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How to Speed Up Your Wireless Charging (and Actually Make It Useful)
As cool and convenient as wireless charging can be, boy is it slow. We’ve talked about how inefficient wireless charging is, especially compared to traditional wired charging. However, the technology has made huge leaps in recent years; some smartphones can wirelessly charge up to 100% in under an hour. You can only take advantage of…
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How to (Finally) Use SharePlay to Watch Videos Together on FaceTime
Apple’s SharePlay was one of the features that didn’t make it to the final iOS 15 release. But now, with iOS 15.1, it’s out for all iPhone and iPad users (macOS Monterey will receive the update later in the Fall).
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You’re Not Making the Most of Your iPhone Camera
The iPhone used to have one of the simplest camera layouts of any smartphone. Over the past couple of years, however, as the iPhone’s camera grew bigger and better, Apple added more and more features, buttons, and settings until it became a bit…bogged down. The iPhone’s camera app is due for a major redesign, but…
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How to Make an Apple HomePod Almost As Useful As an Echo
The HomePod (and its little sibling the HomePod mini) aren’t nearly as ubiquitous or out-of-the-box useful as Amazon’s Echos, but they are perfectly good smart speakers for those who are married to the Apple ecosystem. However, you don’t have to submit yourself to perpetual Alexa FOMO — with a few tweaks to your HomePod or…