You can set a "default" music player on your iPhone, which Siri will use when asked to play a song, album, book, or podcast.

You can delete apps from your iPhone on the Home Screen, or hide them in your App Library with iOS 14.

With iOS14, you can hide photos on your iPhone by adding them to a hidden album in the Photos app and then hiding that album.

You can start a group FaceTime and make calls with up to 32 other Apple devices, just by using the plus icon or "Add Person" option in FaceTime.

The iPhone Control Centre allows you to access some of your device’s most important settings, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections, volume, and screen brightness. How you access the Control Centre on an iPhone differs depending on which model you have, but all iPhone users can customise the Control Centre’s tools. […]

To download a language in the Translate app on an iPhone running iOS 14, open the list of languages, and then select a language from the “Available Offline Languages” section. Downloading a language will save its dictionary to your iPhone, allowing you to translate even when you don’t have an […]

With the introduction of iOS 14, the Apple Voice Memos app now includes a one-touch Enhance feature that removes background noise from recordings. To enhance a selected iPhone voice memo recording, tap the “magic wand” icon in the top left of the screen while in “Edit Recording” mode. You will […]

Google removed Trusted Contacts, its location-sharing app designed for emergencies, from the App Store on Sunday. Anyone who has already downloaded it can continue using it until December 1, it said in an email to users. It said that location sharing was now built into Google Maps. But Trusted Contacts […]

There are two ways to get the Microsoft Office Suite on your iPhone – a single Office app, and separate apps for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Office apps are free to download, and can be used without paying, but you’ll need to pay a yearly fee for Microsoft 365 […]

You can now hide some of your app pages on an iPhone and declutter your home screen with the App Library in iOS 14. To hide a page of apps, put your iPhone in jiggle mode and tap the page indicator at the bottom of the screen. Clear the check […]

To find and use the App Library on your iPhone, you’ll need to swipe all the way to the last page of your home screen. Once you’ve opened the App Library, you can browse through your apps using the folders, or with the search bar. You can also use the […]

To use App Clips on an iPhone running iOS 14, you’ll have to first find a compatible website or business and tap the App Clips button. App Clips let you use part of an app without downloading the entire thing, which is great if you only need to use it […]

To add a smart stack on your iPhone, tap and hold on any blank space on your home screen, and then tap the plus icon. Adding a smart stack to your iPhone’s home screen will give you easy access to the weather, your calendar, music, and more. You can remove […]

You can turn down the alarm volume on your iPhone in two different ways using your iPhone’s Settings app. Apple lets iPhone users turn down their alarm manually through the Sounds menu in Settings. You can also turn down the alarm volume on your iPhone by toggling on an option […]

You can update Instagram on your iPhone manually by going to the App Store. Instagram, along with other apps on your iPhone, should update automatically, but if they don’t, you can start the update on your own. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. The photo-sharing app Instagram is constantly […]

To clear the Facebook app’s cache on your iPhone, you can head into the app’s “Settings & Privacy” menu to clear its browser cache, and delete and reinstall the app to fully clear its cached data. Your iPhone’sFacebook cache is a record of the links you’ve clicked, pages you’ve visited, […]

If your iPhone won’t update apps normally, there are a few things you can try to fix the issue, including restarting the update or your phone. You should make sure that your iPhone is connected to Wi-Fi. You can also uninstall and reinstall the app. It’s also possible that your […]

You can see all the apps you’ve ever downloaded on your iPhone right in your phone’s App Store. However, your App Store will only keep track of the apps you’ve downloaded with the Apple ID you’re currently logged into. This means you’ll also see apps you downloaded on other iPhones […]

To make Google Chrome the default browser on your iPhone, you’ll need to open its Settings page. If you’ve updated your iPhone to iOS 14 or newer, you can set a variety of internet browser apps as your default. Once you’ve made Chrome the default browser on your iPhone, you […]

