https://useandlike.com/news/ What changed in the apps you use, in our own words, with what it means for you and what to do about it. en https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-locked-chats-pin/https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-locked-chats-pin/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTOpenAI is rolling out Locked Chats: a locked conversation moves out of your chat history, pinned chats and search into a separate section that opens only with a four-digit PIN, or Face ID, Touch ID or your phone's unlock. https://useandlike.com/news/samsung-one-ui-9-android-auto-battery/https://useandlike.com/news/samsung-one-ui-9-android-auto-battery/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTSince Samsung's Android 17-based One UI 9 update started reaching older Galaxy phones, some owners report Android Auto stuttering or not connecting, and others report batteries draining fast. Samsung hasn't confirmed either problem. https://useandlike.com/news/affinity-ipad-free/https://useandlike.com/news/affinity-ipad-free/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTCanva released Affinity for iPad, with the same vector, photo editing, illustration and page layout tools as the desktop app, built for touch and Apple Pencil. The core tools are free with a free Canva account. https://useandlike.com/news/t-mobile-fiber-5-gig-price-lock/https://useandlike.com/news/t-mobile-fiber-5-gig-price-lock/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTFrom 3 November, T-Mobile Fiber offers 5 Gig home internet for 90 dollars a month with AutoPay, plus taxes and fees. The rate is guaranteed for 10 years, and you don't need to be a T-Mobile phone customer. https://useandlike.com/news/android-tv-box-botnet-backdoor/https://useandlike.com/news/android-tv-box-botnet-backdoor/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTGoogle led a takedown of a botnet of more than 1.3 million Android devices, mostly TV set-top boxes, in late October. Google says the maker Videostrong built a backdoor into the boxes on purpose and sold access to criminals. https://useandlike.com/news/comet-browser-iphone-extensions/https://useandlike.com/news/comet-browser-iphone-extensions/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTComet version 26.42.0 for iPhone and iPad has a built-in store where you can search, install and remove add-ons, taken from Firefox's add-ons catalog, such as Dark Reader and uBlock Origin Lite. https://useandlike.com/news/ms-now-streaming-on-tv-apps/https://useandlike.com/news/ms-now-streaming-on-tv-apps/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTVersant's MS NOW now streams its live 24/7 feed to its members on Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, Google TV and Amazon Fire TV, without a cable subscription for the first time. Membership costs 7.99 dollars a month or 79.99 dollars a year. https://useandlike.com/news/apple-intelligence-china-ios-27-3/https://useandlike.com/news/apple-intelligence-china-ios-27-3/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTApple said iOS 27.3, due in December, will turn on some Apple Intelligence features in China on the iPhone 15 Pro and newer, including Writing Tools, Genmoji, Clean Up, notification summaries and Live Translation with AirPods. https://useandlike.com/news/nothing-os-5-more-phones/https://useandlike.com/news/nothing-os-5-more-phones/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTNothing is rolling out its Android 17-based Nothing OS 5.0 to the Phone (4a) Pro, Phone (4a), Phone (3a) Pro and Phone (3a), after the Phone (3) in October. The Phone (2a) and (2a) Plus are planned for mid-November. https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-google-health-in-code/https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-google-health-in-code/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTCode in ChatGPT's Android app (version 1.2026.300) points to a connection between ChatGPT Health and Google Health, Android Authority found. OpenAI hasn't announced it, and it isn't live. https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-daily-limit-for-kids/https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-daily-limit-for-kids/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTCode in the Google app (version 17.72.13) suggests parents will be able to set a daily time limit for Gemini on supervised accounts, Android Authority found. Google hasn't announced it. https://useandlike.com/news/apple-watch-wrong-hour-fix/https://useandlike.com/news/apple-watch-wrong-hour-fix/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTApple published a support note for watches whose Always On display stays one hour off after daylight saving time ends. The wrong hour only shows while your wrist is down. https://useandlike.com/news/whatsapp-settings-redesign-in-testing/https://useandlike.com/news/whatsapp-settings-redesign-in-testing/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhatsApp is building a new design for its Android settings, with items grouped into rounded sections, according to WABetaInfo, which follows the app's test versions. WhatsApp hasn't announced it. https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-codex-shared-allowance/https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-codex-shared-allowance/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTOpenAI told Pro subscribers by email that their ChatGPT and Codex use will come out of the same allowance. It will also test putting the Work tab's features into normal chats with a small group of users in the coming weeks. https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-device-limit-paid-accounts/https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-device-limit-paid-accounts/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTOpenAI caps how many paid ChatGPT subscriptions can share one payment card or one device. Past the limit, new subscriptions can't be