There are two built-in iOS settings that can help you clean up a significant amount of storage on your iPhone -- one permanent and the other temporary. More free space will let you install the latest software updates, take more photos and videos and download more apps. Here's what you need to know.

OS has long let users set new default apps in a variety of categories, and the available options expanded in iOS 26.

The iOS 26 update is officially here. Alongside featuring an all-new Liquid Glass design, the latest update also expands AI capabilities to more apps and introduces two new apps—Preview and Games—among other enhancements. While some of these changes ...

If you want to limit your screen time or stop doomscrolling, both Apple and Google have digital well-being features to help you disconnect. Newer generations of software, iOS 26 and Android 16, have added even more features that can help you put down your phone.

This update is compatible with all iPhones from 2019 on — that means the iPhone 11 onwards. The iPhone XS, XS Max and XR supported iOS 18 but aren’t compatible with the new software. Every phone from iPhone 11 to the latest, including second- and third-generation iPhone SE, right up to iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air, are covered.

Even if you think you know your way around your iPhone, there are a handful of settings Apple hides so well that most people never touch them.

Apple's latest version of iOS brought with it a handful of welcome upgrades, but this much-needed UI toggle may be one of the better ones.

As iOS 26.2 arrives for many Apple iPhone users, here's everything to know about the latest update.

Privacy is personal, so you shouldn’t treat the settings I listed here as a checklist. Treat them as suggestions. Your tolerance for data collection and the ...