Apple's Photos app includes a People & Pets album that makes it easy to find every picture of the same person or furbaby, organized into separate sub-albums. Here's how to tag iPhone photos to add a friend, animal, or family member to the People album if the Photos app hasn't already included them automatically.
By Rhett Intriago
If you ever find yourself stranded on the side of the road with no cellular reception, you can still use your iPhone to get help. The iPhone 14 and later are able to communicate via satellite, which you can use to request SOS roadside service.
By Conner Carey
By default, your iPhone or iPad will continually check for new mail and immediately "push" it to your device as a notification. This ensures you get new emails as soon as they arrive. However, the Push setting can also end up draining more battery since your device is checking for new emails continuously. Here's how to change your mail Fetch settings iphone and save a little more battery.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Did you know you can convert inches to centimeters, ounces to milliliters, and more right on your iPhone? Live Text offers quick and easy conversions, perfect for cooking, measuring, or anything else where you don't want to have to do an entire Google search to find your answer. Here's how to do it.
By Erin MacPherson
Sure, you can adjust the text size for your entire iPhone, but what if it's just one or two apps that are hard to read? You can decrease or increase text size for one app or several instead of changing font size across all apps! Here's how to adjust font size in iPhone apps, just one, or as many as you need!
What better way to ring in the New Year or celebrate a holiday than by sending fireworks on your iPhone? With the Messages app, you can send iMessage effects along with your text. These iPhone texting effects include balloons, confetti, and fireworks. Below, we'll cover how to send fireworks on iPhone.
By Erin MacPherson
iPhone photo filters refer to two things: a way to edit and add effects to photos, and a way to sort your photo Library — this article is about the latter. We’ll teach you how to do an image search on iPhone using filters such as edited, favorites, not in album, and screenshots.
When you make a photo album on your iPhone, the Photos app automatically sorts that picture album in the Albums tab in order of when the album was created. You can rearrange albums on iPhone two different ways. Read on to learn how to organize photos by rearranging how your albums appear in the Photos app.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
Gone are the days of taking a picture of a poster broadcasting an event you want to attend and hoping you remember to look at your camera roll in time to remember to go. With Visual Intelligence, it's just a matter of point and tap and you'll have the event added right to your Calendar app. Here's how to use this fancy new feature to add an event right from a poster into your Calendar app.
By Rhett Intriago
Ever been listening to music on your phone and had the volume turn down on its own? This is a common problem that plagues many iPhone users. But why does your volume keep going down by itself? In this article, we’ll go over the possible reasons why this might be happening and how you can prevent your iPhone from adjusting the volume by itself.
By Conner Carey
Can you have two organizers in an Apple Family Sharing group? No, but the family organizer of each group can change the role of a second parent or guardian to control kids' Apple purchases. Here's how to set up Family Sharing to allow another adult Family Group member to block or approve Ask to Buy requests in Family Sharing on an iPhone or iPad.
By Kenya Smith
Have you ever wondered how to make a side-by-side photo on an iPhone or iPad without a third-party app? The easiest way to put two pictures side by side on your iPhone is by creating a shortcut in the Shortcuts app. Then, you can select the images you want to combine. Let's go over how to do side by side photos on an iPhone.
By Olena Kagui
Have you ever been sure you just received a text, only to find that it was the person next to you? Having the same ringtone and text tone as your friends can get frustrating. A great way to distinguish your iPhone is to change your text message ringtone. We will teach you how to do that and set different text tones for your favorite contacts.
By Conner Carey
Do voicemails take up storage on your iPhone? Yes, so if you're looking to clear up storage, delete old voicemails! If you clear all voicemail but notice no change in your storage space, it's because there's a hidden folder for deleted voicemails on your iPhone. Here's how to clear voicemail on your iPhone.
Focus lets you customize many different modes to determine when you get notifications and from whom. But what happens when Focus mode doesn't work as intended: letting notifications through, not sending notifications you wanted, not showing notifications when your phone is unlocked? Let's go over what you can do about these common Focus mode issues.
By Amy Spitzfaden Both
While you can't view cleared notifications on your iPhone, there is a way to catch up on any notifications you might have missed. If you just navigated away and now you can't find a specific notification, you're in luck. We'll go over how to see past notifications on your iPhone, and what to do if you actually did clear a notification you want to see again.
By Olena Kagui
Why is your camera shaking? If your iPhone camera is shaking, your camera settings may need to be changed, you may need an iOS update, or you might need to try a few other ways to fix the problem. Here's how to fix a shaky iPhone camera.
By Rachel Needell
If you've received a call from an unknown number or a number that displays as No Caller ID, be careful. Telemarketers and scammers often intentionally hide their numbers or even display fake numbers to hide their identities. We'll show you how to unmask No Caller ID on your iPhone by using *69 or third-party apps to track unknown callers. Once you have this information, you can report the unknown caller and adjust your settings to silence or block the unknown number.
By Olena Kagui
The Challenges app is a free platform for joining fitness challenges. It syncs with your Apple Watch and lets you join challenges, create your own, and invite iPhone and Android users to participate. iPhone Life has a monthly challenge for Apple Watch enthusiasts who subscribe to the bi-weekly On the Watch newsletter.
By Hal Goldstein
My wife kept telling me to turn the TV down. My friends were tiring of having to repeat themselves. I strained to hear during meetings. So, five years ago, I succumbed and went to a hearing specialist. A 15-minute test revealed I had mild to moderate hearing loss. Thousands of dollars bought me state-of-the-art hearing aids that connected to my iPhone via Bluetooth and an app. The hearing aids proved inefficient and clumsy enough that I only wore them when I really needed them.
