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 ...

One of the most glaring omissions in the Contacts app for iOS is the inability to add, delete, and edit contact groups. I like to use groups so I can organize developers into a group, colleagues, ...

You can add another layer of personalization to your contacts by adding their relationship to you on your iPhone. Here is how to set that up. The Contacts app allows you to keep the phone number, ...

You don't need to use fiddly physical SIM cards anymore. Here's how to get started using the modern eSIM with your iPhone. A SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is that tiny contact-covered card your ...

Even if you don't have cell service, the satellite feature can be used to reach emergency services in remote places. Patrick Holland has been a phone reviewer for CNET since 2016. He is a former ...

How to make a killer contact poster. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Contact Posters let you customize how your Apple contact card looks to other people when you call them. If they have your ...

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 ...

In iOS 17.2 and later, Apple includes a Contact Key Verification feature that aims to enhance your messaging security on an iPhone. This article explains why you might want to use the feature and ...