Turn your iPhone into a smart display on your desk. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac StandBy mode is a headline iOS 17 feature that turns your iPhone into a smart display on your nightstand, at ...

Phone and tablet makers have been finding ingenious ways to put those devices to use when they’re not in your hands. Take Google, which turns its Pixel Tablet into a quasi-smart display when it’s ...

The iPhone StandBy mode, introduced back when iOS 17 was released, is a feature that significantly enhances your device’s functionality when placed horizontally and connected to a power source. This ...

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Turn your iPhone into an alarm clock. See the time, temperature, and battery level clearly on your phone's display. Use nighttime mode to maintain sleep with a dim red-tinted screen. Your iPhone can ...

Google appears to be developing an Android equivalent to iOS’s Standby Mode, hinted at by a Google Play Services update and code found in Android 16. This new feature will likely leverage an enhanced ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. One of the new iPhone functionalities ushered in with the arrival of ...

John: Part of the widget story for all of Apple’s OSes this fall is StandBy, an iPhone-only mode that displays widgets, a clock, or photos when your device is stationary and charging in landscape ...

One of the most interesting feature of iOS 17 is StandBy mode, a widget-based landscape display intended primarily for nightstand use. This has definite, uh, echoes of Amazon’s Echo Show, and it’s ...

Among a host of new features that debuted in iOS 17 this week, one of my favorites is the new StandBy mode that turns your iPhone screen into a beautiful, smart display while charging. During the day, ...