iPhone Life - Best Apps, Top Tips, Great Gear

Having the same ringtone and text tone as your friends can get frustrating. Have you ever been sure you just received a text, only to find that it was the person next to you? A great way to distinguish your iPhone is to change your text message ringtone. We will teach you how to do that and set different text tones for your favorite contacts.

The watchOS 8 update brings more independence to the Apple Watch. One exciting new feature is the ability to find your AirTags using just your watch. The update separates the Find My app into three specialized apps: Find Devices, Find Items, and Find People. I will walk you through the step-by-step process.

Until now, Safari extensions weren't available on iPhone or iPad, limiting the ability to use these handy third-party tools in our daily browsing. But with iOS 15, we will now be able to enjoy Safari browser extensions on these devices. Here is how to add Safari addons:

Sometimes I’ll expand a photo album or split it if it’s gotten too large. Then, I need to rename the album name to accurately describes the pictures it contains. If you’ve been wondering, "How do I rename an album in Photos," here’s how.

Earlier this year, Apple caused a big splash by introducing App Tracking Transparency, a new feature that requires app developers to announce their intentions to track their users and allow users the opportunity to opt out of tracking. With iCloud Plus Private Relay, a new iOS 15 feature for paid iCloud users, Apple is doubling down on giving users the power to protect their own data. But what is iCloud Plus Private Relay? Is it a VPN? How does it work? How can you use it? In this article, we'll cover all your burning questions about the new service.

What is Live Text? Live Text is Apple's handy new feature that identifies text in an image and lets you copy, paste, search for, and even translate it just as you would with the text you'd find on a website, in a message, etc. This means, you can take a picture of a written phone number and enter it into your contacts, copy a written shopping list into Notes, translate text in a picture you took, and more via Live Text. Let's learn how to use it.

Getting your first iPhone is super exciting, but it can be a little intimidating. I'll walk you through the steps to getting your new phone up and running—the first steps including learning how to activate a new iPhone and set up a carrier or provider. I will also explain the other essential steps necessary to get you started!