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  • Welcome
    • Supported models
    • iPhone 13 mini
    • iPhone 13
    • iPhone 13 Pro
    • iPhone 13 Pro Max
    • iPhone 12 mini
    • iPhone 12
    • iPhone 12 Pro
    • iPhone 12 Pro Max
    • iPhone 11
    • iPhone 11 Pro
    • iPhone 11 Pro Max
    • iPhone XR
    • iPhone XS
    • iPhone XS Max
    • iPhone X
    • iPhone SE (3rd generation)
    • iPhone SE (2nd generation)
    • iPhone SE (1st generation)
    • iPhone 8
    • iPhone 8 Plus
    • iPhone 7
    • iPhone 7 Plus
    • iPhone 6s
    • iPhone 6s Plus
  • What’s new in iOS 15
    • Turn on and set up iPhone
    • Wake and unlock
    • Set up cellular service
    • Connect to the internet
      • Apple ID settings
      • Turn iCloud features on or off
      • Subscribe to iCloud+
    • Find settings
    • Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
    • Learn the meaning of the status icons
      • Charge the battery
      • Show the battery percentage
      • Check battery health and usage
    • Download or bookmark the user guide
      • Learn basic gestures
      • Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
    • Adjust the volume
      • Open apps
      • Find your apps in App Library
      • Switch between open apps
      • Quit and reopen an app
      • Dictate text
      • Type with the onscreen keyboard
      • Select and edit text
      • Use predictive text
      • Use text replacements
      • Add or change keyboards
    • Multitask with Picture in Picture
    • Access features from the Lock Screen
    • Perform quick actions
    • Search with iPhone
    • Use AirDrop to send items
    • Take a screenshot or screen recording
      • Draw in apps
      • Add text, shapes, and signatures
      • Zoom in or magnify in Markup
    • Get information about your iPhone
    • View or change cellular data settings
    • Travel with iPhone
    • Change sounds and vibrations
    • Change the wallpaper
    • Set a Live Photo as wallpaper
    • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
    • Magnify the screen
    • Change the name of your iPhone
    • Change the date and time
    • Change the language and region
      • Organize your apps in folders
      • Add widgets
      • Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen
      • Remove apps
    • Use and customize Control Center
    • Change or lock the screen orientation
      • View and respond to notifications
      • Change notification settings
      • Set up a Focus
      • Turn a Focus on or off
      • Stay focused while driving
      • Get apps
      • Play games
      • Subscribe to Apple Arcade
      • Use App Clips
      • Manage purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions
      • Install and manage fonts
      • Buy books and audiobooks
      • Read books
      • Listen to audiobooks
      • Set reading goals
      • Organize books
      • Read PDFs
    • Calculator
      • Create and edit events
      • Send and receive invitations
      • Change how you view events
      • Search for events
      • Customize your calendar
      • Keep track of events
      • Use multiple calendars
      • Use the Holidays calendar
      • Share iCloud calendars
        • Camera basics
        • Set up your shot
        • Apply Photographic Styles
        • Take Live Photos
        • Take Burst mode shots
        • Take a selfie
        • Take Portrait mode photos
        • Take Night mode photos
        • Take Apple ProRAW photos
      • Adjust the shutter volume
      • Adjust HDR camera settings
      • Record videos
      • Record ProRes videos
      • Change video recording settings
      • Save camera settings
      • Change advanced camera settings
      • View, share, and print photos
      • Use Live Text
      • Scan a QR code
      • See the world clock
      • Set an alarm
      • Use the timer or stopwatch
    • Compass
      • Add and use contact information
      • Edit contacts
      • Add your contact info
      • Use other contact accounts
      • Use Contacts from the Phone app
      • Hide duplicate contacts
      • Set up FaceTime
      • Make and receive calls
      • Create a FaceTime link
      • Take a Live Photo
      • Use other apps during a call
      • Make a Group FaceTime call
      • View participants in a grid
      • Use SharePlay to watch and listen together
      • Share your screen
      • Change the video settings
      • Change the audio settings
      • Add camera effects
      • Leave a call or switch to Messages
      • Block unwanted callers
      • Connect external devices or servers
      • View and modify files and folders
      • Organize files and folders
      • Send files
      • Set up iCloud Drive
      • Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
