iPhone Life - Best Apps, Top Tips, Great Gear

If you want to add some fun flair to your photos, adding emojis is a great way to start! As an added benefit, you can also use emojis to hide the face of a friend or child when you want to protect their privacy in photos shared online. In this article, we’ll show you the hidden trick how to put emojis on pictures using the iPhone Photos app.

You may know Magnifier as a handy iPhone Control Center feature that lets you read small print more easily. But it's actually a feature-rich tool that helps users see the world more clearly in a variety of ways. One of those features, Detection, helps blind and low vision users be aware of their surroundings. There are two types of Detection Modes: People Detection and Door Detection. These two Detection Modes can help you practice safe social distancing, especially since COVID-19 is still around. If you're lost, Door Detection can help you locate doors when in new or unfamiliar places. Let's learn how to set up these Detection Modes and to use them.

In 2021, watchOS 8 brought with it the addition of AssistiveTouch, an accessibility feature to help make the device easier to navigate for those who have difficulty using the small touchscreen. With watchOS 9, Apple expands on its gesture control. One of the coolest new gestures is the ability to double-pinch to start and stop your workout. This means you don't need to be able to touch the screen to pause or restart your workout.

When you share a Reminders list with someone, you don't always need to be immediately notified every time they add or complete something. Learn how to turn off notifications for a shared Reminders list on your iPhone to prevent your indecisive or hyper-productive friends from messing up your focus.

Siri is one of the most useful iPhone features because it allows you to use your voice for a wide variety of tasks. However, sometimes Siri starts responding before you’ve finished talking, which can make it difficult to get the most out of voice commands. We’ll show you how to change Siri’s voice-recognition response time.

Whether you have duplicates contacts because of transferring data between devices or because you've saved a new number in a separate contact card, you can now easily merge contacts in iOS 16. We'll show you how to remove duplicate contacts on your iPhone.

When you're having trouble with iPhone bugs or strange behavior, one thing that might be suggested to you is to restore your iPhone to default settings or reset all settings. What does "Reset All Settings" do? It restores your iPhone settings to the factory default, the same as a new iPhone, without deleting anything else on your phone. You can even choose to only reset certain settings instead of all of them. So, don't worry! You won't lose any of your data, though you'll have to customize things and log into many services again.