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If you’ve ever tried to change your volume in Windows and ended up clicking through a maze of menus, you know how clunky it feels. Something as simple as adjusting sound shouldn’t take that much ...

Your iPhone's Lock Screen has built-in media playback controls that appear whenever music, a podcast, or other audio is playing. What you might not realize is that those controls can also include a ...