Tap the screen. With Tap to Wake mode disabled, you'll need to pick up the phone or press the side button to wake it. Use the standard wake voice command of "Hey Siri" to summon Apple's personal assistant, or you can long-press the side button to launch Siri. You'll need to press and hold the volume up or down button and the side button at the same time. A few seconds later the slider to power off will show up.
If you plan on using wireless charging, it's a good idea to avoid any cases that double as a wallet. If your iPhone is giving you trouble, you can force restart it using a series of button presses.
You'll need to do the following in quick succession:. Hold it in until the screen goes black, followed shortly after by the Apple logo showing up on the screen. Open Control Center and long-press or force touch the Do Not Disturb icon to pick from the new options.
With this feature enabled, whenever an update is released your iPhone will automatically update while you're sleeping. Indeed, this same feature can be used to register a second face to Face ID to give a second person access to your device. Just keep in mind that if you want to remove the second face, you'll need to reset Face ID.
Figuring what's draining the battery on any mobile device is something we all want to know more about. With iOS 12, open the Settings app, select Battery and you will have as much info as you can digest. New charts, breakdowns and graphs show you exactly what was using your battery and, perhaps most importantly, when it was used.
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Read Full Review. Go home Starting at the bottom of the display, swipe up to close an app. Quick-scroll to top of page Want to get back to the top of a website, app or text document? Notification center Access the notification center with a swipe down from the top of the screen. Speaking of the control center You don't launch the control center with a swipe up from the bottom of the anymore.
If you've got an iPhone XR, you only need to long-press on either button. Or swipe to the left Old habits are hard to break. Enter multitasking view Instead of swiping up to go back to the home screen, stop about halfway to view all open apps. Quicker Multitask access Instead of swiping up to the middle of the screen and waiting for multitasking to start, swipe up from either bottom corner of the display in an arc toward the opposite edge of the screen. Fast app switching Swipe to the left or right on the bottom of the display, going over the top of the hint bar to quickly move between apps.
Now you can share your location, route, and destination with anyone in your Contacts list. Forecasts come with animated weather info, radar maps, and detailed forecast summaries. Go Monitoring Easily!. Google Maps makes navigating your world faster and easier. Can it refresh when the app is closed?
Force close apps Force close an app in multitasking view by swiping up on any of the app cards -- or multiple cards if you're in a hurry -- to close apps. Reachability still exists It still exists but is a little tricky to trigger. Hidden notification details The iPhone XS and iPhone XR both hide notification details on the lock screen until Face ID identifies your face, after which the content of each notification fills in. Finish arranging apps Organize your home screen using the traditional method of a long-press on app icons until they start to wiggle.
Double the portrait mode Apple added the blurry-background photo effect to the front-facing camera starting with the iPhone X. Tap to Wake Want to wake your iPhone to check notifications without picking it up? Power down With the side button now acting as a means to access Siri, just how do you turn the phone off? Open Control Center and press and hold the network settings card in the upper-left corner to turn on the following:.
You can also choose to play the same music across multiple speakers you have set up in your home. You might also see cards for nearby devices that you can control audio playback for.
Just tap a card to control audio for that device. Need to quickly adjust the brightness on your display, or change the volume? With Control Center, it's easy to access the apps, features, and settings that you want with just a tap. Access and customize Control Center on your iPhone and iPod touch With Control Center, you have instant access to the things you do most.
How to open and close Control Center On an iPhone X or later, swipe down from the top-right corner of your screen. On an iPhone 8 or earlier, or iPod touch, swipe up from the bottom edge of any screen. How to customize Control Center You can customize Control Center so you can quickly change the settings for the things you do most. Tap Customize Controls.
To add controls, tap the Add button. How to quickly control your settings Here are some of the settings you can access in Control Center. Wi-Fi: Browse the web, stream music, download movies, and more.