If you’re looking to give your child their first phone, you may want one with training wheels.Along with our own tweens and teens, we’ve tested 12 flip phones and kid-centric smartphones. These phones allow your child to call, text, and take photos, but limit web access, social media, and other potential distractions.These starter phones...

Regardless of whether you pop them into a wireless mouse, a toy, or a flashlight, rechargeable AA and AAA batteries almost always last longer, cost less, and result in less waste than their disposable counterparts.After spending thousands of hours researching and testing rechargeable batteries, we found that many perform about the same.Most...

If you’re planning to upgrade your smartphone or tablet—or have an old one tucked away in a drawer—you might be thinking about handing your old one down to your kid. While your pre-loved smartphone or tablet may not take the most stunning photos or have the latest bells and whistles, it’s likely still able to run the games, apps, and streaming...

No matter how long you’ve used an iPhone, there are always new (or new-to-you) features to discover. And stumbling upon a time-saving trick after so many years is, quite frankly, a delight.Here are 15 tips and tricks that Wirecutter staffers rely on all the time. If you don’t already know about them, we hope they make your life a lot easier.Dismiss

I have more than 50,000 pictures stored in Google Photos—over 700 of them taken in the first three months of this year alone. These photos, which take up an eye-watering 44 GB of storage space, have accumulated over the past 20 years, and I’ve been lax about organizing them. It often takes me an embarrassingly long time to find the one...

The average American spends about 400 hours a year in the kitchen, according to a 2022 survey. For those who want to reclaim (at least some of) that time, a countertop appliance like a food processor or blender can help you get a meal on the table a lot faster, often with less sweat equity and quicker cleanup.Dismiss