        • Share your location
        • Add or remove a friend
        • Locate a friend
        • Get notified when friends change their location
        • Notify a friend when your location changes
        • Add your iPhone
        • Add your iPhone Leather Wallet
        • Get notified if you leave a device behind
        • Locate a device
        • Mark a device as lost
        • Erase a device
        • Remove a device
        • Add an AirTag
        • Add a third-party item
        • Get notified if you leave an item behind
        • Locate an item
        • Mark an item as lost
        • Remove an item
      • Adjust map settings
      • Fill out your Health Details and Medical ID
        • Automatically collect data
        • Manually add data
        • View your health data
        • Share your health data
        • View health data shared by others
        • Download health records
        • Download verifiable COVID-19 records
        • View health records in Health on iPhone
      • Monitor your walking steadiness
      • Track your menstrual cycle
        • Use headphone audio level features
        • Check your headphone levels
        • Intro to sleep schedules
        • Set up your first sleep schedule
        • Turn off alarms and delete sleep schedules
        • Add or change sleep schedules
        • Use iPhone during your Sleep Focus
        • Quickly turn your Sleep Focus on or off
        • Change Sleep Focus and other options
        • View your sleep history
      • Register as an organ donor
      • Back up your Health data
      • Intro to Home
      • Set up accessories
      • Control accessories
      • Add more homes
      • Configure HomePod
      • Configure cameras
      • Face Recognition
      • Unlock your door with a home key
      • Configure a router
      • Create and use scenes
      • Control your home using Siri
      • Control your home remotely
      • Create an automation
      • Share controls with others
      • Get music, movies, and TV shows
      • Get ringtones
      • Manage purchases and settings
      • Magnify nearby objects
      • Change settings
      • Detect people around you
        • Add and remove email accounts
        • Set up a custom email domain
      • Check your email
        • Send email
        • Reply to and forward emails
        • Save an email draft
        • Add email attachments
        • Download email attachments
        • Annotate email attachments
      • Set email notifications
      • Search for email
      • Organize email in mailboxes
      • Use Hide My Email
        • Flag emails
        • Filter emails
      • Change email settings
      • Use Mail Privacy Protection
      • Delete and recover emails
      • Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
      • Print emails
      • View maps
        • Search for places
        • Find nearby attractions, restaurants, and services
        • Get information about places
        • Mark places
        • Share places
        • Rate places
        • Save favorite places
        • Explore new places with Guides
        • Organize places in My Guides
        • Get traffic and weather info
        • Delete significant locations
        • Quickly find your Maps settings
        • Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
        • Select other route options
        • Things you can do while following a route
        • Set up electric vehicle routing
        • Get driving directions
        • Get directions to your parked car
        • Report traffic incidents in Maps on iPhone
        • Get cycling directions
        • Get walking directions
        • Get transit directions
        • Delete recent directions
        • Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
        • Look around streets
        • Take Flyover tours
      • Get rides
      • Measure
      • View and save measurements
      • Measure a person’s height
      • Use the level
      • Set up Messages
      • Send and receive messages
      • Send a message to a group
      • Send and receive photos, videos, and audio
      • Receive and share content
      • Animate messages
      • Use iMessage apps
      • Use Memoji
      • Send a Digital Touch effect
      • Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
      • Change notifications
      • Block, filter, and report messages
      • Delete messages
      • Get music
      • View albums, playlists, and more
      • Play music
      • Queue up your music
      • Listen to broadcast radio
        • Subscribe to Apple Music
        • Listen to lossless music
        • Listen to Dolby Atmos music
        • Find new music
        • Add music and listen offline
        • Get personalized recommendations
        • Listen to radio
        • Search for music
        • Create playlists
