Your iPhone is able to serving to you in a wide range of methods, from conserving monitor of your busy schedule, to adjusting the sunshine in your display to match gentle situations. However, it might’t assist you to out if you have not enabled the suitable settings. Each iOS replace delivers enhancements, or new instruments — but when you do not know they exist, they will not be a lot of a assist. Whether you are seeking to clear up your own home display, silence pointless alerts or simply make your iPhone really feel extra like yours, just a few easy tweaks can go a great distance. These 24 iOS settings will assist you to get extra out of your machine with much less effort.Don’t miss any of CNET’s unbiased tech content material and lab-based evaluations. Add us as a most well-liked Google supply on Chrome.
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See all photographs 1. Stop apps from monitoring your actual locationApps like Doordash and Postmates require your actual location to ship meals to the suitable location or on to you. That doesn’t suggest each software in your iPhone must know exactly the place you’re at each second. That’s why you possibly can forestall an app from monitoring your actual location. In the Settings app, select an software (like Instagram, for instance), faucet Location after which toggle off Precise Location. Any app with Precise Location off will solely know your approximate location, inside just a few miles. Don’t toggle this characteristic off for apps that require actual location, like meals supply and navigation providers. Screenshots by Nelson Aguilar/CNET2. Turn the again of your iPhone right into a buttonThe again of your iPhone can be utilized as a secret button to activate sure actions corresponding to taking a screenshot, enabling low energy mode or working a shortcut that may routinely play music while you arrive on the health club. The Action Button on the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, and that iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max fashions do the identical, however if in case you have an older mannequin, the again of your iPhone works.The choice is hidden deep in your settings; here is the best way to discover it.In the Settings app, go to Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap and select one in all two choices: double faucet or triple faucet. You ought to see a listing of actions you possibly can run by tapping the again of your iPhone, like opening your digicam, turning on the flashlight and scrolling up and down. Tap an motion or shortcut to allow it with Back Tap. Tap on the again of your telephone to do every kind of fancy tips. Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET3. Extend the lifespan of your batteryOn the iPhone 15 and later, head to Settings > Battery > Charging and transfer the Charge Limit slider. You can select from 80% all the best way as much as 100%. (This is the default. Your iPhone will cost to inside just a few factors of your chosen proportion after which cease charging.)Why do that? Well, lithium-ion cells last more once they spend much less time absolutely charged, which improves its lifespan. Try the 95% choice and see how effectively it really works for you all through the day. If that is greater than sufficient battery life, you possibly can strive among the decrease proportion level choices. Even with a Charge Limit under 100%, your iPhone will generally prime as much as a full cost so it might recalibrate its battery-percentage readings. Nelson Aguilar/CNET4. Enable Live Voicemail to get real-time voicemail transcriptionsYou get a name and do not wish to essentially choose up until it is essential. Unfortunately, the one method you will know is when you take heed to a voicemail left after the decision. With iOS 17, you possibly can learn a real-time transcription of any voicemail being left. That’s proper: If somebody is leaving you a voicemail, you possibly can learn it in your telephone and select to select up the decision, connecting you with the individual leaving the voicemail.The Live Voicemail characteristic is not on by default, so go to Settings > Phone > Live Voicemail and switch it on. That’s it.5. Bring again full-screen incoming name alertsIf your iPhone is unlocked and also you obtain a telephone name, a banner-style notification seems on the prime of your display, with a small photograph and identify or variety of the individual calling, and the choices to select up or deny the decision. This wasn’t at all times the default choice. In the previous, incoming calls would take over your total show when your iPhone was unlocked. It was disruptive, positive, nevertheless it additionally acquired the job achieved. The banner could also be a welcome change for a lot of as a result of it is extra discreet and permits you to use your telephone whereas receiving a name. If for any cause you are not an enormous fan of the banner and wish to revert to the extra attention-grabbing full-screen alert, go to Settings > Phone > Incoming Calls and faucet Full Screen. This incoming name alert is not perfect for everybody. Jason Cipriani/CNET6. Turn off 5G protection you do not need or haveApple touts a Smart Data characteristic that is particular to its 5G telephones that can routinely swap between 4G LTE and 5G networks primarily based on the way you’re utilizing your