You can manually delete app data on your iPhone to free up storage space when you’re running low. The data stored by your apps can take up a lot of space on your iPhone, and eventually even threaten to fill the phone’s memory completely. To clear app data on your […]

You’ll need to enable in-app purchases on your iPhone to unlock additional features or content in many apps and games. If you find that in-app purchases aren’t enabled on your iPhone, the most likely problem is that they have been turned off in Screen Time settings. Open Screen Time to […]

To share your ETA in the Apple Maps app on your iPhone, you’ll need to tap the “Share ETA” button, which appears once you start navigating. Apple Maps can share your ETA with anyone in your contacts list, and anyone you’ve shared with will be able to track your progress […]

You can cancel your Hulu subscription from your iPhone’s Settings app, but only if you originally signed up for Hulu through the iPhone app. To cancel your Hulu subscription, you’ll need to open your iPhone’s Apple ID menu and select the “Subscriptions” option. This menu also lets you upgrade or […]

To create a folder on your iPhone, all you need to do is drag an app onto another app. Folders are easy to edit and they can contain more than one page, so you have plenty of space for your apps. Creating folders can declutter your home screen and help […]

You can enable cookies on an iPhone to help personalise and streamline your web browsing experience. Cookies are small text files that save information about websites you visit. Most browsers enable cookies by default. If you’ve turned cookies off, it’s easy to turn them back on. You can enable cookies […]

There are many ways to listen to music on your iPhone for free. Using apps like Audiomack and FMA, you can legally download tracks for free to listen to when you don’t have any connectivity. Streaming apps like Spotify and Pandora have free, ad-supported modes. You can stream these songs, […]

The method you use to close apps on an iPhone depends on which model of the phone you have, as iPhone X models lack the home button that previous models had. Despite conventional wisdom, you really don’t need to regularly close unused apps on your iPhone; iOS is designed to […]

You can uninstall (or delete) an app on your iPhone by pressing and holding an app icon until the phone enters its “jiggle mode,” and then tapping the “X” in the corner of the app. If an app doesn’t have an “X,” that means it’s a built-in iOS app, and […]

It just takes a minute to clear the cache on Safari,Apple‘s web browser, whether you’re on a Mac computer or a mobile device. Web browsers save data from the websites you visit to load them more quickly when you return. But an overstuffed cache can sometimes cause technical problems. Here’s […]

You can add new apps to an Apple Watch using a few different methods on your iPhone. An Apple Watch comes pre-loaded with basic apps, just like an iPhone. Install new apps on your Apple Watch by using the iPhone Watch app and tapping “Install” on Available Apps already on […]

Apple doesn’t provide an official way to hide apps, but you can store iPhone apps you want to hide in a folder, shielding it from view. iPhone folders support many “pages” of apps, so you can store “private” apps on back pages in a folder. You can also configure your […]

You can easily move apps to organise them on different pages of your iPhone or into folders, once you master getting your iPhone into “jiggle mode.” Lightly press an app for about 3 seconds until it starts to jiggle – then you can move apps around your iPhone screen with […]

There are several ways to download music on your iPhone, including through iTunes and Apple Music, or with a music streaming app. With an Apple Music subscription, you can download songs to your iPhone with just a few taps. If you have music on your computer, you can transfer it […]

Summary List Placement Surprisingly, one of the things you can’t do with your iPhone “out of the box” is record a phone call. This may be in part because Apple doesn’t want to have to deal with the legal issues surrounding recording phone calls – there are laws that vary […]

You can easily unblock a blocked number on your iPhone if you no longer want to prevent that number from sending you calls, texts, or FaceTime requests. The process of blocking a number takes only a few seconds, and the unblocking process is equally simple and quick. Here’ s how […]

Deleting old, unused contacts off your iPhone can save you time when you are searching for those contacts you actually want to use. Removing contacts also frees up a bit of space on the phone, leaving more storage for pictures and apps. Deleting a contact from your iPhone takes only […]

