Apple TV’s extra storage can’t do the one thing I expected from it
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder1d ago
The Apple TV 4K is one of the best streaming boxes you can buy, even if your other products are outside the Apple ecosystem.
MakeUseOf
makeuseof.comadded August 2026
top 39%I checked my Google Maps settings and found my real-time location was being shared with someone
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar1d ago
Someone had been able to see exactly where I was, in real time, for months. It wasn't a tracking app or anything suspicious, but an ordinary Google Maps setting I had turned on during a trip and...
I don’t understand why everyone installs these Windows apps
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah1d ago
Most of us have a list of apps we always install on a new PC. While those lists are never identical, there are a few popular ones you'll find on almost every Windows PC.
Samsung Good Lock gave my Galaxy three extra buttons I didn't know I had
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar1d ago
Samsung's navigation bar ships with three buttons; Back, Home, and Recents, and there is no obvious way to add more.
5 home appliances you can supercharge with a smart plug
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi2d ago
A smart plug is one of the cheapest ways to make an old appliance feel surprisingly modern. Put one between the appliance and the wall, and suddenly you gain remote switching, schedules, voice...
I gave ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity the same Android chores to see who actually deserves my power button
MakeUseOfby Bryan M. Wolfe2d ago
I've never changed the assistant on my Pixel 9 Pro XL. Gemini was there when I set up the phone, and I just kept long-pressing the power button without thinking.
Find Hub found my phone, but the feature I needed never warned me it failed
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips2d ago
I recently had the pleasure of borrowing a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 for a month or so, just after launch — thank you, Samsung! But when the time came to send it back, I'd made a fatal error.
This “faster” router setting can make everyone’s Wi-Fi worse
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu2d ago
You can't blame me for not questioning my router's 2.4GHz band set to 40MHz. Who wouldn't choose a wider channel that promises more throughput?
I tried a dozen Linux distros in my browser without installing a single one
MakeUseOfby Gregory Gibson2d ago
I’m more than comfortable setting up virtual machines and breathing new life into old hardware with Linux. But sometimes I just want to poke around a desktop without it turning into a project.
Your RAM has been running at 2014 speeds since the day you built your PC because of one switch
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan2d ago
Even with decades of experience building PCs across multiple generations, it still takes me hours to properly set up a system before it's fully tuned to utilize all of its horsepower.
This firmware update will make your 3D printer less capable than the day you bought it
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi2d ago
Firmware updates are supposed to improve the hardware you already own. Bambu Lab's authorization-control firmware patches vulnerabilities, but it also changes who decides which software and...
Qualcomm is fixing one of the biggest reasons to avoid Snapdragon laptops
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder2d ago
Windows on Arm wasn't a serious alternative to the x86 version until very recently, but the script has completely flipped.
5 Ryobi tools where I'd pay for brushless every time
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura2d ago
Most of Ryobi's popular tools come in two versions. One has the base brushed motor; the other carries an HP badge and a brushless motor, and the gap between them runs anywhere from $25 to more than...
A hidden setting is draining your phone's battery: here's how to turn it off
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage2d ago
Summary - Connectivity Assist/Adaptive Connectivity can keep cellular radios active and severely drain battery.
I save hundreds on Wi-Fi each year with this Android hotspot trick
MakeUseOfby Brady Snyder2d ago
I long for the day 5G cellular connectivity becomes a mainstream feature on laptops, but until then, I'm stuck using my phone as a mobile hotspot.
I can’t stop writing in this gorgeous open-source notes app
MakeUseOfby Adaeze Uche2d ago
I’ve tried countless note-taking apps over the years — OneNote, Google Keep, and everything in between — from the ultra-minimalist to the overwhelmingly feature-packed.
PS4 games are already running on Android, and I wasn’t ready for how well
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha2d ago
Emulation on Android has been somewhat of a fascinating ride, and as the tech keeps on improving, so does the scope of these projects.
My Wi-Fi calls dropped every 25 minutes on cue until I tweaked one router setting
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips2d ago
I never had trouble with Wi-Fi calling at home until I changed my router. I swapped out my trusty Nokia Wi-Fi Beacon G6 for a TP-Link Deco BE65, and everything has, frankly, been terrible since...
I tried to break Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and Syncthing on purpose
MakeUseOfby Yadullah Abidi2d ago
Cloud-sync apps are boring when everything works. Save a file on one computer, wait a few seconds, and it appears on another. The interesting part starts when two machines disagree.
I installed malware test files on my Galaxy Z Fold 8 to test Security Brief but it didn't catch any of them
MakeUseOfby Rob LeFebvre2d ago
My Galaxy Z Fold 8 has had two sideloaded apps on it for over a week, and One UI 9's new Security Brief was already switched on.