machine. You might discover that your iPhone’s battery drains sooner than it did earlier than. If you do not wish to sacrifice battery life for sooner 5G speeds, shut it down. You can at all times flip 5G again on while you need it, or when service in your space improves.To flip off 5G in your iPhone, forcing it to at all times use 4G LTE (even if in case you have 5G protection), open the Settings app, then go to Cellular > Primary > Voice & Data and faucet LTE. Alternatively, if you would like your iPhone to solely use a 5G connection when accessible, you possibly can choose 5G On. 5G is good if in case you have entry, nevertheless it will also be a battery hog. Patrick Holland/CNET7. Fine-tune how a lot information is utilized by a 5G connection If you are completely satisfied along with your 5G efficiency, here is a network-related setting you must take a look at. Go to Settings > Cellular > Primary > Data Mode, the place you will discover three choices: Allow More Data on 5G, Standard and Low Data Mode. Even although you possibly can learn temporary descriptions under the three settings, they do not paint an entire image of the primary choice. According to an Apple assist doc, permitting extra information on 5G will provide you with high-quality video and FaceTime calls. It additionally lets your telephone obtain software program updates and stream high-definition Apple TV and Apple Music content material, and it permits third-party builders to enhance their respective apps.The default setting on this web page will rely in your provider and information plan, so it is a good suggestion to test your iPhone and ensure it is appropriately set to your choice. 8. Stop apps from cluttering up your own home displayThe App Library is a spot the place you possibly can rapidly discover and entry your entire functions. And whereas apps are housed right here, all newly downloaded apps additionally seem on your own home display. This is probably not an issue when you obtain apps sparingly, however when you’re putting in new apps on a constant foundation, they will rapidly muddle up your own home display.To cease downloaded apps from showing on your own home display, go to Settings > Home Screen & App Library and choose App Library Only. If you wish to discover the app, you will must swipe left on your own home display till you attain the App Library. This setting will forestall your own home display from getting too messy. Screenshots by Nelson Aguilar/CNET9. Unlock your telephone whereas sporting a face masksIf you put on a masks in public, unlocking your iPhone with Apple’s Face ID expertise might be irritating. Because half of your face is roofed, Face ID simply does not work. And whereas getting into your passcode to unlock your telephone works, it is not as handy. With iOS, you’ve got the choice to activate a face unlock characteristic that makes it straightforward to unlock your iPhone while you’re sporting a face masks. Before the replace, you can solely unlock your iPhone when you owned an Apple Watch. To unlock your iPhone along with your Apple Watch, open the Settings app in your iPhone after which open the Face ID & Passcode choice. Scroll down till you discover the Unlock with Apple Watch part (you have to be related to an Apple Watch for the setting to look), the place you possibly can activate the characteristic for any watches linked to your iPhone. If you’ve got an iPhone working iOS 15.4 or later, you possibly can unlock your iPhone whereas sporting a masks with out an Apple Watch. Go to the Settings app and open Face ID & Passcode. From there, you possibly can toggle on the Face ID With a Mask choice. It’s fairly superior. You can unlock your iPhone along with your Apple Watch if Face ID is not working. Lisa Eadicicco/CNET10. Put the deal with bar in Safari again on primeThe deal with in Safari migrated to the underside of the display just a few years again; welcome for these with smaller palms who had issue reaching it with one hand on the prime. This transfer may really feel extra pure, because it’s nearer to the keyboard and the place you sometimes place your thumbs, it may be off-putting since some persons are used to seeing the URL bar close to the highest of the display.If you wish to put the deal with bar again on the prime of the display, go to Settings, faucet Safari and select the Single Tab choice below the Tabs subheading.11. Add options that can be utilized when your iPhone is lockedThere are occasions while you may wish to have sure data helpful even when your telephone is locked. That’s why Apple permits you to allow some options with out having to unlock your gadgets, such because the notification middle, Control Center, the flexibility to answer to messages and the Wallet app.To customise the options you’d prefer to entry on the lock display, launch the Settings menu, faucet Face ID & Passcode and enter your passcode when prompted. Scroll down till you see the Allow Access When Locked part, and toggle the sliders primarily based in your preferences. You can resolve which options you wish to entry when your telephone is locked. Screenshot by Lisa Eadicicco/CNET12. Make your favourite e mail app or net browser your defaultIt’s not all about Safari. On your iPhone, you’ve got the flexibility to decide on your individual default apps, a minimum of for e mail and net shopping. That implies that while