Some iPhone apps can use critical alerts to bypass your iPhone's settings and play audible notifications even when your iPhone is in Silent mode or Do Not Disturb focus. Using Home Assistant, it's ...

Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...

Discover how iOS 27 introduces an Android-inspired feature to enhance your iPhone experience, blending the best of both operating systems in a seamless update.

For years, Apple forced notifications and alarms to share the same volumes. That is finally changing in iOS 27.

Currently, iOS has one volume slider under Ringtone and Alerts. With iOS 27, there are three.