Dean Foster

Amber Alert is a kind of emergency alert system developed in the U.S in 1996. It was developed to reduce child abduction by spreading an emergency message to the public to find abducted children. Let’s understand it with a daily life example. If a child is lost, you receive an alert on your smartphone. This alert is known as Amber alert. These alerts are also transmitted through different broadcasting and digital services to find the missing child. While an Amber alert is helpful in finding a missing person, it can be disruptive for many if someone receives it early in the morning.  Therefore, many think to stop or turn it off. Turning off an Amber alert is straightforward. We will help you through this guide in disabling Amber alerts. Let’s see how you can disable it on phones, including stock Android, Samsung, OnePlus, and LG.       Turning off Amber alerts on Stock Android Go to the Settings.  Find and click on the  Apps & notifications  op...

Updating devices from time to time is advantageous in many ways. An update fixes many problems and adds new features on the device. Today, you will learn how to take advantage of an update on Apple AirPods or AirPods Pro. You might have heard about the new spatial audio feature on the new pricey AirPods Max. But what if you already have the AirPods Pro? Don’t worry; you can use the new audio feature without needing to buy a new model.  Further, the latest firmware update from Apple provides a feature called automatic switching for the second-generation AirPods and AirPods Pro. You will learn about both these features below, but before that, you will learn the ways to update your earbuds to enjoy some great features.  Ways to update firmware It is necessary to keep firmware updated If you want to enjoy spatial audio on your AirPods Pro. Luckily the firmware may get updated on its own for many users without any effort from their end. But AirPods cannot get updated in the sam...

Most of the users who are using Google Home and Amazon Echo smart speakers just love the broadcast message feature. By using smart speakers, users can deliver a message to all speakers in the home. Delivering a message in all speakers was only available in Google Home and Amazon Echo, but was missing in HomePod. Apple understood the feature and added it to iOS 14. Apple added this feature for both HomePod and HomePod Mini and they call it an intercom feature. Through the intercom feature, HomePod users can send a voice message to all those areas of the home where the speakers are placed. Broadcasting message feature is available in Google Home, Amazon Echo and now HomePod. However, Apple took this feature a little further by allowing the user to send and receive messages from an iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch or even CarPlay. To use the intercom feature, users must check the software version of their iPad, iPhone, HomePod and HomePod Mini. Once all the devices are running on the latest soft...

  Unlike iPhone and iPad, Apple Watch doesn’t have too many features, but users can still customize whatever features they have in it. Apple Watch is the smartest watch in its category of wearable devices. If you want to explore your Apple Watch and make the most out of it, then here are the best features you should explore and customize it as per your choice. Even if you don’t have a lot of features in Apple Watch, you can still customize a lot of things in it. By tapping on the  App View  option, you can choose to view your apps in List and Grid view, and by clicking on the  Arrangement  option, you can reposition your apps. There’s also a dock that users can pull up using the side button. This feature allows you to view all recently opened apps or up to 10 favorite apps on Apple Watch. Press the  Dock  icon in the Watch  App  of the iOS device, and tell it which installed the app you want to check. Make your choice by choosing between Favo...

  The biggest and finest Android update has finally arrived for Android users. Android 11 has brought some cool features for Android devices. Samsung and Google’s flagship and some medium segment devices have already received the new update. For the rest of the devices, Android 11 will arrive after some time. Users who have recently bought Google Pixel 5 and Google Pixel 4a 5G are getting Android 11 by default. However, if anyone is willing to know about the new features of Android 11, here’s the guide for it. Android 11 Quick Control Devices  t hat are running over Android 11 should press and hold the power button to bring up the Quick Control screen. On Google Pixel devices, the Quick Control screen provides some shortcuts related to boarding passes and Google Pay cards. Below it, there will be a Smart Home devices section. Google Assistant’s New Hold for Me Feature Through the  Hold for Me  feature, users won’t have to hear the annoying loop music on call. This ne...