You can use a simple trick to delete all of the photos and videos from your iPhone at once, even though iOS doesn’t let you “select all” to delete your iPhone’s photos and videos. You can delete all of your photos at once manually by opening your “All Photos” folder, […]

You can track an iPhone using any iteration of the Find My app, which gives you the last known location of your iPhone. The Find My or Find My iPhone app is installed on every iPhone and iPad by default, and you can also access the feature through the iCloud […]

There are several ways to stop your iPhone from receiving robocalls, which are on the rise in part because the technology is cheap for spammers to operate. Though the following options will help mitigate robocalls and other spam calls on your iPhone, no single remedy is a perfect solution. Be […]

You can turn off the Find My feature on your iPhone from the phone’s Settings, or via the iCloud website. When you turn off Find My on your iPhone, you’ll lose the ability to locate your phone on a map if you need to find it. You might need to […]

You can rotate any video that’s saved to your iPhone or iPad with a simple, two-fingered gesture in editing. You need to install iMovie from the App Store, though this is a free app from Apple. Rotating a video can eliminate black bars that happen when you record a video […]

Apple makes it easy to record a video of your iPhone screen without installing additional apps. It’s handy for recording short demos or documenting a problem with your iPhone. The video can be silent or include narration captured by your phone’s microphone. Taking a screenshot – a single still image […]

You can delete apps from your iPhone via the home screen, or by using the “Offload App” feature. The method to delete apps from your home screen differs depending on what version of iOS it’s running. The Offload App feature lets you save some of an app’s data before you […]

Apple announced its top iPhone and iPad apps of the year on Tuesday. There are a lot of hidden gems on the lists, including Australian-made Procreate Pocket, Doughnut County, and Froggipedia. Download links are below. If you’re looking for apps for your iPhone, Apple’s year-end awards are a good place […]

Some enterprising scammers have been tricking iPhone users into downloading apps that charge $US4 per week or more – sometimes working out to hundreds of dollars per year. One of these apps even rose to No. 69 on Apple’s top-grossing chart, suggesting that only 68 apps were making more money […]

I have 221 apps on my iPhone X. All of them are organised on just a single page of my home screen. I created a system to keep all of my apps organised, so I never have trouble finding what I’m looking for. I currently have 221 apps on my […]

A few months ago, I had a realisation: I wasn’t paying enough attention to current events. Sure, I work in the news business. I watch the news scroll past on Twitter all day long, and there are TVs tuned to news channels in my newsroom. Sometimes I can hear my […]

It’s official: Facebook is the most popular iPhone app of all time. In honour of the App Store’s 10th birthday – it launched in July 2008 – app analytics firm App Annie has compiled a comprehensive look at the most popular apps of the last 10 years. Facebook took the […]

Instagram just effectively declared war on YouTube and Snapchat. On Wednesday it announced IGTV, a new longform-video app. Users can access it via a dedicated app for iOS and Android or a section within the Instagram app. IGTV won’t have ads at launch, but they will most likely be added […]

Payments service Zelle is on track to become more popular than Venmo by the end of the year. Zelle was created by seven of the largest US banks and often works within your mobile banking app. Zelle also differs from Venmo – and the third most-popular payments app, Square Cash […]

HQ Trivia is a a free app, available for iPhone and Android, that hosts a daily live game show for real cash prizes. During a recent special event hosted on the app, twelve lucky HQ players won more than $US20,000. One of those winners was Peter Manley, a father from […]

Every iPhone comes with a slew of Apple’s own first-party apps. Thankfully, though, the App Store is overflowing with alternative apps, many of which are better than Apple’s. You just got a new iPhone. Congrats! Apple devices come with lots of Apple software built-in, and the iPhone is no exception. […]

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Glow, the fertility appthat helps a woman get pregnant, was officially released a little over four months ago. Today Glow said over 1,000 women have successfully used the app to get pregnant, reports TechCrunch’s Colleen Taylor. Glow created buzz back in May when founder Max Levchin first showed it off […]

