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Rachit Agarwal

Author/Co-Author of 319 articles

My experience

Rachit brings over 10 years of experience covering the consumer technology landscape. His work appears in leading publications, including Android Police, 91Mobiles, and Beebom.

He investigates and crafts in-depth features that uncover emerging tech trends, covers interesting new science and tech developments, and empowers readers to make the most of their devices.

As a trusted Apple expert, he brings you hidden iOS tips and reviews of the latest Mac hardware, breaking down Apple's products and features in a practical, easy-to-follow way. Whether it's the latest OS releases or major hardware drops, Rachit can help you get more out of every Apple device you own.

Outside of work, Rachit enjoys exploring new gadgets, experimenting with software, and reading fantasy novels. When he’s not writing, you’ll find him tinkering with his MacBook, discovering and testing new apps, writing on his Supernote, or diving into the latest fantasy novels.

The technology I use

I live inside the Apple ecosystem. My primary devices are a MacBook Pro and an iPhone Air, complemented by an iPad Pro and an Apple Watch. For video and photography, I shoot with a Sony a6700 and edit in DaVinci Resolve, Pixelmator Pro, Affinity Photo, and Lightroom Classic.

Though I love experimenting with new E-Ink tablets, my preferred device right now is the Supernote Nomad, thanks to its excellent software and writing experience.

I write all my stories in Markdown using Ulysses and rely on DEVONthink to keep everything organized. That said, if a story is long and involves rigorous research, I prefer Scrivener. For notes, I use a combination of Obsidian and Craft for deeper thinking, and Apple Notes for capturing quick thoughts.

OmniFocus keeps my projects and tasks from spiraling out of control, while Readwise manages my ever-growing reading list and helps me retain a meaningful portion of what I consume.

Areas of expertise

Mac · iPhone · Apple Watch · macOS · iOS · watchOS · AI · E-Ink · Productivity · Apps & Software

These 7 hidden iOS 27 features have quietly improved my iPhone experience

The headline iOS 27 features get all the attention, but these seven small changes are the ones quietly making my iPhone better every single day.

Apple has finally put the planned obsolescence rumors to bed

Every iOS update used to come with the same fear: my old iPhone is about to get slower. iOS 27 finally breaks that pattern, and it's a big deal.

I tried to blur a face in iOS 27. My iPhone gave a new one instead.

Apple improved the Clean Up tool in iOS 27, but it broke the hide faces feature in the process, and what it does now is both funny and a little alarming.

iOS 27 hands-on: the iPhone update I have been waiting for

After two days with the iOS 27 beta, I think Apple finally fixed the stuff that made iOS 26 so frustrating. Here's everything that stood out to me.

Intel details Project Firefly and how it’s pushing affordable laptops to unseat the MacBook Neo

Intel's Project Firefly wants to make budget laptops exciting again with thin metal designs, long battery life, and clever phone-world tricks that keep the prices down.

Your ChatGPT bills could soon get a drastic price cut

OpenAI is weighing drastic price cuts as it battles Anthropic for customers. With businesses balking at AI costs and Google undercutting both, your AI bills might finally get smaller.

Waiting for your Framework Laptop 13 Pro? You’ll be waiting a bit longer

Framework has delayed the Laptop 13 Pro by about a month after finding issues with the haptic touchpad and display. Here's what your customers need to know.

iPadOS 27: Everything we know about the new features landing on your iPad

iPadOS 27 arrives this fall with an all-new Siri AI, smarter photo tools, plain-language Shortcuts, and a tidier Safari. Here's everything we know so far about what's landing on your iPad.

Siri just moved into your iPhone camera, and it’s pretty handy

Siri now lives inside your iPhone camera with a new visual intelligence mode. Point, tap the shutter, and Siri tells you what it sees, splits your bill, or checks your calories.

Your old iPhone can run iOS 27, just don’t expect the cool features

iOS 27 supports phones as old as the iPhone 11, but most of the exciting Apple Intelligence features are locked to Apple's newest, priciest devices.

Apple Home app’s new AI superpowers are about to make your life easier

Apple Intelligence is coming to the Home app, and it can now read your camera footage, summarize what happened, and let you search clips by what they captured.

iOS 27 makes Shortcuts so easy, you have no excuse not to use them

iOS 27 uses Apple Intelligence to let you build Shortcuts just by describing them in plain language. No more fiddling with dozens of actions to automate your daily tasks.

AirPods are finally getting a custom EQ to tune the listening experience

Apple is finally letting you tune your AirPods the way you want. A new custom EQ setting is coming with iOS 27, so you can adjust the bass, mids, and highs to match your taste.

What if Pokémon Go were real life? This app lets you log every animal you see in the real world

A new iOS app called Gotcha turns your iPhone into your own Pokédex. Point your phone at any animal, catch it, and collect them all, from common critters to legendary finds.

How to clear your browser cache in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, or Opera

Got a sluggish browser or a website that won't load right? Clearing your cache is the quick fix. Here's how to clear browser cache in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, and Opera in seconds.

