Use Visual Lookup in iOS 15

Visual Lookup is a tool built into the Photos app, so you access it through Photos. It’s accessed the same way that you access photo information and EXIF metadata. The difference is that if Visual Lookup information is available for a photo, the info icon will have sparkly stars on it.

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Use Live Text in the Photos App

Live Text works the same in the Photos app as it does in the camera app. You can use it with photos you took with your phone, photos that someone sent to you, and even photos you downloaded off the internet.

Here’s how to use Live Text in the Photos app:

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Use Live Text in the Camera App

If your phone supports it, you can use Live Text in the Camera app to copy text in real-time. The way it works is that you open the camera app, point it at something that has text on it, and activate the Live Text feature. There’s no need to actually take a photo, as Live Text works right in the Camera app.

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How to Check If Signal Is Down

Is Signal down? At the start of 2021, the encrypted chat app has seen a wave of new users who want to keep their conversations private. Here’s how to check whether Signal is down for everyone else.Head to the project’s official Signal Status website (status.signal.org) to see the latest details about any outage.

If Signal’s status website doesn’t say there’s a problem—or isn’t loading—you should look at the SIgnal page on Downdetector. This website relies on reports from actual users. If other people are experiencing a problem, you’ll see how many people are reporting issues. You can see a timeline of problem reports over the last 24 hours to get an idea of when the problem started, too.

In other words: Even if Signal’s official website hasn’t been updated with any information yet, Downdetector might be your first clue that other people are experiencing problems, too.

Look at Signal’s Social Media Accounts

Signal shares information about its status on Twitter. The Signal Twitter account is a great place to get updates about what’s going on. You can read Signal’s latest updates on Twitter even if you don’t have a Twitter account.

In fact, on January 15, 2021, the SIgnal Status website was embedding tweets to share information about what was going on.

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