you faucet a hyperlink or an e mail ship button, your iPhone will routinely launch the online browser or e mail supplier of your selecting moderately than Safari or Mail. To get began, open the Settings menu and choose the app you’d prefer to set as a default (corresponding to Google Chrome or Outlook). You ought to then see a button that claims Default Mail App or Default Browser App. Tap that choice and choose the app of your selecting as an alternative of Safari or Mail. You now not have to make use of Safari or Mail as default apps. Screenshot by Lisa Eadicicco/CNET13. Get full notifications in your lock display The first time you expertise Apple’s Face ID tech, you will discover you could’t see the content material of recent alerts and notifications on the lock display. For instance, as an alternative of seeing who despatched you a textual content message and what it says, you will solely see a generic Messages alert. By default, all iPhones with Apple’s Face ID tech will cover the content material of an alert till you choose up your telephone and unlock it. It’s a privateness characteristic that I moderately take pleasure in, however I additionally perceive the way it might be annoying (I’ve heard just a few complaints from readers and relations alike). You can change how notifications seem in your lock display by going to Settings > Notifications > Show Previews and choosing Always. Conversely, you possibly can choose Never if you wish to hold the content material of your notifications at all times hidden from the lock display. 14. Turn off (or on) HDR video for sharing moviesThe iPhone can file excessive dynamic vary (HDR) video with Dolby Vision. That means your movies are sometimes brighter, with extra correct colours and improved distinction. That could also be perfect for some, but when you do not need movies which might be routinely adjusted since you wish to do it by yourself, there’s a strategy to disable the characteristic.You can flip off HDR video by going to Settings > Camera > Record Video and turning the swap subsequent to HDR Video to the Off place. Going ahead, all movies might be captured in the usual dynamic vary. HDR video appears to be like nice, nevertheless it does not work in all places but. Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET15. Customize your own home display with fancy wallpaperAndifferent dwelling display tweak you must make entails your wallpaper or background. Apple has many wallpapers of its personal, with a reasonably cool twist. Open the Settings app in your iPhone and choose Wallpaper from the listing. Make positive the swap labeled “Dark Appearance Dims Wallpaper,” which you will see under the 2 thumbnail previews of your wallpaper, is turned on. Now, faucet Choose a brand new wallpaper and choose both Stills or Live. Look for the circle close to the underside of every wallpaper. It’s half black, half white. That circle implies that the wallpaper has each gentle and darkish mode variations and can change routinely primarily based on the system standing of your telephone. You can even set reside wallpapers as your background when you’re not offered on darkish and light-weight mode. On an iPhone with 3D Touch, you should utilize a third-party app to play longer-duration “Live” photographs in your lock display. GIF by Patrick Holland/CNET 16. Turn on darkish mode to avoid wasting your batterySpeaking of darkish mode, when you do not wish to must repeatedly regulate your display’s brightness, you should utilize your telephone’s devoted darkish mode. Dark mode converts the entire white backgrounds in apps to, most of the time, a black background. In flip, your telephone is ready to save battery energy due to the darker colours. Turn it on by going to Settings > Display & Brightness and choosing the Dark choice on the prime of the display. You can even simply swipe down from the top-right of your iPhone and faucet the Dark mode icon within the Control Center.Apple’s apps will routinely swap to a darkish shade scheme, and most third-party apps have additionally adopted the characteristic. Dark Mode on the iPhone positive appears to be like good. Jason Cipriani/CNET 17. Manage your notifications with Focus ModeWe get lots of notifications each day, however not all of them are related on a regular basis. That’s why Apple launched a characteristic known as Focus Mode. Think of it as a customized Do Not Disturb characteristic that is tailor-made to particular circumstances. Focus Mode blocks much less related alerts whereas permitting notifications from essential folks and apps to come back by in order that you do not miss something. You can arrange various kinds of Focus Modes for particular circumstances. Apple at the moment affords choices for Do Not Disturb, private, sleep, work, driving, health, gaming, mindfulness and studying, however you may as well create your individual customized mode. You can schedule Focus Modes in order that they activate routinely when wanted and show your standing in apps in order that others know you’ve got notifications silenced. To get began, open the Settings menu, faucet Focus and select one of many accessible choices to arrange your notification preferences. Tap the plus (+) image within the prime proper nook so as to add a brand new Focus. 