Posts about Apple iOS

Mobile data is such a convenient thing that it can be easy to forget about it sometimes, and just assume your phone always has an internet connection. When you’re travelling abroad, an internet connection can be even more useful, helping you translate things and find your way around entirely new areas. A lot of mobile networks charge fees for data usages in other countries. … [Read more...] about iPhone: How to Enable/Disable Data Roaming

“Raise to Wake” is a feature designed to make it quicker and easier to start using your phone after picking it up. It allows you to just lift your phone to start using it, rather than having to press any buttons. Generally, when you pick your phone up, you want to use it. “Raise to Wake” means you don’t have to hold your phone in such a way that you can press the side button … [Read more...] about iPhone: Disable Raise to Wake

Being at home when your broadband connection has dropped can be really frustrating. Noticing that your phone still has a good mobile data connection though, can really help. As long as you’ve got a mobile signal and enough data left on your plan you can configure your phone to work as a mobile hotspot. This guide will walk you through the process of enabling a mobile hotspot on … [Read more...] about iPhone: How to Enable Mobile Hotspot

Modern messaging apps often have extra features other than just sending messages. Features such as indicators showing when someone is online, being able to delete messages and read receipts can all be useful at times. But there are scenarios where you don’t want these features either. This guide will walk you through the process of disabling read receipts in iMessage. Read … [Read more...] about iPhone: Disable iMessage Read Receipts

Emoji are fun little sets of images that can be used to liven up text messages. The general design of emoji is standardised, so they’re visible on all platforms, although many platforms choose to change the art style a little. In other words, although you can send and receive a heart, for example, on both Android and iOS devices, the colour and shape might be a little … [Read more...] about iPhone: How to Add an Emoji Keyboard

Digital assistants like Siri are very common now. Not only found in mobile phones, but they’ve also been integrated into other platforms like smartwatches and computers too. The voice recognition of these digital assistants is a key part of their popularity, it makes interacting with them feel more human. To allow them to respond to voice commands, digital assistants listen … [Read more...] about iPhone: Stop Siri from Listening

Having the correct time on your phone is obviously useful. If you’ve gone on holiday, or work in a different time zone, you may have noticed that even with the time set to adjust automatically, it can take a while to catch up. This guide will walk you through the process of changing the time on your phone manually. … [Read more...] about iPhone: How to Change the Time