I tried 4 iPhone Duo fold animations on my Galaxy Z Fold 8, and only one worked
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre7d ago
I got my Z Fold 8 weeks before Apple's keynote, and the one iPhone Duo feature I envied turned out to be software.
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top 57%My next Windows PC won’t need hours of app installs thanks to this one file
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef7d ago
Installing the important apps is among the first things I do on my new PC. No surprise there, but it's a tedious process.
I thought I was done with Notion until I tried building my entire knowledge system in it
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell7d ago
After starting with Notion years ago, I tried lots of alternative knowledge management apps because it didn’t quite meet my needs — or so I thought.
New GPUs disappointed me, so I went back to this 4-year-old Radeon
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha7d ago
It’s a particularly bad time to be a computer hardware enthusiast. With RAM prices going through the roof (along with supply chain issues), getting your hands on reasonably priced hardware is...
This power tool taught me that more power can actually make the job worse
MakeUseOfby Chris Hachey7d ago
Autumn is a time when leaves begin to turn, temperatures begin to drop, and people start gearing up for the winter.
My Android phone has a 3.5mm jack, and I'll never use it when USB-C audio exists
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder7d ago
I've written about how using your phone's USB-C port for audio is better than using a 3.5mm headphone jack, even if your phone actually has one.
One Bluetooth toggle is controlling your audio quality and it's hidden deep in the Developer Options
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan8d ago
Have you noticed your Bluetooth speaker or headphones not performing as well as they used to or as advertised?
I used DLSS 5 to remaster old PS2 games, and the results surprised me
MakeUseOfby Suman Biswas8d ago
Despite my skepticism, DLSS 5 is impressing me. Well, at least the community-made DLSS Swapper mod is.
SSH on a phone is finally good enough to replace your laptop in a pinch
MakeUseOfby Oliver Haslam8d ago
There was once a time when logging into a remote server meant heading back to your computer or whipping out a laptop. Now, smartphones offer another option.
These 3 Windows changes made my aging PC feel fast again
MakeUseOfby Shimul Sood8d ago
Most of the time, when an idea pops into my head, I want to start writing about it right away, or at least do a quick Google search before I forget where I was going with it.
I replaced Zapier, IFTTT, Make, and Power Automate with a self-hosted alternative that gives me full control
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu8d ago
I used the $19.99/month (billed annually) Zapier plan for years, and I typically renew the subscription without thinking about it.
Spotify's algorithm got me stuck in a loop, but these 5 services broke me out
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi8d ago
Spotify knows my taste almost too well. That’s usually a good thing until Spotify’s decade-old Discover Weekly playlist starts sounding like it’s circling the same neighborhood with different...
I got Windows 11 running buttery smooth on a nine-year-old laptop with just these settings
MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson8d ago
I was given an old HP 250 G7 laptop with a few specific requests. One was to improve its performance with some hardware upgrades.
I didn’t realize how much of a compromise Chrome was until I switched to Brave
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan8d ago
For years, Google Chrome has been my go-to as far as browsers are concerned. It is often the first app I update when I set up a new device.
Your FPS counter is telling you only half the story
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan8d ago
One of the biggest breakthroughs in gaming has been upscaling. For Nvidia, which dubbed this technology DLSS, it has evolved far beyond its original form and now refers to many more things...
Android has way more ways to type than the keyboard you’re using
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi8d ago
Most of us fall into one typing routine on Android and stick with it. A text box opens, the keyboard appears, and muscle memory takes over, making it easy to overlook how many different ways...
I wrote 12 lines of code and made my keyboard do things Windows won't
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu8d ago
The one thing that Caps Lock has successfully done for me over the years is accidentally turn my perfectly normal sentences into SHOUTING.
5 reasons your Wi-Fi is slow even though your internet is fast
MakeUseOfby Kanika Gogia8d ago
A fast internet plan doesn't always mean you'll get fast Wi-Fi. I learned this when my internet connection could deliver high speeds, yet my video calls stuttered and downloads slowed down on the...
Anthropic says Claude can work with Android apps now, so I tested it against Gemini
MakeUseOfby Abhijith N Arjunan8d ago
It's no secret that I love Claude and prefer it to ChatGPT and Gemini! I also reach out to the Claude Android app more often than to Gemini for many tasks.
These Lenovo headphones finally made multi-device switching effortless
MakeUseOfby Brandon Miniman8d ago
It's difficult to find Bluetooth headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC) that stand out. They all pretty much do the same thing, are priced similarly, and are overall mature products that...