started and the app shows "Device limit reached". https://useandlike.com/news/ios-27-apple-intelligence-storage/https://useandlike.com/news/ios-27-apple-intelligence-storage/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTPeople who updated to iOS 27 report that Apple Intelligence uses about 9 to 16 GB of iPhone storage, GSMArena writes. That includes phones in regions where the features aren't available, like the EU. https://useandlike.com/news/new-outlook-unified-inbox-delayed/https://useandlike.com/news/new-outlook-unified-inbox-delayed/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTMicrosoft pushed back the rollout of the All Accounts view, which puts mail from all your accounts in one inbox, in the new Outlook for Windows. It now expects to finish by late November instead of late October. https://useandlike.com/news/amazon-blocks-meta-muse-shopping/https://useandlike.com/news/amazon-blocks-meta-muse-shopping/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTAmazon has blocked Meta's Muse shopping agent from making purchases on Amazon, citing safety concerns, according to The Wall Street Journal. Walmart and Shopify have made deals with Meta to work with Muse instead. https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-gems-become-skills/https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-gems-become-skills/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTGoogle is retiring Gems, Gemini's custom assistants. They turn read-only on 17 November and disappear on 17 December; Google converts existing Gems into Skills automatically. https://useandlike.com/news/homeview-security-camera-in-code/https://useandlike.com/news/homeview-security-camera-in-code/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTCode in HomeView 27.2, found by Reddit user pdfu and reported by The Verge, describes a security camera mode with motion detection, live streaming and recording through HomeKit Secure Video. Apple hasn't said it's coming. https://useandlike.com/news/microsoft-365-family-shared-storage/https://useandlike.com/news/microsoft-365-family-shared-storage/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMicrosoft 365 Family and Premium now come with 2TB of OneDrive storage shared by up to six people, instead of 1TB for each person. The Family plan's price stays $13 a month. https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-shared-link-flaw-fixed/https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-shared-link-flaw-fixed/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTResearchers at the security firm Parameter showed that a booby-trapped ChatGPT share link could run their code in the signed-in session of whoever opened it and read that person's private chats. OpenAI fixed it by 26 October. https://useandlike.com/news/youtube-bug-exits-full-screen/https://useandlike.com/news/youtube-bug-exits-full-screen/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTYouTube users on Android and iPhone report on Reddit that videos jump from full screen into the mini-player on their own, and the audio stops. Sammy Fans says reports go back to early October. https://useandlike.com/news/spotify-ai-remix-paid-add-on/https://useandlike.com/news/spotify-ai-remix-paid-add-on/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTSpotify is working on an AI feature that turns songs into remixes or covers, aiming for early 2027, according to the Financial Times as reported by PCMag. Spotify hasn't announced it. https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-new-look-android/https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-new-look-android/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTGoogle is rolling out a new design for the Gemini overlay on Android, with glowing dots and a sparkle animation around the "Ask Gemini" box. It comes through the Google app, so it isn't limited to new Pixel phones. https://useandlike.com/news/android-sms-bug-drops-calls/https://useandlike.com/news/android-sms-bug-drops-calls/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTA bug in Android lets one specially made text message, which never shows in your inbox, crash the phone's calling service and cut off calls, including emergency calls. https://useandlike.com/news/chrome-extensions-hijack-searches/https://useandlike.com/news/chrome-extensions-hijack-searches/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTResearchers at Socket found 319 Chrome extensions, installed 13.4 million times, that changed the default search engine and sent searches through their own servers. https://useandlike.com/news/google-ai-plus-loses-pro-models/https://useandlike.com/news/google-ai-plus-loses-pro-models/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTFrom 13 November, Google AI Plus subscribers can no longer pick Gemini's Pro models in the Gemini app or in AI Mode in Search. The Flash models stay. https://useandlike.com/news/apple-music-android-redesign/https://useandlike.com/news/apple-music-android-redesign/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTApple Music 7.0 for Android brings Apple's Liquid Glass design: a black or white icon, a floating bottom bar and blue instead of red accents. https://useandlike.com/news/youtube-tv-premium-offer/https://useandlike.com/news/youtube-tv-premium-offer/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTYouTube TV subscribers in the US who have never had YouTube Premium or a Premium trial can get three months of it at no cost, through a code sent by email. https://useandlike.com/news/chromagraph-camera-app/https://useandlike.com/news/chromagraph-camera-app/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTChromagraph Camera, made by director Rian Johnson with cinematographer Steve Yedlin, shoots RAW photos and processes them with the color and grain techniques Yedlin developed for their films. https://useandlike.com/news/agoda-ai-assistant-21-markets/https://useandlike.com/news/agoda-ai-assistant-21-markets/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTAgoda's