check the results, but these apps want you to do something completely different […]

I’ll admit, I’ve never been one to get caught up in the Stardew Valley hype. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed the game, but […]

What do you like most about Instagram ? Is that when you open an app, start browsing a post you’re interested in, but before you’re […]

If you want to listen to soundtracks from movies or TV shows, you can usually find them on streaming or buy the songs directly. This […]

Social media has gotten weird—well, weirder—since the death of Twitter . Those of us who left X were forced to find our friends on some […]

You now have more options when it comes to adding a personal touch to your Spotify playlist cover, with a new cover maker tool coming […]

Traditionally, WhatsApp requires you to save new contacts from your smartphone. This works great in many situations since many of us eavesdrop on WhatsApp conversations […]

If you go to bed in complete silence every night, it may seem strange that a service like YouTube adds a sleep timer. You watch […]

Sometimes it pays to be a paid subscriber, like when YouTube releases a series of new features for those who subscribe to Premium, leaving out […]

You may have noticed that generative AI has made its way into an app or two gadgets lately, and now you can use the technology […]

Meta Connect 2024 is the end. Mark Zuckerberg took the stage on Wednesday to announce a slew of product categories. While there were some new […]

We’ve seen a whole host of changes made in iOS 18 , and the robust Photos app is one of the programs Apple has given […]

Instagram is moving all accounts for users under 18 to a new “ Teen Accounts ” format, which includes a number of protections and restrictions […]

It appears that the Flappy Bird “remake” has nothing in common with its original creator. Dong Nguyen, the creator of Flappy Bird , stated that […]

Flappy Bird , the viral mobile game that went off the list a decade ago, is back . The involvement of original developer Dong Nguyen […]

I love TikTok. From viral dances and human fairies frolicking through meadows to deep dives into reality TV and ScienceTok, it is my endless source […]

Instagram has a clear division between posts and stories. The first ones stay open forever (or until you manually delete them) and are usually reserved […]

Last year, Uber introduced a new way for teens to book Uber rides without having to use their parents’ account. What began as a limited […]

This week , Instagram introduced three new features for Posts, Reels, and Stories. If you’re an avid poster, you may have already noticed these features, […]

Instagram is the king of “borrowing” features from other platforms. The stories may be related to the social media platform Meta, but it was actually […]

If there’s one thing about me, it’s that I will download any app. If I see an ad or hear about an app , it […]

We all have apps on our phones that we’d like to open less often, like TikTok or Reddit. Cold Turkey is an iPhone app that […]

You’ve probably been introducing your children to music since they were born—singing to them; give them a toy xylophone (and then hide it when it […]

I have been an avid hiker in the Pacific Northwest for about ten years. I also have very poor direction. To make matters worse, Google […]

We all have that app on our home screen that we impulsively open and scroll through, even when we want to stop. You can try […]

The US Department of Justice could sue TikTok and the app could be banned in the country by January , but that doesn’t stop the […]

Opera introduces a new interface for iOS. On Tuesday, the company announced an updated iPhone browser, Opera One, that features both an updated user interface […]

If you pay for YouTube, you have another feature that can be added to your Premium benefits : the company is currently testing an in-app […]

Forming new habits is difficult, but tracking your progress can help motivate you—that’s why there are so many habit-tracking apps out there. Habituator stands out […]

Like so many other things, the cooking world has moved to TikTok and Instagram Reels. It used to be that you would go to a […]

The US Department of Justice is escalating its fight against TikTok and, by extension, its parent company ByteDance. The government is suing the company for […]

Google makes it easier to follow traffic laws, or at least let you know when you should pay extra attention to them. New traffic tracking […]

You spend a lot of time tapping away at your smartphone’s keyboard, so it makes sense to have a keyboard that’s as useful as possible—both […]

You might think that the keyboard is a fixed part of iOS that you can’t change, but the iPhone has actually supported third-party keyboards since […]