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How to use Apple’s TV app to find great content

TV app

Since it first arrived, the TV app has slowly gained features, making it one of Apple’s most useful and under-appreciated native apps on the two platforms. In this article, you’ll learn how to use the TV app so it can benefit and enhance your television viewing experience.

How to have YouTube nudge you when it’s time to take a break from watching

Do you lack self-control? Then you're not surprised that YouTube is a major time-suck.

It's perfectly fine to go down YouTube's rabbit hole every now and then. The world's most-trafficked video site, once a clearinghouse for kitten videos, has become both a cultural phenomenon and a go-to platform for the next-generation of truly innovative video creators.

And with its ever-improving recommendation engine, it’s all too easy to waste precious time on related videos that you didn’t really mean to watch but deemed too interesting to pass on. YouTube's app features custom reminders for when you'd like to take a break from watching.

How to turn off your HomePod microphone

Turn off Hey Siri on HomePod

Unlike many other smart speakers, there is no physical switch to mute the HomePod’s microphone.

However, you can disable the always-on “Hey Siri” feature using the iPhone Home app or by asking the speaker. This turns off the microphone at the software level and stops it from always listening in on you.