T-Mobile continues adding perks to its Magenta and Magenta Max plans. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile is broadening its free in-flight Wi-Fi promotion by adding domestic United Airlines flights to the offer. Subscribers to T-Mobile’s Magenta Max and Magenta post-paid plans have already had access to a similar deal on Alaska Airlines and Delta flights, but …
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The Dynamic Island is already available on Android devices
The DynamicSpot app gives Android users their own private island. I’ve always been on team Android, but every so often, Apple rolls out a feature that makes me just a little jealous. Thankfully, with the introduction of the divisive Dynamic Island, I didn’t have to wait very long before somebody shoehorned that sweet pill-shaped void into the Android OS. The …
Read More »Apple releases fixes for iPhone 14 Pro camera shaking and constant copy / paste prompts
Image of an iPhone 14 Pro sitting in a ball pit full of colorful pastel dots. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple is fixing a bunch of big iOS 16 bugs today. A new update that’s out now, iOS 16.0.2, is meant to fix the issue where the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro’s camera would vibrate …
Read More »How to use Focus modes in iOS 16
Apple added Focus modes last year in iOS 15 to help you stay on task. The idea was to keep you “in the moment” by filtering out apps or notifications that you don’t want popping up during specific times. In iOS 16, Apple has also added some new options to streamline the process. That includes the ability to silence notifications …
Read More »The Motorola e22 and e22i budget phones look really nice
The real victims of Facebook catfish scams are the scammers, who have been human trafficked into scamming as a job. Extraordinary investigative work from Cambodian news outlet VOD, interviewing Indonesian migrant workers who were allegedly brought to Cambodia and set to work as pretend beautiful women who would like you to invest in their cryptocurrency platform. The workers say they …
Read More »TikTok’s BeReal clone app is gaining traction outside the US
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok Now, a standalone BeReal copycat app, is now available in markets outside the US, TechCrunch reports. The TikTok Now feature was first announced last week and is built into the TikTok app for US users. The app has gained traction in the days following its release on September 18th. Analytics firm Sensor …
Read More »Watch LG’s tragically-canceled rollable get put through its paces
LG’s unreleased rollable. | Image: 뻘짓연구소 More than a year after LG unceremoniously exited the smartphone business and abandoned plans to release a rollable smartphone, a lengthy hands-on video has given us a comprehensive look at the unreleased device. LG’s rollable cropped up in a short clip earlier this year, but this new video is far more comprehensive, showing off …
Read More »Turning on haptic keyboard feedback in iOS 16 could affect your battery life
The haptics could come at a cost. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge iOS 16 added a feature that finally lets you turn on haptic feedback while typing, meaning you’ll feel a small vibration under your fingertips every time you press a key on the iPhone’s virtual keyboard. But those small vibrations might come at a price: …
Read More »Biden admin accused of colluding with Big Tech
Welcome back to the big Sunday show. Democrats talked a whole lot about collusion when it came to Trump, but now it looks like the real collusion is between the Biden administration and Big Tech. Imagine that. Two Republican state attorneys general filing a new lawsuit to expose the administration working with social media giants like Facebook and Twitter to …
Read More »HMD claims its latest Nokia smartphone is its most ‘eco-friendly’ yet
HMD is announcing a trio of new smartphones today — the Nokia G60 5G, C31, and X30 5G — and says the X30 5G is the “most eco-friendly smartphone” it’s ever produced. The three phones are focused on Europe, and are distinct from the range of devices that HMD sells in the US. As well as being sold outright, the …
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