Turn your iPhone into a smart display on your desk. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac StandBy mode is a headline iOS 17 feature that turns your iPhone into a smart display on your nightstand, at ...

Phone and tablet makers have been finding ingenious ways to put those devices to use when they’re not in your hands. Take Google, which turns its Pixel Tablet into a quasi-smart display when it’s ...

When your monitor fails to wake up from sleep mode, it can be frustrating and disrupt your workflow. Here are several steps and tips to help you resolve this issue effectively. Ensure that all cables ...

The iPhone StandBy mode, introduced back when iOS 17 was released, is a feature that significantly enhances your device’s functionality when placed horizontally and connected to a power source. This ...

StandBy is a Lock Screen mode in iOS 17 and later that activates when an ‌iPhone‌ is charging and positioned on its side. Here's everything you need to know to get started using the feature. StandBy ...

Google appears to be developing an Android equivalent to iOS’s Standby Mode, hinted at by a Google Play Services update and code found in Android 16. This new feature will likely leverage an enhanced ...

John: Part of the widget story for all of Apple’s OSes this fall is StandBy, an iPhone-only mode that displays widgets, a clock, or photos when your device is stationary and charging in landscape ...

One of the most interesting feature of iOS 17 is StandBy mode, a widget-based landscape display intended primarily for nightstand use. This has definite, uh, echoes of Amazon’s Echo Show, and it’s ...

This is a really stupid question, but why can't I stop my monitor from going into "standby" mode? I've messed around with the screensaver settings and the "energy saving features of monitor" and ...

Although this year’s iOS 17 release isn’t chock-full of the type of big “tentpole” features we’ve seen in recent years, like customizable lock screens and home screen widgets, there are some fun and ...

Among a host of new features that debuted in iOS 17 this week, one of my favorites is the new StandBy mode that turns your iPhone screen into a beautiful, smart display while charging. During the day, ...