YOUR iPhone is packed with hidden tricks – and I’ve picked five of the best.
Here are some clever hacks that will turn you into an instant iPhone pro.
1
Get rain alerts
No one likes getting caught in the rain.
That’s why you need to set up rain alerts on iPhone.
They’re hidden in the Apple Weather app.
Turn them on and you’ll get a notification just before it’s about to start raining where you are.
So hopefully you can stay dry!
Back tap!
Did you know your iPhone actually has a hidden button?
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It’s the Apple logo on the back of your phone.
You can activate a feature called Back Tap that will perform certain actions when you triple-tap it.
I use it for taking quick screenshots – but you could also make it identify songs with Shazam.
Move apps quickly
If your Home Screen is messy and you want to clean it up, that means moving apps.
But did you know you don’t have to move them one by one.
If you hold an app down until it wiggles and keep pressing, you can then tap on other apps with another finger to add them to a pile.
And you can even use a spare finger to swipe between screens while they’re all piled up.
This makes it much easier to move apps around.
Free up iPhone storage
If you’ve had an iPhone for a few years, you’ve probably got loads of apps and photos.
In fact, you might actually be running out of storage space.
Thankfully Apple has built a clever trick to free up space quickly.
You can go into your storage settings and choose to “offload unused apps”.
This will remove apps you rarely use from the iPhone – but won’t delete the data you have inside them.
Then you can get them back in exactly the same condition when you need to use the app again.
Set up Medical ID
Not many iPhone tricks can save your life – but Medical ID might.
It’s a special page that you can set up to appear on your iPhone lock screen.
So if you’re ever in an accident, paramedics can see your health history – including allergies and blood type.
Go into your Health settings to set it up.
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