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Farknot Architect/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/May 9, 2022 9:48 pm EDT The primary purpose of the Group Messaging feature on the iPhone is fairly self-explanatory: it's a way to message multiple people simultaneously rather than text them all individually. In practice, it's about the same as texting a single person in that you simply have to type what…

Tada Images/Shutterstock Sending photos to friends or family is a great way to share memories, and the typical route of doing this over iMessage on iPhone involves looking through your photo gallery to find the picture in the app itself. However, there's an easier way to do this if you already have the photo open…

FellowNeko/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/May 8, 2022 6:15 pm EDT Whether you're traveling, at home, or visiting family, chances are your iPhone has dropped service at some point. It's usually not a huge problem when you're in the kind of place where your Wi-Fi connects automatically, but it can be a bit of a problem outside of…

Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/May 2, 2022 6:35 pm EDT Apple's "Find My" app is designed to pull double duty, acting as both "Find My Friends" and "Find My Phone" at the same time in the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. It can, of course, be used to help you locate your lost, missing,…

Hadrian/Shutterstock Sometimes you just need a break from the constant onslaught of iPhone notifications. Especially when you're trying to relax or wind down for the night, getting pings from your phone can be the last thing you want to hear. Or, maybe you've been woken up in the night from an app notification that really…

Halfpoint/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/April 15, 2022 5:06 pm EDT Anyone with a large photo library on their iPhone knows it can be a bit of a hassle to find one specific image quickly, even if photos are grouped into folders. But it turns out iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey do have a workaround…

Tada Images/Shutterstock By Rob Rich/April 8, 2022 4:52 pm EDT Most iPhone users have at least a few different apps they either wish to could get rid of but can't, or simply don't want cluttering up the home screen and folders. Depending on the situation, deleting them may not be possible, either. For example, a lot…

Chesnot/Getty Here's some good news for those of you still rocking an iPhone X: Apple has reportedly started offering repairs for the phone's Face ID module without needing to replace the entire handset. The fact that Face ID repairs once required a full device replacement was likely a huge headache for a lot of iPhone…

Bloomberg/Getty Apple is reportedly cutting down the production target of its all-new iPhone SE 3 by as much as 20% in the next quarter. The news comes courtesy of Nikkei Asia, which cites sources that claim the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia is the reason for production cutbacks, as is inflation. Likewise, TFI Securities…

By Tushar Mehta/Updated: March 25, 2022 9:45 am EDT First introduced with the iPhone X, the notch sparked a significant upheaval in smartphone design. The notch replaced thick bezels on non-Apple smartphones and was subsequently shrunk down to quench the thirst of eager smartphone enthusiasts craving for rapid technology changes. The iPhone's notch, however, stayed for…