Need to conserve your phone battery? There are multiple power-saving options on your iPhone or Android, though some ways ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A passenger turning on Airplane Mode on their phone. Though some countries are softening rules about using airplane mode during ...

Modern-day smartphones are crammed with so many features that it's not uncommon for their batteries to exceed 4,000 or 5,000 mAh. While these large batteries can deliver day-long battery life, they ...

If you’ve been on social media in the last 24 hours, you’ve probably seen the video of an Ibom Air passenger who refused to turn off her phone. The crew insisted, the woman stood her ground, voices ...

Flight mode, or airplane mode, disables cellular communication, WiFi, and Bluetooth and only permits the use of aircraft-installed WiFi services. The WiFi can only be turned on when the plane is above ...

No, it’s not a myth. On every flight, you’re instructed to turn your phone on airplane mode prior to take-off. Alarmists allege leaving smartphones on could cause planes to fall from the sky, but ...

Flight safety is top of mind given recent high-profile crashes, like a Delta plane's fiery crash landing in Canada last week. Ask a traveler for their thoughts on airplane mode and their response is ...

Google is developing a new feature that syncs the Airplane Mode state between Android phones and Wear OS watches. A new string we discovered in the 2511 Android Canary build reveals a setting to link ...