Identifying wild birds by species is old news. But a breakthrough new AI tool is going a step further to tell individual songbirds apart.

iPhone hacks do the rounds all the time, and often fall under the category of 'pretty obvious feature that most people are already aware of' (we knew we could use our iPhone to make calls, thanks).

If your iPhone can run iOS 14 or later, you can set up the Sound Recognition feature, which alerts you to critical sounds — like a smoke alarm, doorbell, or crying baby. Even if you didn't hear the ...

New customizations for sound recognition add to Apple's toolkit for deaf and hard of hearing users. Credit: Bob Al Greene / Mashable Apple's sound recognition tool, which allows users to be alerted ...

Apple has officially launched its Sound Recognition feature on both the HomePod and HomePod mini, allowing the smart speakers to alert you if your smoke alarm or carbon monoxide alarm is going off.

iOS 18 doesn't bring many new features to CarPlay users, as Apple has focused more on the smartphone and smartwatch experience. However, the operating system update still includes subtle refinements, ...

Personalized sound recognition allows you to receive notifications when your iPhone hears critical sounds you can't. Here's how to use it in iOS 16. Active noise cancellation is effective, but you ...

Apple in 2018 closed its $400 million acquisition of music recognition app Shazam. Now, it’s bringing Shazam’s audio recognition capabilities to app developers in the form of the new ShazamKit. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. One of the more exciting and promising technologies in the ...

Sound Recognition might be an accessibility feature in iOS 14, but there are times when it might come in handy for any iPhone user. Find out how to enable and customize this brand-new feature in our ...

Personalized sound recognition is a feature on the iPhone that allows the device to listen for specific sounds and alert you when it hears them. This can be especially useful for those with hearing ...