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iPhone User Guide

  • Welcome
      • iPhone models compatible with iOS 27
      • iPhone 11
      • iPhone 11 Pro
      • iPhone 11 Pro Max
      • iPhone SE (2nd generation)
      • iPhone 12 mini
      • iPhone 12
      • iPhone 12 Pro
      • iPhone 12 Pro Max
      • iPhone 13 mini
      • iPhone 13
      • iPhone 13 Pro
      • iPhone 13 Pro Max
      • iPhone SE (3rd generation)
      • iPhone 14
      • iPhone 14 Plus
      • iPhone 14 Pro
      • iPhone 14 Pro Max
      • iPhone 15
      • iPhone 15 Plus
      • iPhone 15 Pro
      • iPhone 15 Pro Max
      • iPhone 16
      • iPhone 16 Plus
      • iPhone 16 Pro
      • iPhone 16 Pro Max
      • iPhone 16e
      • iPhone 17
      • iPhone 17 Pro
      • iPhone 17 Pro Max
      • iPhone Air
      • iPhone 17e
      • iPhone 18 Pro
      • iPhone 18 Pro Max
    • Setup basics
    • Make your iPhone your own
    • Take great photos and videos
    • Keep in touch with friends and family
    • Share features with your family
    • Use iPhone for your daily routines
    • Expert advice from Apple Support
  • What’s new in iOS 27
    • Turn on and set up iPhone
    • Wake, unlock, and lock
    • Set up cellular service
    • View or change cellular data settings
    • Use Dual SIM
    • Set up iPhone Handoff on iPhone
    • Connect to the internet
    • Manage Wi-Fi settings
    • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
      • Sign in and manage your Apple Account
      • Use iCloud
      • Subscribe to iCloud+
    • Change the date and time
    • Change the language and region
    • Change the name of your iPhone
    • Change the default apps
    • Change your default search engine
    • Find settings
    • Learn the meaning of iPhone status icons
    • Get information about your iPhone
      • Learn basic gestures
      • Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
    • Adjust the volume
    • Silence iPhone
    • Turn the iPhone flashlight on or off
    • Rotate your iPhone screen
      • Charge the battery
      • Show the battery percentage
      • Charge with cleaner energy sources
      • Optimize battery charging
      • Set a charge limit
      • Understand Thermally Limited Charging
      • Save battery life with Power Modes on iPhone
      • Understand your iPhone battery usage and health
      • Open apps
      • Find and use your apps in App Library
      • Switch between open apps
      • Quit and reopen an app
      • Multitask with Picture in Picture
    • Access features from the Lock Screen
    • View Live Activities in the Dynamic Island
    • Perform quick actions
    • Search on iPhone
    • View and respond to notifications
    • Change notification settings
    • Manage storage on iPhone
    • Travel with iPhone
    • Change sounds and vibrations
    • Use and customize the Action button
    • Create a custom Lock Screen
      • Add an app
      • Add, edit, and remove widgets
      • Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
      • Customize apps and widgets on the Home Screen
      • Lock or hide an app
      • Organize your apps in folders
      • Remove or delete apps
    • Change the wallpaper
    • Use and customize Control Center
    • Improve audio and record video calls
    • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
    • Keep the iPhone display on longer
    • Use StandBy
    • Adjust iPhone display and text settings
      • Set up a Focus
      • Allow or silence notifications for a Focus
      • Turn a Focus on or off
      • Stay focused while driving
    • Customize sharing options
      • Type with the onscreen keyboard
      • Dictate text
      • Commands for dictating text
      • Select, edit, and move text
      • Use predictive text
      • Translate text in apps
      • Use shorthand for frequently used text
    • Add or change keyboards
    • Add emoji, Memoji, and stickers
      • Take a screenshot
      • Take a screen recording
      • Change the screen capture settings
      • Draw and handwrite with Markup
      • Add text, shapes, stickers, and more
    • Fill out forms, sign documents, and create signatures
    • Interact with content in a photo or video
    • Identify objects in your photos and videos
    • Lift a subject from the photo background
      • Camera basics
      • Use camera tools
      • Use advanced camera tools
      • Use Photographic Styles
      • Take Live Photos
      • Take Burst mode shots
      • Take panoramic photos
      • Take a selfie
      • Take macro photos and videos
      • Take Night mode photos
      • Take portraits
      • Take Apple ProRAW photos
      • Capture a verifiable photo with Apple Reference Image
    • Use the Camera Control
    • Use the Camera Control to open another app
    • Adjust the shutter volume
    • Adjust HDR camera settings
    • Record a video
    • Take spatial photos and record spatial videos for Apple Vision Pro
    • Change sound recording options
    • Record ProRes video
    • Record video in Cinematic mode
    • Change video recording settings
    • Save camera settings
    • Customize the Main camera lens
    • Change advanced camera settings
    • View, share, and print photos
    • Use Live Text
    • Scan a QR code
      • Get apps
      • Use App Clips
      • Update apps
      • Install and manage fonts
      • Share and send apps
      • See your purchases and subscriptions
      • Change settings and restrictions
      • Buy books and audiobooks
      • Read books
      • Annotate books
      • Access books on other Apple devices
      • Listen to audiobooks
      • Set reading goals
      • Organize books
      • Read PDFs
      • Get started with Calculator
      • Use the basic calculator
      • Use the scientific calculator
      • Solve math with Math Notes
      • Work with graphs in Math Notes
      • Convert units or currency
      • See previous calculations
      • Create and edit events in Calendar
      • Send invitations
      • Reply to invitations
      • Change how you view events
      • Search for events
      • Change Calendar settings
      • Schedule or display events in a different time zone
      • Keep track of events
      • Use multiple calendars
      • Use reminders
      • Use the Holidays calendar
      • Share iCloud calendars
      • See the world clock
      • Set an alarm
      • Change your wake up alarm
      • Use the stopwatch
      • Set timers
    • Compass
      • Add and use contact information
      • Edit contacts
      • Add your contact info
      • Add or remove accounts
      • Use NameDrop on iPhone to share your contact info
      • Use contacts from the Phone app
      • Merge or hide duplicate contacts
      • Sync contacts across devices
      • Import contacts
      • Export contacts
      • Get started with FaceTime
        • Set up FaceTime
        • Make FaceTime calls
        • Receive FaceTime calls
      • Create a FaceTime link
      • Use FaceTime audio call tools
      • Take a Live Photo
      • Use Live Captions and Live Translation
      • Use other apps during a call
      • Make a Group FaceTime call
      • Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
      • Share your screen in a FaceTime call
      • Request or give remote control in a FaceTime call
      • Collaborate on a document in FaceTime
      • Use video conferencing features
      • Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
      • Use camera controls during a FaceTime call on iPhone
      • Change the FaceTime audio settings
      • Leave a call or switch to Messages
      • Block a FaceTime call and report it as spam
      • Screen and filter calls
      • Files basics
      • Modify files and folders
      • Find and view files and folders
      • Find your downloaded files on iPhone