AI Assistant is now in its app in 21 markets, including the US, India, Australia, Japan, Singapore and the UAE, after a limited test that started in September. You can plan, compare and book in one chat. https://useandlike.com/news/pixel-watch-battery-drain-fix-coming/https://useandlike.com/news/pixel-watch-battery-drain-fix-coming/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTGoogle said on Reddit that it has identified the problem behind sudden battery drain on some Pixel Watches and is working on a fix. It didn't give a date, only "as soon as possible". https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-teen-weapons-limits/https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-teen-weapons-limits/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTOpenAI said ChatGPT will stop giving teen accounts practical information about weapons and security systems, even for harmless-looking questions. For everyone, it will give less detail about past mass attacks. https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-notebook-free-textbooks/https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-notebook-free-textbooks/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTGoogle opened a free catalog of hundreds of textbooks in Gemini Notebook, from OpenStax, the Open Textbook Library and India's S Chand Publishing. Once added, you can ask about chapters and get quizzes, flashcards and study guides. https://useandlike.com/news/reddit-account-for-most-pages/https://useandlike.com/news/reddit-account-for-most-pages/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTReddit plans to make most browsing need a login. The front page, and posts opened from Google or a shared link, should stay open; tests start outside the US in the coming months. https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-edit-files-in-chat/https://useandlike.com/news/gemini-edit-files-in-chat/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe Gemini app can create, preview and edit Google Docs, Sheets, slides, PDFs and text files inside a chat, with a full-screen editor. https://useandlike.com/news/whatsapp-group-catch-up-features/https://useandlike.com/news/whatsapp-group-catch-up-features/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTWhatsApp is rolling out four features for group chats: pins that never expire, sharing recent messages with new members, a status only one group sees, and a filter for mentions and replies. https://useandlike.com/news/samsung-news-shutting-down/https://useandlike.com/news/samsung-news-shutting-down/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTSamsung is ending its Samsung News feed on 21 December 2026. Its widget stops updating, and Samsung hasn't named a replacement. https://useandlike.com/news/samsung-wallet-cash-card/https://useandlike.com/news/samsung-wallet-cash-card/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTSamsung Wallet in the US has a new virtual Cash Card that collects cash back from Rakuten deals and can send money to other Samsung Wallet users. https://useandlike.com/news/windows-11-customize-right-click-menu/https://useandlike.com/news/windows-11-customize-right-click-menu/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMicrosoft's optional preview update KB5127936 for Windows 11 25H2 and 26H2 adds a "Customize menu" option at the bottom of the right-click menu. You pick which commands and app add-ons show up. https://useandlike.com/news/meta-style-sketch-outfit-app/https://useandlike.com/news/meta-style-sketch-outfit-app/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMeta quietly released Style Sketch, an AI app that builds a virtual closet and suggests outfits from clothes you already own. It's out on iPhone and Android in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. https://useandlike.com/news/macbook-pro-touchscreen/https://useandlike.com/news/macbook-pro-touchscreen/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe new MacBook Pro has a touch display and the iPhone's Dynamic Island: calls, music and AirDrop show at the top of the screen. https://useandlike.com/news/chrome-autofill-from-gmail/https://useandlike.com/news/chrome-autofill-from-gmail/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTChrome can now fill forms from your Gmail: order numbers, tracking details and flight bookings, suggested as you type. https://useandlike.com/news/eney-ai-assistant-mac/https://useandlike.com/news/eney-ai-assistant-mac/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMacPaw launched Eney, an AI assistant for Mac that suggests next steps, takes meeting notes without a bot joining the call, and works with Mail, Calendar and Reminders. It asks before it sends a message, changes an event or moves a file. https://useandlike.com/news/discord-chats-on-google/https://useandlike.com/news/discord-chats-on-google/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTPublic chats in big Discord servers can appear on Google from mid-December, word for word (without usernames or avatars). https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-icloud-mail-calendar/https://useandlike.com/news/chatgpt-icloud-mail-calendar/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTChatGPT now works with iCloud Mail and Calendar: find an email, catch up on your inbox, move a meeting. https://useandlike.com/news/t-mobile-t-mix-streaming/https://useandlike.com/news/t-mobile-t-mix-streaming/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTT-Mobile's new T-Mix plans include a streaming service: pick Netflix or Hulu (with ads), Apple TV, YouTube Premium Lite and more, from $55 a month. https://useandlike.com/news/ios-27-2-four-live-games/https://useandlike.com/news/ios-27-2-four-live-games/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTiOS 27.2 is out: watch up to 4 live games at once in the Apple TV app (MLS, F1, Friday Night Baseball; subscription needed).