The best way to stay on top of emails is to address them as they come in. On Android, Gmail notifications give you two options: “Archive” and “Reply.” We’ll show you how to add a “Mark as Read” option, too. “Archive” and “Reply” are useful, but marking an email as read also really comes in handy. There are many times when you can’t reply to an email right away, but want to save it in your Inbox so you can answer it later....
Google accounts are tightly integrated into Android devices. Thankfully, if you have personal and work accounts, it’s easy to add multiple Google accounts on your Android smartphone or tablet. You likely already have one Google account added to your Android device, the account you used when setting up the handset. If you have a Google account through work, you can add it and access your work emails, documents, and files as well....
Are you heading somewhere and would prefer a route that does not include highways? If so, ask Google Maps to exclude all the highways from your driving directions. It’s as simple as checking a box. RELATED: How to Find Your Direction of Travel Using Google Maps Set Google Maps to Avoid Highways on Mobile To start, on your iPhone, iPad, or Android phone, launch the Google Maps app. In Maps, find directions for your destination....
If you have a number of Google Home or Nest speakers and Smart Displays scattered around your house, why not put them to use as a broadcasting system? That’s exactly what you can do with the Google Assistant. Google Assistant’s broadcasting feature works like a modern intercom. You can broadcast a message to your kid’s room to tell them dinner is ready, or send a message to the whole house when you’re away....
You can cancel your Spotify Premium subscription on the Spotify website via any mobile or desktop browser. However, you can’t do it in the application on any device, including a Windows PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Android phone. RELATED: Spotify Free vs. Premium: Is it Worth Upgrading? To cancel your subscription, sign in on the Spotify website, click your Profile icon at the top right, and then click “Account.”...
CBS is home to some of the most popular series on television, and the easiest way to stream them at home is with an All Access subscription. If you’re no longer interested in paying $6 or more a month, here’s how to cancel your CBS All Access membership. Where you cancel your All Access subscription comes down to where you first signed up. If you pay CBS directly, you’ll have to cancel your membership from the company’s website....
You can change your Zoom display name either before a meeting or during a meeting. In this guide, you will learn to change both your full name (first name and last name) and your display name. RELATED: How to Set Up a Zoom Meeting Change Your Name on Zoom Outside a Meeting If you are not already in a Zoom meeting, use the methods here to change your Zoom display name....
If you use Safari on Mac and would like to quickly clear your browser history without digging through menus, you can take care of it with a keyboard shortcut and a click by creating a custom shortcut in System Preferences. Here’s how. First, we’ll need to visit “System Preferences” to create the custom keyboard shortcut. On your Mac, click the “Apple” icon in the upper-left corner and select “System Preferences....
While the process is pretty straightforward, getting your hands on older releases of macOS isn’t so easy. Before You Start It’s important to understand that not all versions of macOS (or Mac OS X) work with all hardware configurations. It’s common knowledge that new macOS releases often drop support for older hardware, but the same is true for newer Mac models and older software, too. For example, you cannot install any version of macOS prior to Big Sur (released in 2020) on a Mac with an Apple Silicon chip, including the M1....
If you’re struggling with back-to-back meetings all day, let Microsoft Outlook help by automatically changing the end time so you can take a short break. You can do this in either the Outlook client or the Outlook web app. A lot of settings in the Outlook desktop client will sync with the web app and vice versa, but in this case, they don’t. If you use both the client and the web app, you’ll have to set this up in both....
Deleting emails from your Gmail account is final — they’re lost forever once you empty your trash folder. If you want to hide emails, rather than delete them, you can archive the messages instead. This allows you to find and retrieve the emails at a later date. How to Archive Emails in Gmail To archive an email in Gmail, you simply need to select an email (or multiple emails) and then click the Archive button....
While using Windows 10, you might see a list of “Most Used” apps in your Start menu. Whether you’d like to simplify to Start menu or conceal the list due to privacy concerns, hiding the most used apps list is easy. Here’s how to do it. When enabled, the “Most Used” section of the Start menu keeps track of which apps you use the most, and it displays them in a Start menu list....
How Vertical Tabs Work in Microsoft Edge If you’re running Microsoft Edge version 89 or higher, you will see a new Vertical Tabs button in the top-left corner of the tabs section. When you click this button, the tab bar will change into a sidebar on the left of the browser window. Here, you’ll see a list of all open tabs. By default, the sidebar shows the title of the web page as well....
What You Need to Know Android apps are installed to your device’s internal storage by default. If you have a microSD card, you can move some of your currently installed apps over to the microSD card. This is not supported by all apps, however. In fact, many don’t support this feature at all. The state of SD card support on Android is a shell of what it used to be. Not only is it much harder to find Android devices with SD card slots, but the functionality has been greatly diminished as well....
Apple’s Low Power Mode is essential for making an older iPhone’s battery last longer. Normally, iOS turns off Low Power Mode automatically when your iPhone charges to 80% capacity. But you can use a Shortcuts automation to keep Low Power Mode enabled forever. Here’s how. First, open the Shortcuts app, which Apple added as a default app in iOS 13. If you can’t find it on your Home screen, swipe downward with one finger in the middle of your screen to open Spotlight....
In WhatsApp, there are a few different ways you can start a group voice or video call. You can create an impromptu group just for that call, or you can call from within an existing group chat. We’ll walk you through both methods below. How to Start a Call From the Calls Tab Because WhatsApp voice and video calls are so popular (not to mention free), the app has a separate Calls section on both iPhone and Android....
Phones get all the fun toys. Thanks to built-in GPS, network triangulation, and other goodies, it’s possible for them to use a more-or-less exact location for apps and website tools. That’s usually not true with laptop and desktop PCs, where location access is usually determined based on your IP address. That’s generally “close enough” if you’re in a major city, but outside any metro area things get off pretty quickly—thanks to my ISP’s weird re-routing, most websites think I’m about 150 miles east of where I actually am....
Use the Bluetooth Menu and AirPlay Options Apple is releasing a new seamless switching experience for AirPods and AirPods Pro in iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and macOS Big Sur. It should be out in fall 2020. Once the feature is released, your AirPods will automatically connect to the device that you’re using. For example, if you have just ended a call on your iPhone and you pick up your iPad to start a video, your AirPods should switch to the iPad automatically....
If you want to send a message to someone, WhatsApp requires you to add them as a contact first. Thankfully, there’s a workaround. Using Shortcuts, you can skip the process and start a conversation with any phone number (given that they are on WhatsApp). Shortcuts is Apple’s built-in automation app for iPhone and iPad. You can use it to create automation, or you can just import automations that have been created by community members....
The cool thing about Jackbox digital party games is only one person has to own and run them. To play with your friends and family, you can just share your screen with them on Zoom. They can then play the game via any browser on any smartphone, tablet, or computer. The Ideal Online Party Game Jackbox games were designed for in-person parties. A few people gather around a screen, open a website on their smartphones, and then everyone can play....