        • See what your friends are listening to
        • Use Siri to play music
      • Listen to music with Apple Music Voice
      • Change the way music sounds
      • Get started with News
      • Use News widgets
      • See news stories chosen just for you
      • Read stories
      • Listen to Apple News Today
        • Subscribe to Apple News+
        • Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
        • Download Apple News+ issues
        • Listen to audio stories
      • Search for news stories
      • Save news stories for later
      • Subscribe to news channels
      • Take notes
      • Draw or write
      • Scan text and documents
      • Add photos, videos, and more
      • Search and organize notes
      • Use tags and Smart Folders
      • Share and collaborate
      • Lock notes
      • Change settings
      • Make a call
      • Make emergency calls
      • Answer or decline incoming calls
      • While on a call
      • Check voicemail
      • Select ringtones and vibrations
      • Make calls using Wi-Fi
      • Set up call forwarding and call waiting
      • Avoid unwanted calls
      • View photos
      • Play videos and slideshows
      • Delete and hide photos and videos
      • Edit photos and videos
      • Trim video length and adjust slow motion
      • Edit Cinematic mode videos
      • Edit Live Photos
      • Edit Portrait mode photos
      • Make photo albums
      • Edit and organize albums
      • Filter and sort photos in an album
      • Search in Photos
      • Share photos and videos
      • View photos and videos shared with you
      • Interact with photos using Live Text and Visual Look Up
      • Watch memories
      • Personalize memories
      • Find people in Photos
      • Show a person or place less often
      • Browse photos by location
      • Use iCloud Photos
      • Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
      • Import photos and videos
      • Print photos
      • Find podcasts
      • Listen to podcasts
      • Follow your favorite podcasts
      • Organize your podcast library
      • Download, save, or share podcasts
      • Subscribe to podcasts
      • Change download settings
      • Add reminders
      • Organize lists
      • Use tags and Smart Lists
      • Set up accounts
      • Share and assign reminders
      • Print reminders
      • Browse the web
      • Customize your Safari settings
      • Change the layout
      • Search for websites
      • Use tabs in Safari
      • Bookmark favorite webpages
      • Save pages to a Reading List
      • View links shared with you
      • Automatically fill in forms
      • Get extensions
      • Hide ads and distractions
      • Browse the web privately
      • Clear your cache
      • Use Hide My Email
    • Shortcuts
    • Stocks
    • Tips
      • Translate text, voice, and conversations
      • Translate text in apps and using the camera
      • Connect apps and add your TV provider
      • Subscribe to Apple TV+ and Apple TV channels
      • Get shows, movies, and more
      • Watch sports
      • Control playback
      • Watch together using SharePlay
      • Manage your library
      • Change the settings
      • Make a recording
      • Play it back
      • Edit or delete a recording
      • Keep recordings up to date
      • Organize recordings
      • Search for or rename a recording
      • Share a recording
      • Duplicate a recording
      • Keep cards and passes in Wallet
      • Set up Apple Pay
      • Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
      • Use Apple Pay in apps, App Clips, and Safari
      • Use Apple Cash
      • Use Apple Card
      • Manage cards and activity
      • Pay for transit
      • Use digital keys
      • Use student ID cards
      • Use your driver’s license or state ID
      • Add and use passes
      • Manage passes
      • Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
      • Check the weather
      • View the weather icons
    • Ask Siri
    • Find out what Siri can do
    • Tell Siri about yourself
    • Have Siri announce calls and notifications
    • Add Siri Shortcuts
    • About Siri Suggestions
    • Use Siri in your car
    • Change Siri settings
    • Set up Family Sharing
    • Add or remove Family Sharing members
    • Share subscriptions
    • Download family members’ purchases
    • Stop sharing purchases
    • Share locations with family and locate lost devices
    • Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
    • Set up parental controls
    • View your Screen Time summary
    • Set up Screen Time for yourself
    • Set up Screen Time for a family member
    • Get a report of your device use
    • Charging cable
    • Power adapters
    • MagSafe chargers and battery packs
    • MagSafe cases and sleeves
