All articles tagged with #settings
Spotify now lets you turn off all video content across the app with universal toggles for Canvas, music videos, and all other video content under Settings > Content and display, with changes applying across platforms and (for family plans) across members.
An iOS 26.4 guide detailing 12 settings to optimize battery life, privacy, and usability—from Adaptive Power and automatic security patches to auditing app permissions, reducing display effects, enabling audio zoom, disabling lock-screen camera swipes, allowing iCloud search, limiting notifications, downloading podcasts for offline viewing, and completing reminders from alarms.
Autoplay previews on the Fire TV Stick home screen can cause lag by using bandwidth. Disable video and audio autoplay in Settings > Preferences > Featured Content, then reboot if needed to improve responsiveness.
Gmail’s Gemini AI features may automatically access your messages to train AI models. To opt out, disable Smart Features in two desktop steps: Settings > General to uncheck Smart Features, then select “Manage Workplace smart feature settings” to turn off Gemini-related features; on mobile, go to Settings > Data privacy to toggle off Smart Features and the Google Workspace smart features. Note this may disable useful functions like Smart Compose, automatic inbox categorization, spell-check, and autocorrect.
An NYT interactive quiz tests readers’ knowledge of the settings for five mystery novels set in American towns, emphasizing how sense of place shapes thrillers and guiding readers to links to the books after the questions.
Gmail has an automatic opt-in that allows Google to access your emails and attachments to train AI models. You can opt out in two places on desktop (Settings > General > Smart features and Manage Workplace smart feature settings) and on mobile (Settings > Data privacy > Smart features / Google Workspace smart features). Turning off these features may disable tools like Smart Compose, inbox categorization, and spell-check, but it gives you privacy control. The piece notes privacy concerns and reports of a class-action, though Google says Gmail content isn’t used to train Gemini.
Gmail is reportedly enabling an automatic opt-in that may allow Google to access your emails and attachments to train AI models; to opt out, disable Smart Features in Gmail's two Settings locations.
BuzzFeed reports Gmail may automatically opt you in to allow Google access to your private messages and attachments to train AI models. To protect your privacy, turn off Smart Features in Gmail’s Settings in two locations.
Reddit users can now better control their profile visibility and activity sharing through new customization settings, allowing them to hide posts, comments, and follower information, and tailor what activity is visible from specific subreddits to protect their privacy.
To optimize your new Sonos soundbar, download the Sonos app, use TruePlay for room tuning, activate Dolby Atmos for surround sound, enable speech enhancement for clearer dialogue, and add streaming services for music playback.
Disabling certain features of the Chrome browser on Android, such as background data, preloading pages, and notifications, can significantly improve battery life by reducing background activity and data usage, though it may slow down browsing and reduce some convenience features.
The article provides a comprehensive starter guide for the Xbox Ally handheld gaming device, emphasizing the importance of updating all software, understanding button functions, enabling offline permissions, adjusting operating modes for optimal performance, activating Battery Care mode, installing useful apps, and considering accessories to enhance the gaming experience.
The article provides essential initial setup tips for new Google Pixel users, including enabling safety features like Emergency SOS and Car Crash Detection, customizing call-related features in the Phone app, adjusting Quick Settings tiles, personalizing the lock screen clock, enabling Screen Protector mode, and managing display resolution for optimal use and safety.
This article provides seven essential tips for optimizing your new PS5, including enabling automatic login, extending controller battery life, setting game presets, optimizing visual output, enabling remote play, adjusting privacy settings, and disabling trophy video recordings to enhance your gaming experience.
The article explains how to remove the new alarm slider introduced in iOS 26.1 by enabling the 'Prefer Single-Touch Actions' toggle in Accessibility settings, allowing users to stop alarms with a tap instead of the slider, which can be more convenient and less frustrating.