When Apple launched the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro in 2022, the telephones had been loaded with iOS 16, the newest in an extended 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.
If you happen to’ve upgraded to one of many newest fashions at any level since they launched, there’s loads of built-in methods price getting caught into. We have picked just a few of the options that we predict are most helpful – or simply useful – to know. Watch the video under if you would like 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 function that dims the wallpaper and highlights the clock. It is enabled by default, however it’s possible you’ll discover it isn’t that helpful, or that it drains your battery. So if you wish to flip it off, you possibly can.
Open Settings and faucet ‘Show and Brightness’ and now toggle off the ‘Always On‘ possibility. Easy.
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If don’t need it off on a regular basis, and wish it on in the course of the day, you possibly can set it as much as swap off at nighttime as a part of sleep mode. Go to Settings > Focus > Sleep. Right here you possibly can 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.
2. Allow the haptic keyboard
As a part of iOS 16, Apple introduced haptic suggestions to its personal inventory keyboard. Lastly. Because of this whenever you kind you possibly can really feel delicate 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 that you could allow to indicate 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 fashion
By default in iOS 16 it now exhibits a quantity – or ‘depend’ – of notifications on the backside of your Lock Display to let you understand how many notifications you have got ready. However you possibly can change this to be a listing of precise notifications or a stack of notifications home windows.
Simply open Settings > Notifications and select one of many different two choices on the high of the display beneath ‘Show As’.
5. Lock a personal observe behind Face ID
In Notes now you possibly can lock a selected observe behind a FaceID authentication. You are now not restricted to simply locking it behind your cellphone’s passcode. To allow this function, go to Settings > Notes and now discover the ‘Password’ possibility and faucet that. On the following display choose the ‘Use Machine 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 wish 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’s going to use FaceID to examine it is you making an attempt to entry it.
6. Edit or unsend iMessages
Generally whenever you message you will possible both a) remorse it instantly and wish to unsend or b) produce an embarrassing typo. Maybe even each. Fortunately in iOS 16, there is a answer to these issues. You possibly can unsend, or edit, iMessages now.
Open Messages, kind 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 wish to use on the time. However be warned, if the individual you are sending it to does not have iOS 16, it will not seem as unsent for them, they’re going to nonetheless see the message.
7. Delete Duplicate Images
Apple’s newest Images app helps you to shortly and simply delete duplicate photographs that can assist you save iPhone and iCloud storage.
Simply open Images 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 possibly can both hit ‘merge’ close to every match or hit ‘choose’ on the high after which manually select every picture you wish 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 16 options is the flexibility to take away topics from their picture backgrounds after which share them in any app as a cutout. With the precise approach, you possibly can shortly drag and drop it into one other doc or onto a picture you may be engaged on in Photoshop, Pages or one thing comparable.
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 wish 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. (If you happen to’re struggling to get it proper, examine our video on the high of the web page for the approach.)
As we confirmed in our iOS 16 video, if you wish to share them one other method, you possibly can simply faucet and maintain the topic, await that white line to seem round it, after which faucet ‘share’ and select the place you wish 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 function that is solely accessible on the iPhone 14 Professional for now, and it is taking pictures at 48-megapixels, utilizing the complete variety of pixels accessible on the primary digicam’s sensor.
Go to Settings > Digital camera and choose ‘Codecs’ on the high of the checklist. Toggle on the ‘Apple ProRAW’ possibility and beneath that choose the decision and be certain that 48-megapixels is chosen. Now whenever you open the digicam app you will see a ‘RAW’ toggle on the high of the display. Simply faucet it to allow the complete 48-megapixel RAW shot.
9. Manually swap macro mode on or off
One other helpful one is the guide macro mode swap as a result of for the previous couple of cellphone generations, the auto-switching between 1x and macro is usually a bit jarring. Open Settings > Digital camera once more, and now simply toggle on the ‘Macro Management’ swap.
Open the digicam app and transfer your digicam near an object, it’s best to see the macro emblem seem in yellow on the display. It is enabled by default, however if you wish to disable it, simply faucet the brand when it seems.
10. Personalise Spatial Audio
With iOS 16 there’s an fascinating function 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, make certain they’re linked and go to the Settings app. Faucet on the AirPods within the checklist after which on the following display discover ‘Personalised Spatial Audio’. Then faucet the ‘Personalise Spatial Audio’ possibility on the next display.
Now it’s going to 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 knowledge to construct a Spatial Audio profile that works for you when you have got your AirPods linked.
11. See the password for the Wi-Fi community you are on
One function that arguably ought to have existed for a very long time is the flexibility to see the password for the community you are linked to. In iOS 16 you possibly can. Simply open Settings, faucet ‘Wi-Fi’ and faucet the data icon subsequent to the community you are linked to. On the following display, you will 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 16 you possibly can add further stops alongside the way in which to your finish vacation spot. Simply go to navigate as regular – placing in your required endpoint into Maps – then hit the drive/automotive icon.
Earlier than you begin the turn-by-turn navigation you will now see a listing beneath ‘Instructions’ the place you possibly can hit ‘add cease’. Faucet that, add within the areas you wish to undergo after which re-order these stops. Now hit ‘Go’ to start out navigating along with your stops on the way in which already included.
13. Fast Notice
iOS has a function known as Fast Notice that permits 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 will instantly begin a brand new observe within the Notes app.
14. Again faucet to screenshot
There is a cool trick that permits you to faucet twice or thrice on the again of your iPhone to carry out actions like taking a screenshot or dropping down the notifications. And it is really a part of the accessibility settings.
Open Settings > Accessibility and now discover ‘Contact’. On the backside of the following display, you will discover ‘Again Faucet’. Choose ‘Double Faucet’ and select ‘screenshot’ from the checklist, or another perform you may want. Now whenever you faucet twice on the cellphone’s rear, it’s going to take a screenshot.
15. Kind to Siri
One other accessibility device – for individuals who may discover it troublesome to talk or hear – is the flexibility to kind Siri requests. However first, it’s important to allow it.
Open Settings > Accessibility once more and discover ‘Siri’ close to the underside. On the following display simply toggle on ‘Kind to Siri’ and now whenever you launch Siri by urgent and holding the facet key, you possibly can kind requests as an alternative and see the responses on the display.
16. One-handed mode (aka Reachability)
There is a function in iOS that permits you to attain the highest of the display simpler with one hand, or extra technically, your thumb. It is known as Reachability, and when lively all it’s important to do is swipe downwards on the backside of the display and it will deliver down the highest half of the display 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 lets you place a fast dial shortcut icon on your house display so you possibly can 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’ it’s possible you’ll discover a contact already instructed, if not faucet ‘+’ after which on the following display faucet ‘contact’. Select the contact you wish 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’.
On the following display, you’ll change the icon, including an image of the contact if you would like, after which altering the identify earlier than tapping ‘Add’, then ‘Completed’ and you will have a shortcut in your House Display for shortly calling your most necessary contact(s).
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