5 iPhone apps I cannot live without in 2026

From quick searches to retro gaming, these five apps have earned a permanent spot on my iPhone. Some you may know, some you might not, but all of them are worth downloading today.

This AI can tell a real online review from a fake one, and it’s surprisingly accurate

A new AI system combines text, images, and reviewer behavior to detect fake online reviews with over 94% accuracy, outperforming every existing method it was tested against.

Snap sent alerts to students during class hours despite knowing the risk of distraction

Internal documents from lawsuits filed by 1,400+ school districts reveal how Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube deliberately targeted students, even during school hours.

Audi tackles Ferrari Luce fever with the hybrid Nuvolari, it’s fastest and beefiest car ever

Audi has unveiled the Nuvolari, its first hybrid supercar with 1,001 PS, a top speed of over 350 km/h, and production limited to just 499 units.

Oura reveals the two activities that its smart ring misreads as getting dirty in the sheets

Oura CEO Tom Hale sat down with WSJ to answer questions about the smart ring, and the answers are as fascinating as they are hilarious.

Google wants your app code so badly, it’s willing to pay for it

Google is offering to pay Android developers for access to their code through a "confidential content offer pilot." The program is framed as a revenue opportunity, but the link in the email tells a different story.

You can literally save the planet by being less polite to AI bots like ChatGPT and Gemini

A new UN report reveals that keeping your AI prompts short and concise could save enough electricity to power millions of homes. Here's why your words literally matter.

Samsung Health’s biggest update yet will turn your Galaxy Watch into a health coach

Samsung Health is getting a major update that turns your Galaxy Watch into a proactive health coach, turning complex biometric data into simple, actionable guidance you can actually use.

Microsoft is killing Office 2019 for Mac, and your only way out is to pay up

Office 2019 for Mac is about to enter read-only mode, meaning you can view documents but not edit or save them. Microsoft won't fix it, and the only real way out is to pay for a newer version.

Google wants to kill your expensive voice transcription subscription

Google AI Edge Eloquent is a free dictation app for Mac that transcribes and polishes your speech on-device, no subscription, no cloud, and no privacy concerns.

The new MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ is chasing console-quality gaming on the go

MSI announced the Claw 8 EX AI+ at Computex 2026. It's the world's first handheld powered by Intel's Arc G3 Extreme chip, built specifically for handheld gaming.

X app now lets you directly record reaction-style videos and outrage at just about anything

X has launched React with Video, a new feature that lets iOS users respond to posts with a recorded video reaction using green screen, split screen, or picture-in-picture modes.

Cherry XTRFY K63W Pro Compact is a wireless gaming keyboard that leaves lag behind

Cherry XTRFY's K63W Pro Compact brings Ultra-Wideband technology and an 8000 Hz polling rate to wireless gaming keyboards, launching in the US in August for $169.99.

Meta’s AI bot helped hackers steal Instagram accounts, and it was worryingly easy to trick

Instagram has patched a serious security flaw that let hackers use Meta's own AI support chatbot to take over accounts without ever needing the victim's password or email.

Dumb ebook readers are about to get darn smart for you with useful AI and Android support

E Ink and MediaTek are turning ereaders into smart devices with on-device AI, real-time translation, faster color displays, and Android support.

Dell’s Alienware reveals world’s first 39-inch 5K OLED monitor with RGB screen tech

Alienware's new 39-inch 5K OLED monitor uses RGB stripe tandem technology to hit 1,300 nits of peak brightness without losing the deep blacks and rich colors that make OLED worth buying.

Microsoft introduces Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip inside

Microsoft just announced the Surface Laptop Ultra, its most powerful laptop ever. It can run heavy AI workloads entirely on the device, no cloud required, and still last all day on a single charge.

Nvidia announces RTX Spark processor for high-end laptops, and it’s a huge leap

NVIDIA's new RTX Spark superchip turns Windows laptops into personal AI workhorses, handling agents, 3D rendering, video editing, and AAA gaming all in one slim package.

5 Menu Bar apps that have earned a permanent spot on my Mac in 2026

My Mac's menu bar is prime real estate, and not every app gets to live there. These five apps made the cut in 2026 and have genuinely improved how I work every day.

How to change the default apps on a Mac

From changing your browser and email client to opening specific file types with a new app, changing default apps on your Mac is easy and straightforward.

As AI spills everywhere with quick answers, research finds that the internet’s soul is dying

A new collaborative study by UC Riverside researchers finds that as more people turn to AI for answers, the internet is losing the emotional depth and human reasoning that made it worth browsing in the first place.

Halide Mark III brings artsy film magic to one of the best iPhone camera apps

Halide Mark III is here, and it's a big one. New film-inspired Looks, a built-in Photo Lab for RAW editing, and a cleaner design make it the most complete iPhone camera app yet.

Tesla wants you to believe in its self-driving tech, but even its own AI trainers won’t trust it

A Reuters investigation found that Tesla's FSD safety stats are misleading, its robotaxi launches were carefully staged, and the people training its AI wouldn't trust the technology with their lives.