Google Home smart speakers can play selections from the YouTube Music service, but since they don’t have a screen you can’t watch the video or directly play audio from YouTube videos. However, there is a workaround. Using Bluetooth, you can watch a YouTube video on your phone or PC and listen to the audio portion on a Google Home smart speaker. You can also use this trick to listen to YouTube audio on a Google Home Hub/Nest or compatible smart display if want to watch the video portion on your phone or PC....

How to Enable Lockdown Mode in Android To enable lockdown mode, you only need to select it from the power options menu. How to Enable Lockdown Mode on Samsung Galaxy Phones Some older Samsung Galaxy phones may not have the Lockdown option within their Power Options menu. Fortunately, you can easily enable it by following these steps. What Is Android Lockdown Mode? Lockdown Mode disables a number of the more convenient, but less-secure ways to unlock your phone....

Some components that still provide analog audio-only or digital and analog audio connectivity include: CD playersAudio-tape decksVCRsOlder DVD and Blu-ray Disc players As a result, many home theater receivers still provide some analog audio connection options—usually analog stereo inputs and outputs, a subwoofer, and Zone 2 preamp outputs. Multichannel analog inputs and outputs are sometimes provided. What Are Multichannel Analog Connections? Multichannel analog connections consist of a separate audio connection for each channel of audio....

How to View Your Virtual Desktops There are two ways to check out an overview of your current virtual desktops. You can either open Task View for a full overview of your desktops and the active apps on your current desktop or check a quick view of just your active desktops. Task View is similar to the Task Switcher that’s accessed by pressing Alt + Tab, but it shows both your active apps and your desktops....

What Are Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting, and How Do They Work? Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting are photo features of the iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X in which the subject of the photo is in focus in the foreground and the background is blurred. While the features are related, they’re not the same thing. Portrait Mode makes the background blurry while the subject of the photo is in focus in the foreground....

What Is Power Saver in Kindle? Power saver mode on a Kindle is a low-power sleep mode for when your Kindle is not in use. Enabling it means your Kindle can stay in standby mode for much longer before it needs recharging. If you regularly leave your Kindle unattended, you may find power saver mode is useful as you won’t need to charge it up as frequently. However, disabling power saver mode means your Kindle turns on faster for new reading sessions so if you’re an avid reader, it may be best to switch it off....

Where Is the Back Button on Pixel 4a? If it’s not clear how to go back on your phone, it’s probably because gesture navigation is on. Since the Pixel 4a doesn’t have physical navigation buttons, the only alternative to the swipe gesture for going to a previous screen is a virtual back button, which is much easier to spot. A setting on your phone determines whether there’s a button or if you need to use a gesture....

The graphics are realistic, and the controls are sensitive enough to feel like you have a lot of control. If you crash your plane, Google Earth asks if you want to exit Flight Simulator or resume your flight. See Google’s instructions for using the virtual plane. There are separate directions if you’re using a joystick versus a mouse and keyboard. How to Get the Google Earth Flight Simulator When Google Earth is installed, follow these instructions to activate the Flight Simulator:...

How to Use Clipchamp in Windows 11 Clipchamp is a free video editor made by Microsoft for Windows. To use all of Clipchamp’s features, you must upgrade to premium a subscription. How to Edit Videos With the Photos App The Windows Photos app also has a built-in video editor. It doesn’t offer all of the same tools as Clipchamp, but it may be preferable to use for simpler projects. If you selected Create a Video, the Your Media tab will open in a new project....

How to Place Calls on Your iPad Using FaceTime The easiest way to make phone calls with your iPad is by using the video conferencing software called FaceTime. It comes with your iPad and uses your Apple ID to place phone calls to anyone who also has an Apple ID, which is anyone who owns an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Mac computer. These calls are free, so even if you’re using your iPhone, you won’t be using your minutes....

