Mobile operating systems

Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoApple is granting more access to its manicured walled garden to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union (EU). In a press release, the company announced a heaping of forthcoming iOS, Safari, and the App Store changes, including support for apps from third-party app stores and the ability to set a browser engine other than Safari’s WebKit as the default.The iPhone SE Offers Almost Everything You Want In An iPhoneMost changes will only apply to Apple’s EU users with Mac…

iPhone apps including Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X/Twitter are skirting Apple’s privacy rules to collect user data through notifications, according to tests by security researchers at Mysk Inc., an app development company. Users sometimes close apps to stop them from collecting data in the background, but this technique gets around that protection. The data is unnecessary for processing notifications, the researchers said, and seems related to analytics, advertising, and tracking users across different apps and…

Image: NurPhoto (Getty Images)Apple recently announced a Stolen Device Protection feature for iOS 17.3. With the new OS finally released Monday, the safety feature is now available to be activated on your devices. Here’s how to turn it on.The iPhone SE Offers Almost Everything You Want In An iPhoneFirst, you want to make sure to update the iPhone to the latest 17.3 version. Then go to Settings, scroll down to Face ID & Passcode, look for Stolen Device Protection, and turn the toggle switch on. It’ll take a few…

The Samsung Galaxy Ring is another piece of health tech that is supposed to connect with Samsung Health. Other than that, we’re looking at a big black hole of details.Gif: Samsung / YouTubeSmartphones, AI, and rings, oh my! Samsung is at it again, coming out with its latest Samsung Galaxy S24 series phone with a list of long-expected features, a new titanium frame on the $1,300 Ultra edition, and a whole smattering of artificial intelligence surrounding every feature for its latest flagship phone. Oh, and apparently, the…

Samsung devoted the vast majority of its latest Unpacked showcase to AI. Even if the star of the show is still the Galaxy S24, Samsung wants all its fans to hitch themselves up to the AI bandwagon, but once you look at the fine print, the company may also need users to pay up for at least some of these or future generative features by at least 2026.Samsung Shows Off First LaserSlim OLED TVTech YouTuber Adam Matlock first spotted in a now-deleted Tweet (via 9to5Google) that Samsung included a brief note on its press…

The modern generation of Android phones is getting new Google Lens-like features that put Search front and center in every single app on Android by letting you highlight parts of images or text to generate Search results. The newly-announced Samsung Galaxy S24 and last year’s Pixel 8 models are all getting access to this, and surprisingly, it is the first time any phone will have AI Search features natively without needing to sign up for a beta.Google's Pixel 8 and 8 Pro are New, and Somewhat ImprovedThe Circle to Search…

Smartphones can take on the roles of many other gadgets—cameras, calculators, e-readers, dictaphones, and all the rest—and they can also do double duty as webcams. In fact, this functionality is now built into both Android and iOS, so it’s easier than ever to use a phone as a webcam when it’s connected to your computer.Is USB-C Finally Coming To iPhone?You might want to do this for a few reasons, not least because you might not already have a webcam hooked up to your computer. Or perhaps you do, but the quality isn’t very…

If you ever wanted help picking out an outfit, Meta just rolled out a beat for its Ray-Ban Smart Glasses that’ll give you fashion advice based on what’s in your closet. Meanwhile, the Apple and Beeper Mini messaging saga took a dramatic turn. Gizmodo covered all this news and more, and you can catch up with our weekly roundup. - Jorge Jimenez Apple Unveils Its iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9Meta’s Ray-Ban Glasses Now Have Thoughts About Your PantsMeta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses house multiple microphones and a 12-MP…

The Flipper Zero is billed as a fun tool for tech enthusiasts, but it has also been used to perpetrate annoying and more serious attacks on various devices.Photo: FlipperApple silently fixed an exploit that let Flipper Zero devices mass-bombard nearby iPhones with popup notifications, so much so they would essentially disable users’ phones requiring a restart. Apple Unveils Its iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9Flipper Zero is a small multi-tool able to mimic NFC, RFID, or other radio signals. Billed as a toy-like device…

Life comes at you fast, so I’m already recapping what we expect from Samsung’s Galaxy S24 flagship, just as this year’s release has started popping up all over holiday gift guides. But this is within Samsung’s timeline: the company launches its flagship first thing in the year before following up with something more exploratory in the summertime, right before Apple and Google refresh their respective lineups.Hey Google, Where Did My Watch's Battery Life Go?Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series is still freshly churning through the…