When Apple launched the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro in 2022, the telephones had been loaded with iOS 16 – however have since been upgraded to iOS 17 – the newest in a protracted line of software program updates that delivered loads of new options. Whereas there are many large new options, it is typically the hidden iPhone options – those that fly beneath the radar – that pique our curiosity.
Should you’ve upgraded to one of many newest fashions at any level since they launched, there are many built-in tips value getting caught into. We have picked a couple of of the options that we expect are most helpful – or simply useful – to know. Watch the video above if you need it in that type, or learn on for a written information.
1. Flip off the always-on show (14 Professional solely)
The iPhone 14 Professional has an always-on show characteristic that dims the wallpaper and highlights the clock. It is enabled by default, however chances are you’ll discover it isn’t that helpful, or that it drains your battery. So if you wish to flip it off, you may.
Open Settings and faucet ‘Show and Brightness’ and now toggle off the ‘Always On‘ possibility. Easy.
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If you don’t need it off on a regular basis, and wish it on in the course of the day, you may set it as much as change off at nighttime as a part of sleep mode. Go to Settings > Focus > Sleep. Right here you may schedule a sleep focus to activate at a set time every night time beneath the ‘Schedule’ tab. When it prompts, your always-on show will now not present at night time.
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2. Allow the haptic keyboard
As a part of iOS 16, Apple introduced haptic suggestions to its personal inventory keyboard. Which means if you sort you may really feel refined faucets or vibrations beneath the show. To show it on simply go to Settings > Sound and Haptics > then select ‘Keyboard suggestions’. Toggle on the ‘Haptic’ possibility.
3. Battery proportion indicator
As we talked about in our iOS 16 video previously, there is a new battery proportion indicator you could allow to point out the precise proportion within the battery icon in your standing bar. To activate it, simply go to Settings > Battery and toggle on the ‘battery proportion’ possibility.
4. Change your notification type
By default in iOS 16 it now reveals a quantity – or ‘depend’ – of notifications on the backside of your Lock Display screen to let you understand how many notifications you might have ready. However you may change this to be an inventory of precise notifications or a stack of notification home windows.
Simply open Settings > Notifications and select one of many different two choices on the prime of the display screen beneath ‘Show As’.
5. Lock a personal observe behind Face ID
In Notes now you may lock a selected observe behind a FaceID authentication. You are now not restricted to simply locking it behind your telephone’s passcode. To allow this characteristic, go to Settings > Notes and now discover the ‘Password’ possibility and faucet that. On the subsequent display screen choose the ‘Use Gadget Passcode’ possibility after which toggle ‘Use FaceID’. Now you do not have to make use of a selected password to unlock notes.
To lock a selected observe simply lengthy press on the observe you need to lock inside the app, after which hit ‘lock observe’ on the pop-up menu that seems. Subsequent time you attempt to open it, it will use FaceID to examine it is you making an attempt to entry it.
6. Edit or unsend iMessages
Generally if you message you may possible both a) remorse it instantly and need to unsend or b) produce an embarrassing typo. Even perhaps each. Fortunately in iOS 17, there is a resolution to these issues. You may unsend or edit iMessages now.
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Open Messages, sort your message as regular and – as soon as you’ve got despatched it – lengthy press that message. You will see each ‘Edit’ and ‘Undo ship’ as choices within the drop-down menu. Select whichever you need to use on the time. However be warned, if the individual you are sending it to would not have iOS 16, it will not seem as unsent for them, they will nonetheless see the message.
7. Delete Duplicate Photographs
Apple’s newest Photographs app enables you to shortly and simply delete duplicate photographs that will help you save iPhone and iCloud storage.
Simply open Photographs and faucet on ‘Albums’. Scroll all the way in which down till you see ‘Duplicates’ within the checklist close to the underside of the web page. Now you may both hit ‘merge’ close to every match or hit ‘choose’ on the prime after which manually select every picture you need to delete and hit the delete trash can icon on the backside.
8. Drag foreground topics away from backgrounds into new paperwork
One of many cool new iOS options is the flexibility to take away topics from their photograph backgrounds after which share them in any app as a cutout. With the appropriate method, you may shortly drag and drop it into one other doc or onto a picture you is perhaps engaged on in Photoshop, Pages or one thing related.
Simply faucet and maintain the topic as regular to take away it from the background, now maintain maintain of it with that very same finger and use your different hand to swipe out of the app and open the app you need to drop it into.
As an illustration, if it is Pages, simply open that, create a brand new doc – or open an present one – after which simply drop the picture. (Should you’re struggling to get it proper, examine our video on the prime of the web page for the method.)
As we confirmed in our iOS 16 video, if you wish to share them one other approach, you may simply faucet and maintain the topic, look forward to that white line to look round it, after which faucet ‘share’ and select the place you need to share it to or ‘copy’ after which open the app manually and paste it in.
8. Shoot 48-megapixel photographs (14 Professional solely)
That is one other characteristic that is solely out there on the iPhone 14 Professional for now, and it is capturing at 48-megapixels, utilizing the complete variety of pixels out there on the principle digicam’s sensor.
