From essential first steps to pro-level tweaks, these are the things I do first every time I set up a new iPhone.

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In the Settings app, go to Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap and choose one of two options: double tap or triple tap. You ...

Per TSA’s warning, upgrade your iPhone before you fly to ensure this hacking threat doesn’t catch you out. Apple doesn’t ...

Another big-number update has arrived for the iPhone. The iOS 26.2 release introduces new features — usually missing from smaller number updates such as iOS 26.0.1 — as well as bug fixes and security ...

The iPhone 17 series is one of Apple’s boldest in recent memory. The base iPhone 17 has adopted once Pro-only features, such ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. I've had my hands on iOS 26 for plenty of ...

OS 26.2 is the latest iPhone software update, and it brings several new ways to customize the way your iPhone looks and works ...

OS 27 could be light on flashy new tricks that one expects from an annual upgrade, but its focus on building atop foundations ...

Apple seeded the second iOS 26.2 Release Candidate to developers earlier this week, meaning the update will be released to the general public very soon. Apple confirmed iOS 26.2 would be released in ...

Have you upgraded your iPhone to iOS 26 yet, or still running iOS 18? Apple's iOS 26.2 release date may come out today, Dec. 8, 2025, or this week, and the new iPhone and iPad updates have a slew of ...

Apple today released iOS 26.2, the second major update to the iOS 26 operating system that came out in September, iOS 26.2 comes a little over a month after iOS 26.1 launched. ‌iOS 26‌.2 is compatible ...