A new iPhone app called Jetpac City Guideswill appear in the iPhone store on December 5. It tells you all about the best places in every city to hit, based on analysing millions of Instagram photos. We’ve been playing with a preview of it and really like it. It uses […]

People are going nuts for the new addictive iPhone game QuizUp.It was released to the app store on Nov. 7 and already has about 2 million users, the company says. But QuizUp may have been leaking your private information stored on your phone, sending that information to complete strangers, according […]

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[credit provider=”KillSwitch”] Nowadays it’s rare to share something like a photo or status update on Facebook and not have it live on permanently.But what happens when you want to rid yourself of that digital baggage in the case of a break-up or falling out with someone?

[credit provider=”Kevin Smith, Business Insider”] Facebook just updated its iOS app to feature in-app video recording and sharing, as well as voice messages.The voice messages feature, which lets users send messages up to 60 seconds long, previously only lived within Facebook’s standalone Messenger app, but is now a part of Facebook’s […]

[credit provider=”Flickr/Klearchos Kapoutsis” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/klearchos/3824371065/”] A while ago I posted about using a happiness boosting iPhone app created by researcher and author of The How of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky.For the past couple months I’ve been using another app, In Flow.

Nielsen published data on the most popular iPhone and Android apps of the year. As you can see it’s mostly meat-and-potato type apps like maps and weather. The two apps that amusingly stand out, and sort of tell stories about each platform are “Advance Task Killer” for Android and “Instagram” […]

[credit provider=”Iain Browne via flickr” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/nowhere77/3370235501/in/photostream/”] It’s OK, you don’t have to feel like a bad person. Your family can be boring and annoying. It doesn’t mean you don’t love them. It just means you’re a human.To escape for a few moments while you’re around them, we’ve put together a […]

[credit provider=”Screenshot”] Ever since Twitter ruined its iPhone app last year, I’ve been on the hunt for a replacement.I’ve tested Echofon, Osfoora, Twitterrific and Tweetbot. Of that bunch, Twitterrific was the best looking, but Tweetbot had the best set of features. Thus, Tweetbot became my default Twitter app.

Apple has made it pretty easy to shoot a picture from your iPhone. You simply tap a button on the front of your screen and it shoots a picture. If that isn’t easy enough, you can push the volume up button to snap a quick photo.

[credit provider=”YouTube/InternetSocietyVideo” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry-oEm5vOsk”] Silent Circle got its start with a phone call—the everyday kind of communication the privacy-protection startup hopes to secure when it launches its first product next month.Internet Hall of Famer and privacy guru Phil Zimmermann was minding his own business (as he always does) when he got […]

[credit provider=”Screenshot”] Any developer can get Apple to pay attention to their app early on and perhaps even have it featured in the App Store. The key is just to know what Apple employees look for in new apps and how they discover apps in the first place.Matt Drance, a […]

[credit provider=”Flickr / Rodfather” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/rodfather/4687000855/in/photostream/”] iOS developers dream of getting their app featured in Apple’s App Store or having it spotlighted during one of the company’s developer conferences. Much of this is out of the developer’s control, but there is one way to improve your chances of getting Apple’s attention: focus […]

[credit provider=”Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images”] Apple’s app review process gets a lot of hate from developers and customers alike, but before you judge Apple’s reviewers too harshly, consider what they have to put up with.Mike Lee, a former senior engineer at Apple who worked on the company’s Worldwide Developer […]

[credit provider=”bmf/Twitter” url=”https://twitter.com/#!/bmf”] If you want to know how iOS developers really feel about working with Apple, just ask Mike Lee.Lee has had plenty of interactions with developers, both as a former senior engineer at Apple, where he worked on the company’s Worldwide Developer Relations team, and as the head […]

[credit provider=”Apple”] Facebook’s app on the iPhone is notoriously slow to load, but not for much longer.Facebook has completely rebuilt its iPhone app to make it run much faster, according to New York Times reporter Nick Bilton.