OS 26.4 has a welcome upgrade to a popular Control Center feature: Shazam song recognition will now work even when you're offline.

Control Center has experienced a lot of changes since iOS 18 launched last fall, including a handful of additions in the recent iOS 18.4 update. But there’s one new feature that quickly became my ...

The upcoming iOS 18.4 update for the iPhone adds an Ambient Music feature to Control Center. Below, we take a closer look at how it works. iOS 18.4 is currently in beta, so the Ambient Music feature ...

Phones used to be small enough that my thumb could easily reach every corner of the screen. But these days even the smallest phones have screens bigger than 6 inches, while devices like the iPhone 17 ...

Apple has introduced a significant enhancement with the release of iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, the integration of ambient music directly into the Control Center. This feature is designed to complement ...

The Control Center on Apple Vision Pro serves as the central hub for managing essential settings and features, designed to enhance your interaction with the device. With its intuitive gestures and ...

Apple has a habit of rolling out new features to the iPhone and then spreading similar features to its other devices the following year. And that holds true this year, as well. Last year, with iOS 18, ...

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Apple introduced Control Center customization in macOS 26 Tahoe, but hardly anyone takes advantage of its handy PC-optimized ...

iOS 18 introduced a customizable Control Center that supports third-party shortcuts on the ‌iPhone‌, so it makes sense that the feature might also expand to the Apple Watch. Shortcuts could be useful ...