Your mobile phone is a lifeline to many daily activities. It is often the first thing we reach for in the mornings to check social media or pour over the latest news with a cup of coffee. It also keeps us in touch with family and friends.

So, when you forget to charge your iPhone overnight and it dies unceremoniously at lunchtime, you might feel lost or incomplete. Luckily, it doesn’t mean that all the functions are dead. There are a couple of handy features on your iPhone that still work.

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People use technology to find missing objects, alert emergency services or save someone’s life. One example is an Apple Watch that detected a tumor in a 67-year-old woman from Maine.

In another, the iPhone’s emergency SOS function helped a snowboarder contact emergency services after falling into a hidden crevasse at around 10,000 feet above sea level. But probably the most significant boon to Apple’s location-tracking technology is saving a baby’s life.

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I love my husband, but he misplaces everything from his keys to his wallet more often than you would think is even possible.

It was more of a pain years ago. These days, I’ve slapped an Apple AirTag on anything I can that he owns. We even have one on our Golden Retriever’s collar, just in case. Tap or click for more ingenious ways to use AirTags and Tile trackers.

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When tech giants exist in the same space, a rivalry is inevitable. This ranges from lighthearted poking through advertising or aggressive campaigning and lawsuits. We, the users, are usually forced to pick a side. But some companies realize they can retain their customer base and expand interest in their products by offering greater compatibility with other devices and platforms.

Windows is the most popular operating system globally, so it makes sense that Windows compatibility makes for a good selling point. You can run Windows on a Mac using Apple’s built-in Boot Camp Assistant. And now, you can connect an Android phone to a Windows PC.

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Services that locate lost devices usually depend on a cellular signal or Wi-Fi connectivity. That’s how an app locates your phone and broadcasts its location. What happens when you lose your device and it’s not only not connected to the internet, it’s entirely powered off? Samsung has a solution.

Speaking of your Android’s battery. Tap or click here to check on the battery health of your device.

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Apple has long included security features for its smartphones and other gadgets, and one of the most prominent the company has to offer comes bundled with every single iOS device it makes: Activation Lock.

This feature works by using your Apple ID and password to ensure the phone can be tracked if stolen. What’s more, it can remotely erase the device if the user logs in via iCloud.com. And because this feature takes place at the firmware level, resetting the phone won’t remove the lock. This even applies to people selling their own phones! Tap or click to see why.

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Your phone isn’t just an accessory used to play Candy Crush. It has more important functions too, like receiving emergency alerts.

You might remember receiving a text message from President Trump a while back. That’s because the U.S. government started a text message alert system for all Americans in the event of a national emergency. Tap or click here for details.

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Did you recently purchase an iPad? If yes, we hope you’re not planning on leaving it in its box ‘til Christmas. After spending a nice chunk of change on Apple’s holy grail of tablets, you deserve to check out your latest toy without having to wait three months. Besides, they’ll probably be a new model out by then anyway.

We say, open that box. You can always wrap it up for the holidays later.

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So your kids are giving you a hard time about tracking their smartphones. Well, just tell them this story about a North Carolina mother and daughter. It may make them think twice before complaining again.

Parents have been making use of a variety of smartphone apps to keep track of their kids’ whereabouts. Some kids accept it as the price for limited freedom. Others see it as an invasion of privacy.

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You can be having the most wonderful time in the world on a vacation, but nothing turns it to horrible faster than losing your phone. In a situation where you’re in a foreign country and don’t speak the language, things can become downright disastrous.

What do you do when you misplace your connection to the world at large, and likely other people you’re traveling with? Could you have done much to prevent it beforehand? Now that it’s gone, how do you move forward?

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If you are planning on giving away your old iPhone to a friend, recycling it, donating one to charity, or selling it to someone else, there’s one important step that you shouldn’t skip.

Not only will this step protect all the personal data you have saved on the device, but it also prepares it for reuse. See, if you don’t turn this feature off, it will render your iPhone virtually useless for everyone else (which is a good thing if your phone was lost or stolen).

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What would you do if you lost your iPhone? Or worse, if it was stolen? The right thing to do is to first use Find My iPhone to try and locate, and in the worst-case scenario, remotely wipe it.

Next, you will probably report the iPhone as lost or stolen to your carrier or Apple to prevent the gadget from being resold. There are serial number blacklist, IMEI locks and more importantly, Apple iCloud account locks that can prevent your phone from being reactivated.

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Apple fans know their favorite gadgets don’t come cheap. But there’s more than money tied up in your MacBook, iPhone, or iPad. They might also be full of your personal information, photos, games and apps. If you lose your Apple phone, tablet, or laptop, you want to get it back as soon as possible.

Apple’s finding features can help you figure out where your missing gadgets went, whether you forgot your laptop at the coffee shop, accidentally left your iPhone at a checkout when you were running errands, or lost your iPad under a couch cushion at home.

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Nobody wants to experience that sinking feeling when you can’t find your iPhone. Maybe you set it down someplace odd. Maybe you left it at a restaurant or a store. Maybe a thief made off with it when you weren’t looking.

Your number one priority is to get your iPhone back and, fortunately, Apple gives you a good chance at doing that with Find My iPhone. This multifaceted feature can help you locate the phone whether it accidentally fell between the couch cushions or was stolen and carried across town.

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Apple’s “Find My iPhone” is an essential feature for tracking down your Apple gadgets ‘ locations. When used as intended, this service is great for locating and protecting your Apple gadget in case it’s ever lost or stolen.

But imagine having a stranger use this very same tool for holding your gadgets for ransom, locking them and worse, wiping them out from afar.

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