if you're like the millions of iPhone
users in this world
you might think you're using your phone
to its fullest potential but there are
so many hidden features that you may not
know about here are 23 of the most
useful iPhone tricks to make your life
easier
let's start with the iPhones hidden dark
mode feature sure you can dim your
screen from the control center but
there's a hidden feature to make your
screen even darker go to Settings
General accessibility enable zoom now
triple tap the screen with three fingers
select choose filter click low-light if
you want to disable it just triple tap
the screen with three fingers again and
select none while in the settings you
can also customize your control center
so go to settings control center
customize controls add remove and
rearrange various controls
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while you're customizing the control
center you can add the screen recording
function which will easily enable you to
record your screen then you can bring up
the control center and tap the record
button the phone will record the screen
without audio tap record when finished
the video is saved with your photos you
can't record audio coming from the phone
but you can use the phone's mic to
record your own audio now go back to the
main settings screen and tap your name
go to iCloud photos and switch iCloud
photos to on this will automatically
upload all your photos and videos to
iCloud you can also set other backups
for things like mail messages and other
individual apps or scroll down to iCloud
backup and click backup now to back up
things like app data settings and photos
if you want to organize your
notifications select notifications on
the main settings screen notifications
are grouped by app but you can change
that with each app for example you can
choose to have your messages all show up
individually go to notifications select
an app and choose how you want to
organize the notifications you can also
disable notification previews for
specific apps select an app and change
show previews to never and speaking of
notifications you can create custom
alerts for your calls and text that can
be assigned to your contacts
this can help you know exactly who is
trying to reach you without looking at
your phone from the main settings select
sounds and haptics ringtone vibration
create new vibration tap out a pattern
and save it
next step to assign it to a specific
contact go to your address book choose
the contact tap Edit select the toner
vibration you want to assign then press
done if you want to sound super smart in
your text just use the go to general in
the main settings and select dictionary
click here and add the one you want to
use and if you have a word or a phrase
that you use a lot that the iPhone keeps
auto correcting just add it to the
dictionary select text replacement in
the general menu under settings tap the
plus sign and enter the word you want it
to remember in both fields
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if you're ever in trouble the iPhone can
be set to send an emergency call
scroll down to emergency SOS enable auto
call and call the side button pressing
the power button five times or pressing
and holding power and volume up or down
will make an emergency call a little
below the emergency SOS setting is
iTunes and App Store from here you can
disable all those annoying requests to
rate apps just select disable in App
ratings and reviews
scrolling down even further in the
settings menu is the camera go in here
and turn on the grid setting this will
help you take perfect overhead shots
when you hold the phone over something
to take a photo to crosshairs will
appear your phone is perfectly level
when they line up going back all the way
up in the settings menu is the personal
hotspot which will let you use your
iPhone as a personal router just enable
your iPhones hotspot setting and its
data signal will be shared go to
Settings personal hotspot set a password
switch the hotspot to on your iPhone
will appear under available Wi-Fi
networks connect by entering the
password be aware this will rely on your
phone's data so don't download any
extremely large files those are all the
settings to adjust and change but if
you're ever in another app and you want
to quickly get to settings all you have
to do is say hey Siri go to settings you
can also get quick access to things like
passwords and your flashlight all you
got to do is ask hey Siri turn on the
flashlight it's on ever type in the
wrong number in your calculator just
swipe and it will delete the last enter
digit and speaking of numbers the iPhone
has a built-in tape measure perfect for
all those times you don't have one handy
the measure app uses augmented reality
to measure everyday objects it's not as
accurate as a tape measure but it does
give you some pretty close
approximations you can also turn your
keyboard into a mouse trackpad start
typing text in any app force press on
the keyboard the letters will disappear
and it will let you move your cursor
around a block of text if you ever need
to sign a document you can do it
straight from your phone preview the
attachment in the mail app tap the
toolbox icon and then tap the signature
button in the mark up preview sign the
document using your finger on the touch
screen and then tap done again place the
signature where it belongs in the
document and then tap Done again finally
you can mark up any screenshot to add
text highlights or just draw on it what
was your favorite trick let us know in
the comments
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