The iPhone's Settings app is usually the place to go when you need to make changes to how your phone behaves. Or maybe you need to access your iCloud settings, or tweak the Camera app, or the way the ...

In watchOS 26, Apple made the Control Center more customizable than ever. You can rearrange it and add third-party app controls, and if you don't like your changes, you can revert to the original ...

Last fall, iOS 18 brought a powerful new feature: the ability to fully customize your Control Center setup. This change came packed with a ton of new controls to choose from. But ever since then, ...

Following last week’s homescreen redesign, the Google Gemini app on iPhone has been updated with lockscreen widgets and direct access in Control Center. The Gemini iPhone app now offers six circular ...

Control Center has gotten so much better over the past year, with a fully customizable toolset that’s always expanding. And my most-used Control Center feature, Background Sounds, will get even better ...

Beyond Liquid Glass, Apple is making giant updates to Control Center in iOS 26 that make this always handy iPhone feature become a powerhouse — once you learn how to use it to its fullest. For example ...

The upcoming version of watchOS reportedly will shake up the Apple Watch’s Control Center by adding support for third-party widgets. Right now, it only surfaces toggles for Wi-Fi, Battery, Focus mode, ...

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Apple has introduced a significant enhancement with the release of iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, the integration of ambient music directly into the Control Center. This feature is designed to complement ...

Open Control Center by swiping up from the bottom of the screen (or swiping down from the top right on iPhone X and newer). Tap the Lock Rotation / Lock Orientation button a second time, so that the ...