In watchOS 26, Apple made the Control Center more customizable than ever. You can rearrange it and add third-party app controls, and if you don't like your changes, you can revert to the original ...

Commentary: I hated the camera control button on my iPhone, so I used these settings to make it entirely decorative.

Despite rumors of a button-less iPhone, Apple continues to add new physical ways to interact with the device. It replaced the Silent Switch with a new Action button on the iPhone 15 Pro series — a ...

We have a 2007 Dodge Caravan with the factory audio system. It has no audio control buttons on the wheel, but it does have cruise control buttons: I have never used cruise control. I will never use ...

The iPhone 16/16 Pro’s new Camera Control button is almost as polarizing as politics. Some people love it; they think it makes it easier to photograph on the fly rather than unlocking the iPhone with ...

Commentary: I love the idea behind the dedicated Camera Control button on recent iPhones, but it keeps getting in the way. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author ...

I'm a longtime iPhone user, and I've been dying to get my hands on Apple's newest hardware innovation: the Camera Control button. After over a month with the iPhone 16 Plus, I can safely say I was ...

Small side buttons can do more than you think—use these hidden shortcuts that make everyday tasks faster and easier.

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Apple replaced the classic mute switch with the configurable Action button last year on the iPhone 15 Pro. Since day one, the Action button on my iPhone 15 Pro Max has been assigned to launching the ...

Reader Eric Lowe has a problem with Mail in OS X: My email opens at reduced size, but the expansion icon is grayed out, so I cannot get the page to full-screen size. With Mail set to full screen, mail ...