Zachary McAuliffe

2 weeks ago | cnet.com | Zachary McAuliffe |Shelby Brown

Apple added eight new emoji to all iPhones when the company released iOS 18.4 in March, and Samsung brought those same emoji to some devices in April with the initial release of One UI 7. The new emoji include a face with bags under its eyes and a splatter, but what do these new emoji, and the thousands of others, mean? A "😃" or "❤️" are easy to understand, but how are "😩" and "😭" different, and what does it mean when someone sends you food emoji like "🍆" or "🍑"?

2 weeks ago | cnet.com | Zachary McAuliffe

Apple released iOS 18.4 on March 31, and the update brought bug fixes, new emoji and a new recipes section in Apple News to all iPhones. The update also brought a handful of new controls to the iPhone Control Center, including one that brings Visual Intelligence to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. When Apple released iOS 18 in September, the update remodeled the Control Center to give you more control over how the feature functions.

2 weeks ago | cnet.com | Zachary McAuliffe

Summer is full of beach vacations and lounging near the pool. But if you drop your phone in some water, it could result in an expensive trip to a phone store. While many smartphones are water-resistant, that doesn't mean they're waterproof so it's still important to dry out your phone. Here are a few ways to get your phone dry after dropping it in water or getting it dirty, and hopefully these tips can help save you from having to buy a new phone.

3 weeks ago | cnet.com | Zachary McAuliffe |Abrar Al Heeti |David Lumb |Andrew Lanxon

Apple is set to hold its Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, when the tech giant will show the world what it's been cooking up during the past year for iOS 19 -- or iOS 26 -- the software that runs the iPhone. Until then, CNET's experts have their own ideas about what Apple should bring to the iPhone. While iOS 18 brought some useful new features to all iPhones, like RCS messaging, and Apple Intelligence to newer iPhones, we're still taking bets on what Apple will include in iOS 19.

3 weeks ago | cnet.com | Zachary McAuliffe

Apple released iOS 18 in 2024, and the update brought many new features to your iPhone, like the ability to lock and hide certain apps on your iPhone and more ways to customize your lock screen and Control Center. And one feature lets you create custom controls to open any app from these screens. That feature is called Open App. This feature can be used on either your lock screen or Control Center to open games, social media apps and more.