18. Make your display textual content greater or smallerWith a few faucets in your iPhone’s display, you possibly can regulate the font dimension to make it simpler to learn. Open Settings and go to Display & Brightness > Text Size the place you should utilize the slider till you are proud of the font dimension. For somewhat added oomph, you possibly can activate Bold Text (it is just under the Text Size button). 19. Add an alternate look to Face ID Apple’s facial recognition characteristic, Face ID, always learns totally different features of your face with every scan. If you are struggling to get Face ID to constantly acknowledge you, strive the Alternate Appearance choice. Go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode > enter your PIN > Set Up An Alternate Appearance and undergo the method of enrolling your face once more. Face ID does not at all times get it proper. Óscar Gutiérrez/CNET20. Disable auto-brightness for longer battery costYour iPhone’s display brightness stage can have a huge impact on battery life. By default, iOS will routinely regulate the show’s brightness primarily based on how a lot gentle its ambient sensor detects. If you wish to take full management, you possibly can disable auto brightness, which means the brightness stage will keep the place you set it till you regulate it once more. Open Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and on the backside of the web page, you will discover a swap to show off Auto-Brightness. Now, everytime you wish to regulate your display, you are able to do so by opening Control Center with a swipe up from the underside of the display on a tool with a house button, or a swipe down from the top-right nook on newer iPhones. Keep your display dim to avoid wasting battery life. Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET Watch this: 11 Hidden Features in iOS 18
06:44 21. Triage your privateness settingsThe first time you arrange an iPhone with your entire apps, you are bombarded with prompts asking for permission to entry private info starting from monitoring your location to your Apple Health info or your digicam roll. It’s far too straightforward to get within the behavior of approving the whole lot simply so you should utilize the app, however take a couple of minutes and undergo your privateness settings to tailor what every app can and may’t see. We stroll you thru the entire privateness course of in two fast steps. Apple has put all of its privateness controls in a single place. Jason Cipriani/CNET22. Use the Control Center to entry apps with a swipe or faucetThe iPhone’s Control Center is a handy spot to rapidly change songs, activate airplane mode, connect with Wi-Fi or begin a timer, however there’s a lot extra to it than that. You can rapidly flip in your flashlight, test on a timer or begin recording your display with a fast swipe and faucet. Customize which apps and options can be found in Control Center by opening Settings > Control Center. Remove an choice with a faucet on the purple minus button or add an choice by choosing the inexperienced addition button. Drag options up or down utilizing the three-line icon on the suitable aspect of the display. I like having fast entry to the Wallet app and toggles for low-power mode and darkish mode. As a reminder, if in case you have an iPhone with a house button, just like the iPhone SE, you possibly can swipe up from the underside of the display to open Control Center. If you’ve got an iPhone with Face ID, you will must swipe down from the top-right nook of the display the place the battery icon is. Control Center has lots of potential; you simply must customise it. GIF by Jason Cipriani/CNET23. Organize alerts with Notification SummaryApple needs that will help you handle your notifications in iOS, beginning with the Notification Summary characteristic. Rather than letting notifications pile up on your own home display, you possibly can schedule alerts that are not pressing to reach in a bundle at a selected time of day. Important notifications like calls, direct messages and different time-sensitive alerts (just like the standing of your Uber or Lyft journey, for instance) will nonetheless seem instantly.To do that out, open Settings, press Notifications and faucet Scheduled Summary. 24. Change Siri’s voiceIf you’ve got lately arrange a brand new iPhone, you’ll have seen that Siri now not defaults to a feminine voice. Instead, you will be requested which Siri voice you wish to use, together with a number of newer choices. Once you’ve got made your choice, Apple will change Siri’s voice throughout the entire gadgets linked to your Apple ID.You can take a look at the voice choices by going to Settings > Siri & Search > Siri Voice. To study extra, take a look at our full information to altering Siri’s sound. Apple additionally added a gender-neutral Siri voice choice for English audio system. No matter what number of settings you toggle on and off, battery life will at all times be a problem, particularly when you’re touring and do not at all times have entry to your quick charger. If you are always on the go and wish some juice, take into account getting this inexpensive and slim MagSafe charger that may cost your iPhone from zero to 50% in simply 30 minutes. Details For extra, listed here are 17 hidden options on our iPhone you must find out about and annoying iPhone options you are able to do one thing about.
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