Plus, other uses for Airplane Mode besides when you're on a flight. Credit: Thomas Trutschel / Photothek / Getty Images We all know you're supposed to toggle on Airplane Mode when you get on a flight.

Airplane mode is a feature available on just about every smartphone regardless of the operating system. Regardless of the device that you use, airplane mode does the same thing: disables all ...

Air travelers are required by the Federal Aviation Agency and the Federal Communications Commission to put their phone in airplane mode for the duration of the flight; here’s what that means and how ...

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 ...

The holiday season is here, and for many of us, this means flying across the country to see family or–if we’re lucky–across the world to escape the winter. In either case, boarding a plane in the US ...

On most major airlines, wireless communications are forbidden while an airplane is in the sky. This limits the capabilities of a mobile device, such as a laptop, but it does not render the device ...

Airplane mode is a quick and handy way to turn off the cellular and data connections on your device. As the name suggests, you can toggle this mode when you fly in an airplane, but its uses can also ...

Android 11 made it so that Bluetooth, if active, would stay on even after you enable Airplane Mode, and Google is now extending that to Wi-Fi on Pixel phones. In recent days, Pixel owners turning on ...

A call out for participants for a three night trial to see whether Airplane Mode does improve your quality of sleep. Mobile phones, most of us own one and if you’re like me, it’s probably never more ...

Whenever you’re traveling via airplane, flight attendants will likely ask you to put your phone on Airplane Mode before takeoff. This is something most people just do without question, even if they ...