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iPhone Tip: What Song is This?

Back in the day, Apple bought the popular music discovery app Shazam. For the longest, Apple kept the service as its own standalone app. 

Apple has started to integrate Shazam natively into its ecosystem with the latest iOS 14 release. Peep my latest for PCMag on how to enable it.

How to Use Shazam’s Music-Recognition Feature in iOS 14

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7 Cool iOS 14 Features to Try Right Away – PCMag

With the iOS 14 public beta now available, I threw caution to the wind and installed it on my main iPhone. I wasn’t too worried, as the past few public betas from Apple have been surprisingly stable. But I did make an archived backup of my iPhone just in case, and I recommend other beta testers do the same.

It’s a safe bet that many if not all of the features present in the public beta will make it to the final release scheduled for this fall. After digging through and trying out all the features, here is a look at seven of the more notable ones you will want to try first.

Customize Your Home Screen With Widgets

App Library Ditches Endless Pages of Apps

No More Full-Screen Phone Call Notifications

Siri Gets Less Intrusive, More Informative

Video Picture-in-Picture

Better Organizations for Messages

Beefed-Up Privacy, Security Features

Read the entire story over on PCMag