    • Qi-certified wireless chargers
      • Use AirPods
      • Use EarPods
    • Apple Watch
      • Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
      • Connect to a display with a cable
    • HomePod and AirPlay 2 speakers
      • Pair Magic Keyboard
      • Enter characters with diacritical marks
      • Switch between keyboards
      • Dictate text
      • Use shortcuts
      • Choose an alternative keyboard layout
      • Change typing assistance options
    • External storage devices
    • Bluetooth accessories
    • Printers
    • Share your internet connection
    • Allow phone calls on your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
    • Hand off tasks between devices
    • Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
    • Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
    • Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
    • Sync iPhone with your computer
    • Transfer files between iPhone and your computer
    • Intro to CarPlay
    • Connect to CarPlay
    • Use Siri
    • Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
    • Get turn-by-turn directions
    • Report traffic incidents
    • Change the map view
    • Make phone calls
    • Play music
    • View your calendar
    • Send and receive text messages
    • Announce incoming text messages
    • Play podcasts
    • Play audiobooks
    • Listen to news stories
    • Control your home
    • Use other apps with CarPlay
    • Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
    • Change settings in CarPlay
    • Get started with accessibility features
        • Turn on and practice VoiceOver
        • Change your VoiceOver settings
        • Learn VoiceOver gestures
        • Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
        • Control VoiceOver using the rotor
        • Use the onscreen keyboard
        • Write with your finger
        • Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
        • Use a braille display
        • Type onscreen braille
        • Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
        • Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
        • Use VoiceOver for images and videos
        • Use VoiceOver in apps
      • Zoom
      • Display & Text Size
      • Motion
      • Spoken Content
      • Audio Descriptions
      • AssistiveTouch
      • Touch accommodations
      • Back tap
      • Reachability
      • Call Audio Routing
      • Vibration
      • Face ID & Attention
        • Set up Switch Control
        • Use Switch Control
      • Voice Control
      • Side or Home button
      • Apple TV Remote
      • Pointer Control
      • Keyboards
      • AirPods
      • Hearing devices
      • Live Listen
      • Sound recognition
      • RTT and TTY
      • Mono audio, balance, phone noise cancellation
      • LED flash for alerts
      • Headphone audio
      • Background sounds
      • Subtitles and captions
      • Transcriptions for Intercom messages
      • Guided Access
      • Siri
      • Accessibility shortcuts
      • Per-app settings
    • Use built-in security and privacy protections
      • Set a passcode
      • Set up Face ID
      • Set up Touch ID
      • Control access to information on the Lock Screen
      • Keep your Apple ID secure
      • Sign in with Apple
      • Automatically fill in strong passwords
      • Change weak or compromised passwords
      • View your passwords and related information
      • Share passwords securely with AirDrop
      • Make your passwords available on all your devices
      • Automatically fill in verification codes
      • Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
      • Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
      • Control access to information in apps
      • Control access to hardware features
      • Control app tracking permissions on iPhone
      • Control the location information you share
      • Turn on iCloud Private Relay
      • Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
      • Use a private network address
      • Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
    • Turn iPhone on or off
    • Force restart iPhone
    • Update iOS
    • Back up iPhone
    • Return iPhone settings to their defaults
    • Restore all content from a backup
    • Restore purchased and deleted items
    • Sell or give away your iPhone
    • Erase iPhone
    • Install or remove configuration profiles
    • Important safety information
    • Important handling information
    • Find more resources for software and service
    • FCC compliance statement
    • ISED Canada compliance statement
    • Ultra Wideband information
    • Class 1 Laser information
    • Apple and the environment
    • Disposal and recycling information
  • Copyright

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