Mobile operating systems

Sending an Emergency SOS with an iPhone 14.Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoGood news, iPhone users. A year after introducing the feature to its walled garden, Apple has extended free access to Emergency SOS via satellite to the iPhone 14/14 Pro for another year. Now you get three years of Emergency SOS via satellite services instead of two. Apple Unveils Its iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9The extension seems squarely for iPhone 14 users, perhaps to get them on the same support timeline as those buying the iPhone 15/15…

Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto (Getty Images)Apple will dispute the European Union’s latest crackdown on Big Tech by appealing the decision to regulate iMessage and the App Store as anticompetitive services, according to Bloomberg.The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for HalloweenApple is one of six companies targeted by European regulators under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which claims Big Tech has several gatekeeping services that stifle competition and should be broken up. Apple has reportedly drafted an appeal to the DMA,…

New code released by Apple as part of its beta program hints the next version of the Mute switch on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max could become a button for quickly accessing a bevy of tools and accessibility features.How To Prep Your iPhone or iPad Before SellingThe latest version of the iOS 17 beta 4 has the Apple rumor mill ruminating more than it already has on a kind of “Action” button for the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. This button would effectively be a programmable shortcut to access features as simple as the camera…

I’m an image goblin. I can’t help it: I see something funny or cute, and I’ll scrape it from the internet to share with friends and family, far and wide. But I often forget that I saved the image to a particular phone until the next day, and by then, I’m usually at my PC, working with another batch of devices. The iPhone SE Offers Almost Everything You Want In An iPhoneFortunately, Google’s answer to Apple’s AirDrop has made it convenient to shuffle files between my computers, phones, and tablets without tethering a cable…

Photo: Shiva Photo (Shutterstock)Earlier this week, we urged Apple users to make sure they properly downloaded the company’s latest Rapid Security Response update. The update, which was pushed out to user devices on Monday, was supposed to protect against a serious software vulnerability that hackers might be trying to exploit. However, hours after Apple sent out the security patch, it was revealed that some software changes were causing serious trouble for the Safari browser. As a result, Apple pulled its update from…

Photo: GizmodoYesterday, we strongly advised users of iPhones, iPads, and Macs to update their devices with Apple’s latest Rapid Security Response to patch a critical software vulnerability. But just hours after Apple released the RSR, the company had to pull the update, as it was found to be causing incompatibilities with several popular websites in Safari.How To Prep Your iPhone or iPad Before SellingFirst introduced last year, Apple’s Rapid Security Response system allows the company to push important software updates…

Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock)If you own an iPhone, iPad, or a Mac, I’d highly recommend updating your device ASAP. Apple just released one of its new Rapid Security Response updates in an effort to patch a software vulnerability that the company says may be seeing active exploitation in the wild.How To Prep Your iPhone or iPad Before SellingThe bug in question—which impacts Apple’s Safari WebKit browser engine—could lead to arbitrary code execution. Hypothetically speaking, what this means is that a cybercriminal…

Photo: Florence Ion | GizmodoAlthough it can’t compare to the performance of flagship devices from Apple or Samsung, our biggest complaint with the user-repairable Fairphone 4 was that it’s not available in the United States. That’s about to change, but those who’ve been patiently waiting two years for the Fairphone 4 to come to the US might be disappointed with what they’re getting.The iPhone SE Offers Almost Everything You Want In An iPhoneIf you’re unfamiliar with the device, the idea behind the user-repairable…

If you’ve got a road trip planned this summer, you’ve no doubt got Apple Maps or Google Maps ready and waiting to get you from place to place, as well as a music, podcast, or audiobookapp to provide audio accompaniment for the journey. However, there are plenty more apps out there that can make your traveling a whole lot more interesting and enjoyable.Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AIWhether it’s guiding you towards the best spots for hiking or talking you through the history of the city…

There’s bound to be a few extra emergency calls when 80,000 people descend upon your city for a weekend music and arts festival, but according to authorities in Coffee County, Tennessee, the iPhone 14's automatic crash detection was responsible for a spike in false 911 calls at Bonnarooas it mistook revelers’ enthusiastic dancing for car crashes.Is USB-C Finally Coming To iPhone?As Apple continues to push its smartphones and wearables as health and safety devices, the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, Apple Watch Series 8, Apple…