Category: Mobile Apps

For as long as smartphones have existed, there have been battery issues. Sometimes, battery drain is unavoidable. Many modern apps are powerful and, as such, […]

Unless you’ve screwed up your smartphone camera settings, you’re probably shooting in 3:4 (or 4:3 if you’re holding your phone in landscape orientation). This is […]

Today, like most days, I headed to the post office to ship my Poshmark sales . But what I’m shipping looks a little different than […]

Friends, the wait is over: WhatsApp is finally officially available on iPad. WhatsApp launched as an iPhone app back in 2009. Seventeen years later, the […]

If you use Spotify to listen to audiobooks on your iPhone, there are now fewer barriers to purchasing and downloading titles to your device. Apple […]

Accessibility features built into devices and apps are essential to making technology easier to use. Apple recently announced a set of new and expanded accessibility […]

Unbox and turn on your new iPhone and you’ll find that it already has a ton of apps installed, which is generally a good thing! […]

I’m a big fan of the USPS ” Informed Delivery ” option. Once you sign up, USPS will send you daily emails containing all the […]

If you enjoy listening to podcasts, it’s important to have the right app for your needs. While you can listen to a podcast on almost […]

Phone notifications are hard to balance: there are too many of them, and you’re constantly interrupted by calls and calls. Too few of them, and […]

Instacart is releasing a new app, but it’s not designed for ordering groceries—at least not the essentials. Instead, Instacart views Fizz as a party delivery […]

WhatsApp is adding a new privacy feature that, among other restrictions, will allow you to prevent others from exporting chats, automatically downloading media, and using […]

It’s the old days of Twitter again: Bluesky is launching a formal verification process for assigning a blue tick to “known” user accounts, adding to […]

Instagram is officially launching Edits, its take on mobile video editors. The launch comes three months after Instagram announced the app , and two months […]

Meta takes the teens who use its services seriously. Last year, the company launched “Teen Accounts” for Instagram, which add a number of restrictions and […]

Ultra HDR is a cool image format. Like traditional HDR, this format packs more image data into each media file, resulting in brighter highlights, darker […]

Instagram has a new feature that creates personalized Reels for you and your friends. Blend, an invite-only option available in individual or group chats, is […]

TikTok is joining the social media ranks with Community Notes programs, which allow users to add context, corrections and additional information to posts on the […]

Never learned to play chess and don’t know where to start? Duolingo, the gamified education app best known for its language learning lessons, will add […]

If you have a Samsung Galaxy phone, you also have access to the Good Lock app from the Galaxy Store or Play Store . This […]

The next time you open WhatsApp, you may notice some changes. As announced in a blog post on Thursday , the app is rolling out […]

While it’s true that rewriting notes by hand helps you retain more of what you study , it’s also true that sometimes the convenience of […]

Good news for TikTok fans: the ban will not be lifted on Saturday. On Friday, President Trump announced on Truth Social his intention to sign […]

Zelle, a digital payments platform that lets you send money directly to friends and family, has shut down its standalone app . But while the […]

Making your own flashcards can be tedious, but they are such a great learning tool that it would be a shame if it stopped you […]

It’s finally here: Threads officially lets you choose a default feed to see when you open the app, whether it’s Subscriptions or a custom feed […]

Your iPhone’s camera is smart—maybe too smart. It’s smart enough tore-light your selfies and remove distracting background objects from photos . This is the kind […]

Typically, you can blame a low-quality video stream on slower bandwidth or a poor internet connection—sites like YouTube adjust the video resolution accordingly, so instead […]

I’ve been trying to get back into playing guitar and one thing I’ve noticed is that both the App Store and Google Play are riddled […]

Social media apps aren’t particularly known for their privacy and security features, but TikTok users get a little help with a built-in tool to monitor […]

The Find My Device app for Android is getting an update, with the new Find My Device app now split into two tabs: one for […]

While many X-pats have flocked to alternatives like Bluesky and Threads , there are still many users checking out Elon Musk’s infamous platform. If you […]

Your phone’s camera does so much filtering, processing, and AI adjustments that it can make you question reality itself. In a world where Google can […]

Some people have fully stocked bars, while others make do with a rotating selection of spirits and ingredients. If that’s you, then Drinkable is a […]

While it’s true that handwriting helps you remember more of what you study, it’s also true that the convenience of a phone or computer simply […]

“Photoshop” is synonymous with image editing, and for good reason. The app is an industry standard and has been around for over 30 years. But […]

I’m always willing to try a new social app (the face I made so clear ), especially when it involves photo sharing. And the hottest […]

You can now use a feature very similar to Android’s “search circle” on iPhone. While it’s not exactly what it’s called, both the Chrome app […]

Android, unlike some phone operating systems, allows users to install software from outside the default app store (even if you don’t live in Europe ). […]

WhatsApp is adding new options to customize your chats, including preset themes, color combinations for backgrounds and chat bubbles, and a choice of 30 new […]