Go to Settings > Digital camera and choose ‘Codecs’ on the prime of the checklist. Toggle on the ‘Apple ProRAW’ possibility and beneath that choose the decision and be sure that 48-megapixels is chosen. Now if you open the digicam app you may see a ‘RAW’ toggle on the prime of the display screen. Simply faucet it to allow the complete 48-megapixel RAW shot.
9. Manually change macro mode on or off
One other helpful one is the handbook macro mode change as a result of for the previous couple of telephone generations, the auto-switching between 1x and macro generally is a bit jarring. Open Settings > Digital camera once more, and now simply toggle on the ‘Macro Management’ change.
Open the digicam app and transfer your digicam near an object, you must see the macro emblem seem in yellow on the display screen. It is enabled by default, however if you wish to disable it, simply faucet the emblem when it seems.
10. Personalise Spatial Audio
With iOS 16 there’s an fascinating characteristic that makes use of the front-facing FaceID sensors to personalise your Spatial Audio in your AirPods. It really works with AirPods 3, and AirPods Pro (first and second gen).
To make use of it, simply open your AirPods case, be certain that they’re related and go to the Settings app. Faucet on the AirPods within the checklist after which on the subsequent display screen discover ‘Personalised Spatial Audio’. Then faucet the ‘Personalise Spatial Audio’ possibility on the next display screen.
Now it will take you thru a course of the place it makes use of the front-facing depth sensors to measure your face and ears and use that information to construct a Spatial Audio profile that works for you when you might have your AirPods related.
11. See the password for the Wi-Fi community you are on
One characteristic that ought to have existed for a very long time is the flexibility to see the password to your related community. In iOS 17 you may. Simply open Settings, faucet ‘Wi-Fi’ and faucet the data icon subsequent to the community you are related to. On the subsequent display screen, you may see ‘Password’. Faucet it, and it will use FaceID to examine it is you and reveal the passkey.
12. Add stops to your Apple Maps route
In Apple Maps in iOS 17 you may add further stops alongside the way in which to your vacation spot. Simply go to navigate as typical – placing your required endpoint into Maps – then hit the drive/automobile icon.
Earlier than you begin the turn-by-turn navigation you may now see an inventory beneath ‘Instructions’ the place you may hit ‘add cease’. Faucet that, add within the places you need to undergo after which re-order these stops. Now hit ‘Go’ to start out navigating together with your stops on the way in which already included.
13. Fast Be aware
iOS has a characteristic known as Fast Be aware that allows you to – unsurprisingly – shortly begin writing a observe within the Notes app. Simply drop down Management Centre and discover the management that appears like a observe web page and a plus icon. Faucet it and you may instantly begin a brand new observe within the Notes app.
14. Again faucet to screenshot
There is a cool trick that allows you to faucet twice or 3 times on the again of your iPhone to carry out actions like taking a screenshot or dropping down the notifications. And it is truly a part of the accessibility settings.
Open Settings > Accessibility and now discover ‘Contact’. On the backside of the subsequent display screen, you may discover ‘Again Faucet’. Choose ‘Double Faucet’ and select ‘screenshot’ from the checklist, or another operate you may want. Now if you faucet twice on the telephone’s rear, it will take a screenshot.
15. Kind to Siri
One other accessibility software – for individuals who may discover it troublesome to talk or pay attention – is the flexibility to sort Siri requests. However first, it’s important to allow it.
Open Settings > Accessibility once more and discover ‘Siri’ close to the underside. On the subsequent display screen simply toggle on ‘Kind to Siri’ and now if you launch Siri by urgent and holding the facet key, you may sort requests as an alternative and see the responses on the display screen.
16. One-handed mode (aka Reachability)
There is a characteristic in iOS that allows you to attain the highest of the display screen simpler with one hand, or extra technically, your thumb. It is known as Reachability, and when energetic all it’s important to do is swipe downwards on the backside of the display screen and it will carry down the highest half of the display screen to make it extra inside attain.
Simply open Settings > Accessibility > Contact and toggle on ‘Reachability’.
17. Our must-try quick-dial Siri Shortcut
Our deputy editor, Britta, found a really cool Siri Shortcut tip that permits you to place a fast dial shortcut icon on your property display screen so you may shortly name a precedence contact with out having to undergo your contacts checklist. To take action, open the Shortcuts app in your iPhone, faucet the ‘+’ within the nook after which ‘Add Motion’. The place it says ‘name’ chances are you’ll discover a contact already recommended, if not faucet ‘+’ after which on the subsequent display screen faucet ‘contact’. Select the contact you need to fast dial. Now faucet the share icon (the little sq. with an upward pointing arrow) and on the menu select ‘Add to House Display screen’.
On the subsequent display screen, you’ll change the icon, including an image of the contact if you need, after which altering the title earlier than tapping ‘Add’, then ‘Achieved’ and you will have a shortcut in your House Display screen for shortly calling your most vital contact(s).
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