Twitter recently confirmed that it intends to increase the price of Twitter Blue from $2.99 per month to $4.99 per month starting in October. That’s a notable bump, and no new features are being added. And even those already there are underwhelming according to subscribers and people observing the social space. “The initial introduction of Twitter’s subscription concept Twitter Blue hasn’t been solidified as a success by users, yet the platform announced an upcoming increase in price,” social media consultant Katie McKiever told Lifewire via direct message....

Google recently introduced Gboard, its popular smartphone keyboard for Wear OS, marking the first major app launch the smartwatch operating system had seen in years. On top of that, Google reassured Android fans that the OS is still very much alive, going so far as to tease that new features are in the works. Despite these promises, experts say the biggest thing holding back Wear OS is its fragmented user experience....

Accessibility has long been an important topic of discussion in the tech industry, with many users advocating for better accessibility options every day. Now, Zoom is taking another step forward and will offer automatic closed captioning to all free accounts by the end of the year. Experts say this is a step in the right direction, especially with so many relying on the service for their jobs and online learning....

What Is Apple Private Relay? iCloud Private Relay is a privacy-centric feature of iCloud+ that works similarly to a VPN to hide a device’s IP address and browsing behavior from those who want to access it, such as advertisers. Private Relay works on the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Mac. It requires iOS 15, iPadOS 15, or macOS Monterey, or higher. It also requires an iCloud+ account, which is the name for any paid iCloud account....

The retail giant is looking to change that perception, however, with the launch of Ikea Kreativ’s Scene Scanner, as announced in an official company blog post. This virtual design tool uses nifty AI-enhanced tech to allow consumers to try furniture items before committing to a purchase. How does it work? Download and install the Ikea iOS app and scan your room using the built-in analyzer. You can erase any item of furniture from the scan and replace it with something from the Ikea catalog....

Import a Movie Into iMovie If you’ve already imported the movie you want to use for your trailer, select it from the Library. If you haven’t, complete the following steps: Select a Template You can choose from 29 iMovie templates (or genres), including Action, Adventure, Blockbuster, Documentary, Friendship, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Sports, Spy, Supernatural, and Travel. There are also some more esoteric choices, such as Bollywood, Coming of Age, Film Noir, Indie, and Retro....

Instagram is said to be working on a separate platform geared toward kids under 13 as a way to better incorporate the generation that has grown up online. With many parents wary about their kids visiting social media sites at such young ages these days, experts say the key to allaying those fears will be kid-centric platforms featuring built-in safeguards. “Like anything online, it’s going to have to be pretty moderated, and parental controls are going to have to be important,” Alley Dezenhouse-Kelner, the clinical director of Magnificent Minds, told Lifewire in a phone interview....

Apple’s super-simple-but-effective Translate app arrived on the iPhone with iOS 14. In iOS 15, it will come to the iPad, along with a radical addition: Conversation mode. This lets two people converse in different languages. You tap the microphone button and say something. That’s it. The app transcribes and translates your words, then Siri reads the result. It’s both simple, and staggeringly useful. “That’s a huge gift to people who are traveling, working with people who speak in a different tongue, or just wanting to learn something new,” cybersecurity analyst Eric Florence told Lifewire via email....

Apple announced iOS 15 and detailed many of its features Monday during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). While the company went over several of the additions to the updated operating system, there just wasn’t enough time to cover all of them. One that managed to slip under the radar is the introduction of an authenticator, similar to Authy or Google Authenticator. MacRumors reports that the included authenticator system will allow iOS users to generate verification codes for their various accounts directly from the iPhone’s Settings app....

How to Tell If Battle.net Is Down If you think the Blizzard Battle.net servers are down for everyone, try these steps to check: If no one else is reporting issues with Battle.net, then the problem likely lies with your PC or ISP. While you’re on Twitter, check the Blizzard Customer Support Twitter account for updates on whether Battle.net is down. If you can’t open Twitter either, and other popular sites like Google or YouTube are also down, then the problem is likely to be on your end or with your ISP....