YOUR iPhone’s Lock button has an amazing hidden secret – and you may have totally missed it.

The iPhone hack is totally free to unlock, and you’ll want to get into a habit of using it.

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Check your Accessibility settings todayCredit: Apple / The U.S. Sun

On an iPhone with Face ID, you can triple-click the Lock button or Side button to unlock special features.

The same is true on Touch ID iPhones – but you’ll triple-click the Home button instead.

Once you set up an Accessibility Shortcut, you can triple-click to perform certain functions.

You can change the functions at any time in the Settings app.

How to use iPhone Lock Button trick

First, go to Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut.

Then you’ll want to choose one of the options from the list of shortcuts

There are plenty to choose from, but some are more useful than others.

Magnifier is extremely handy as it turns your iPhone into a magnifying glass for reading small text.

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AssistiveTouch adds a virtual Home button to your Face ID iPhone.

Background Sounds lets you quickly start a soothing track – including rain noise.

This can be great for getting off to sleep, or when you need to concentrate.

And Control Nearby Devices lets you control other Apple gadgets nearby that you own.

That’s not all…

Want to turn your iPhone off? The method isn’t exactly obvious.

On Face ID iPhones, holding down the Side button brings up Siri.

So to turn off your iPhone with its physical buttons, you need to use a different method.

Instead you’ll want to simultaneously press and hold the Side button with either volume button.

Then you’ll be able to drag the slider to switch it off.

This post first appeared on Thesun.co.uk

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