Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

You can add one or more emergency contacts to your iPhone so that they can be easily contacted (or contact you) in urgent situations. This takes five minutes to set up, but it could be one of the most ...

While writing “Comparing the Classic and Unified Views in iOS 26’s Phone App” (10 November 2025), I commented that the Unified view’s Calls screen was more attractive if you had contact posters for ...