Apps How to update your apps on iOS 13The Verge - Jay PetersI’m obsessed with keeping my apps up to date, and for years, this has led me to follow the same exact pattern every time I open up the App Store on my iPhone. I immediately tap the Updates tab, refresh
Apps How to rearrange and delete your apps in iOS 13The Verge - Jay PetersI’ve been using an iPhone since the iPhone 2G, and one of my all-time favorite iOS gestures is what my colleague Dieter Bohn calls “jiggly mode,” which is when you press and hold an app and all of the
iOS Here’s how to avoid iOS 13 — if you want toThe Verge - Barbara KrasnoffAn update to a new version of iOS is always exciting, and iOS 13 promises several handy new features, including a universal dark mode and an improved camera app. However, in our review, we found that new
Apple iOS 13 review: join the dark sideThe Verge - Chaim GartenbergiOS 13 is here. Apple is bringing a very different sort of update to last year’s iOS 12, which was built around performance improvements and rethinking how much we use our phones. iOS 13 is big and flashy.
Nintendo Switch Lite Nintendo Switch Lite review: a triumphant return to dedicated handheldsThe Verge - Andrew WebsterEver since it entered the world of video games, a few things about Nintendo have remained consistent. Perhaps the most enduring is that the company knows how to make a great portable gaming experience.
Gear & Gadgets Sonos Move review: house shaker, not road warriorThe Verge - Dan SeifertFor the past week or so, I’ve been listening to music on a wireless speaker in my living room, in my kitchen, in my home office, on my patio, and even at the park. While some people might do this with
Play buttonApple Watch Apple Watch Series 5 review: the best smartwatchThe Verge - Dieter BohnThe highest praise I can give the new Apple Watch Series 5 is simply this: it’s an Apple Watch. There’s a running joke in my recent iPad reviews: I just get to say “it’s an iPad,” and everybody knows that
Books Free reads: how to find no-cost fiction onlineThe Verge - Barbara KrasnoffIf you’re a dedicated reader, the internet can provide a treasure trove of free books, short stories, and other reading material. But where do you look? Especially if you want to find free reading material
Play buttoniPhone Apple iPhone 11 review: the phone most people should buyThe Verge - Nilay PatelThis is one of the simplest reviews I’ve ever had to write: the iPhone 11 is the phone most people who are upgrading to a new iPhone this year should get. It’s an excellent phone, with one of the best
Play buttoniPhone Apple iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max review: the battery life is realThe Verge - Nilay PatelThe iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max did not arrive at the splashiest Apple event ever. Like their sibling the iPhone 11, they were mostly seen as iterative updates to Apple’s existing iPhone XS and
Mobile Technology The best budget phone you can buy in 2019The Verge - Cameron FaulknerBuying a good phone can cost a lot of money, but it doesn’t have to. You’ve probably heard that before, but now it’s truer than ever. Features that you expect in a high-end, high-cost flagship smartphone
iOS How to prepare your iPhone for a trade-in programThe Verge - Cameron FaulknerHow’s that iPhone in your pocket feeling? Old? Outdated? Just fine, but you want to trade it in anyway? September is usually the time when people start thinking about trading in their current iPhone and
Sega Genesis Sega Genesis Mini review: the best tiny console yetThe Verge - Andrew WebsterWe’re now at a point where there are multiple companies trading on nostalgia with high-end micro consoles. It’s a trend Nintendo started with the NES Classic, and one that has continued with the SNES and
Gear & Gadgets How to choose a fitness trackerThe Verge - Alfred PoorFitness trackers are popular today, and for good reason. They not only help guide exercise workouts such as running, swimming, or cycling, they can also help you and your health care professional understand
Gear & Gadgets Fitbit Versa 2 review: smart fitness tracker, dumb smartwatchThe Verge - Dan SeifertFitbit’s name has been synonymous with fitness trackers since its inception. But for the past few years, the company has also been branching into the smartwatch world to compete with the likes of the Watch
Gear & Gadgets Google Nest Hub Max review: bigger screen, better sound, and a cameraThe Verge - Dan SeifertLast year’s Nest Hub (formerly Home Hub) from Google is one of my most favorite smart home devices for one simple reason: it’s the best digital picture frame I’ve ever seen and makes it incredibly easy
Security The Verge guide to privacy and securityThe Verge - The Verge StaffPrivacy and security are on everyone’s minds these days — and for good reason. It sometimes seems like every week, there’s a new story about a corporate database getting hacked, releasing thousands of
Gear & Gadgets The Verge guide to gaming gearThe Verge - The Verge StaffGaming today is more than just play. It means being immersed in fabulous universes; testing your reflexes against an imaginary opponent; interacting with friends, acquaintances, and strangers in strange
Play buttonGear & Gadgets Season 1 of Into the Dark blurred the line between TV and film, but rarely in a good wayThe Verge - Noel MurrayBlumhouse Productions was in the news quite a bit in August 2019 due to the uproar over the movie The Hunt. Co-produced by Blumhouse founder Jason Blum, the satirical thriller was pulled from release distributor
Headphones Sennheiser’s Momentum Wireless review: feature-packed, if not a sonic standoutThe Verge - Jon PorterIt’s been around four years since Sennheiser last updated its over-ear, noise-canceling Momentum Wireless headphones, and in that time a lot has changed. Voice assistants have become a staple feature headphones,
Android News How to try Android 10’s best new featuresThe Verge - Barbara KrasnoffIf you’ve got a Pixel or the Essential Phone, chances are that you’ve got — or are about to get — the full stable release of Android 10, which has a bunch of interesting new features that are worth checking
Android News Android 10 review: works nice, if you can get itThe Verge - Dieter BohnAndroid 10 is an operating system update that, like all Android updates, will not matter to most people for at least a year — more likely two or three. Compared to how quickly and broadly iOS updates iPhones
Mobile Technology How to stop your emails from being trackedThe Verge - Barbara KrasnoffUpdate July 3, 2019, 3:47PM ET: This article has been updated to include additional information about email clients. Update September 3, 2019, 7:35PM ET: This article has been updated to include directions
Gear & Gadgets How to make sense of your fitness app’s privacy policyThe Verge - Dan RosenbaumOne of the ways that connected fitness apps keep you exercising is by using accountability — the ability to share your workouts with friends so you can urge each other onward — but wanting to share with
Phones Samsung Galaxy Note 10 review: smaller phone, bigger expectationsThe Verge - Dan SeifertFor the entirety of the Galaxy Note’s existence, it has always been The Big Phone. It was the first mainstream phone to push the envelope of screen size — so much so that, at first, we dubbed it a “phablet”
Gear & Gadgets The best Chromebook you can buy right nowThe Verge - Dieter BohnBuying a Chromebook has always been a little confusing. At first, we had to wrap our heads around the idea that this was a laptop that just ran a browser. Then, we had to figure out how much something
Google Pay How to use Google PayThe Verge - Stefan EtienneRecently, Google has been busy updating the Google Pay app to support desktops, on top of its well-known mobile support. Nowadays, Google Pay is supported at most major markets, gas stations, and department
NASA NASA asks students to help name the next Mars roverThe Verge - Barbara KrasnoffThe next NASA Rover is on schedule to land on Mars in February 2021, but it’s still missing one vital component: a name. In order to create interest in the mission, and to inspire students to join in STEM
Gear & Gadgets How to make sure your fitness trackers are secureThe Verge - Curtis FranklinIt’s safe to say that few technologies have changed personal fitness more than wearable fitness trackers. These devices collect data to provide in-depth tracking of many different exercise parameters coaching,
