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Learn ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS

BEYOND ITS BIG features, iOS 11 has some neat little settings that might save you money or battery power, help you to better protect your privacy, or make your iPhone or iPad work better with other Apple devices by adding features to AirPods and Apple Watch. Check out these useful techniques.

1 ACCESS TO YOUR LOCATION

Previously, control over some apps’ access to your location (in Settings > Privacy > Location Services) might have offered you just two of three possible options: Never, While Using the App, and Always. For example, in iOS 10 Uber offered only the first and last of those options, but in iOS 11 the third, more conservative option

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