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Jacob Woolcock

How to Hide Your Location in Find My and Messages in iOS 27

1:36

10 hours ago

Planning a surprise or keeping a trip quiet? iOS 27 brings two new ways to hide your location on iPhone, one in Find My and one in Messages, and neither sends a notification to anyone. I'll show you how to switch off location sharing completely or just until... [read more]

How to Use Siri AI as a Personal Assistant in iOS 27

1:59

3 days ago

In iOS 27, Siri AI can finally draw on your contacts, calendar, emails and messages to answer questions only it could answer, like what you need to prepare for tomorrow's course. I'll show you how to get a full daily briefing on your iPhone, ask Siri to search... [read more]

Save a Video Frame as a Photo in iOS 27

1:18

4 days ago

Ever paused a video on the perfect moment and wished you had it as a proper photo? In iOS 27 the Photos app can save any frame of a video as a full-quality still, up to 4K, with none of the blur or interface clutter you'd get from... [read more]

How to Create a Pass in Apple Wallet in iOS 27

2:37

5 days ago

Got a paper ticket, membership card or gift card cluttering up your wallet? In iOS 27, Apple Wallet's new Create a Pass feature lets you turn it into a digital pass on your iPhone, either by scanning it with your camera so the barcode, QR code and details... [read more]

How to Turn On Star Ratings for Photos in iOS 27

1:39

6 days ago

Favourites are handy, but a simple favourite only tells you so much. iOS 27 adds a star rating system to the Photos app on iPhone, letting you score any photo from one to five stars for a much better way to organise your library. I'll show you where... [read more]

Create Photorealistic Images with Image Playground in iOS 27

2:05

1 week ago

Image Playground has mostly given me weird, cartoony animal pictures in the past, but iOS 27 finally fixes that with proper photorealistic images. I'll show you how to use one of your own photos as a starting point on your iPhone, like turning my cat Pudding into something... [read more]

Adjust Liquid Glass Transparency in iOS 27

1:27

1 week ago

Liquid Glass has split opinion since it launched: some people love how see-through it is, while others find it harder to read. In iOS 27 there's finally a proper fix, a new Liquid Glass slider in Settings that takes your iPhone from fully transparent to fully tinted, with... [read more]

How to Add Keywords to Photos in iOS 27

1:33

2 weeks ago

Your iPhone is clever at searching your photos, but it can't know that a concert at the Royal Albert Hall was actually the BBC Proms. iOS 27 fixes that with keywords in the Photos app, letting you tag any picture with an event name, a project or anything... [read more]

Write and Send Emails with Write with Siri in iOS 27

1:22

2 weeks ago

Imagine drafting and sending an entire email without typing a single word. That's Write with Siri in iOS 27, which sits right above your iPhone keyboard (or answers to "Hey Siri") and uses onscreen awareness to know exactly what you're writing. I'll show you how I put it... [read more]

Get Webpage Update Alerts with Notify Me in Safari

1:54

2 weeks ago

Tired of checking the same webpage over and over for concert announcements, news stories or blog updates? Safari's new Notify Me feature in iOS 27 lets your iPhone watch a page for you and send a notification the moment something changes. I'll show you how to describe exactly... [read more]