iOS 11

With no Home button in new iPhone X, most of the tasks are now done with the gestures. If you find using your iPhone X without a Home button a bit challenging at first, don’t worry. After you’ve used the phone for two to three days, you’ll find it extremely comfortable. Spend a few more days...

In all its versatility, the camera in iPhone X is equipped with several features which, when configured correctly, can capture almost DSLR-quality photos. Recording videos is even more fun with the phone. Dual camera in iPhone X is capable of recording 4K videos at 60 fps (frames per second)...

Because the live photos comprise of multiple frames, they contain some motions which give liveliness to the captured images. You can preview the motion in a live photo by opening it from the Photos app, and hard-pressing the screen. To make a live photos look more dynamic, iOS 11 allows you add...

Portrait mode in your iPhone X uses rear dual-cameras to add depth-of-field (DOF) to the snapped images, thus giving you the best possible photos any mobile had ever captured. However, a few jargons and their meanings are still noteworthy before you begin using your iPhone X’s camera in Portrait...

Face ID provides a secure way to use your iPhone X as it keeps others from intruding into your phone and stealing your personal information from it. That said, it is not recommended to leave your iPhone without securing it either with your Face ID or passcode or both. Even though Apple strongly...

The significant advancements in the camera is yet another factor that allures users to buy iPhone X. The dual-camera in your new phone allows you to capture high quality snaps and up to 4K videos with 60 frames per second (fps). When it comes to launching the Camera app in your iPhone X, there...

Your iPhone X can use your Face ID to authenticate your identity on certain apps. At the time of this writing, not all apps are updated to support Face ID. A few that do support include: ■Progressive ■1Password ■Chase Mobile While setting up a Face ID supported app, you must provide your...

Even though strongly suggested, using Face ID in your iPhone is optional. There’s no effect on iPhone X’s performance whether you’ve set up Face ID or using the phone without it. However, because Face ID can unlock your iPhone and can even authenticate your identity while making purchases from...

Due to the absence of the Home button, many users might find using the new iPhone X challenging. The fact is, no features that relied on the Home button in earlier iPhone models are missing. It is only the way they can be accessed that has changed. This guide is to explain how to use your new...

What Is Force Restart? In any iPhone, Force Restart, a.k.a. Hard Reset means shutting down your iPhone forcefully and abruptly, and letting it restart normally afresh. When you perform force restart, all the apps running in the background exit without saving any data or files you’ve been working...

The reason for this issue can be anything from an inconsistent Internet connection to a corrupt downloaded update file. If your iPhone X is stuck on “Verifying Updates”, you can hard reset the phone and try any of the following two methods to resolve the issue: Method 01 - Retry Updating iPhone...

In addition to merely capturing selfies or allowing you to make video calls, the presence of TrueDepth front camera also makes your iPhone X eligible for Attention Aware Systems. TrueDepth camera in your iPhone X can scan, analyze, and recognize more than 30,000 invisible points on your face...

The main purpose of the Home button in older iPhones was to bring the users back to the Home screen regardless of the window they were working on. However, unlike previous models, iPhone X has no Home button, and therefore many features and actions that relied on it can now be performed using...

iPhone X is packed with a whole host of new features. As for the security measures, Touch ID is replaced by Face ID, whereas the concept of passcode is still the same. When talking about unlocking your iPhone X, there are three ways your phone can be unlocked, namely: ■Using Face ID ■Using a...

The lock screen of your iPhone X has Flashlight and Camera shortcuts that must be hard-pressed to access their corresponding apps right from the lock screen itself. Hard-pressing is the feature that requires 3D Touch in your iPhone to be enabled, and because it is enabled by default, the...

App Switcher in iPhone and iPad has two uses, namely: ■To quickly switch between the opened apps ■To close the opened apps In the pre-iPhone X iOS devices, you could get to the App Switcher by double-pressing the Home button. However, since the Home button is absent in iPhone X, you might...

Reachability in your iPhone helps you bring any window down so its top section can come to the middle of the screen. This lets you access the upper area of the window easily. However, due to the absence of the Home button in iPhone X, it works differently for many functions, and Reachability is...

In pre-X models of iPhones, long pressing the Home button used to activate Siri, and long pressing the Sleep/Wake button prompted you to shut down your iPhone altogether. However, in the absence of the Home button in iPhone X, the actions are now re-assigned, and different buttons or a...

The notch at the top of the iPhone X obstructs many icons in the status bar, and even though the battery level is visible through its icon, you can’t get the exact power percentage left with your phone. Unlike previous models of iOS devices, you can’t even configure your iPhone X’s settings to...

In earlier iDevices, you could double-press the Home button to get to App Switcher, and then individually swipe thumbnails of each app upward to close them. But how to get to App Switcher when there’s no Home button in iPhone X? In the absence of Home button, getting to the App Switcher in...

Control Center in your iOS device allows you to gain access to the important apps instantaneously, even without unlocking your device. In all iDevices, Control Center can be accessed by sliding the screen from the bottom to top. However, iPhone X works differently, not only when it comes to...

Clearly, iPhone X has no Home button, and all the tasks and actions that were directly or indirectly related to it have been re-assigned to the other available buttons or a combination of buttons. Although eliminating the Home button from the phone created a significant amount of room for the...

When you bought your new iPhone X, inserted a SIM card in it, and tried calling the number from a different phone, did you notice that the ringer volume remained constant and unchangeable even if you moved the volume slider up to the maximum level? If so, be assured that this behavior is not due...

New to iPhone X, animojis are an innovative way of expressing your emotions during a text conversation. Using the front-facing TrueDepth camera, animojis make the heads of the cute animals mimic your facial expressions and movements. Since animojis must be recorded before they are sent as...

There can be several reasons to change your Face ID. You have grown or shaved your beards, you have done some major changes to your face, or you’re giving away or selling your iPhone X, to name a few. Unfortunately iPhone X doesn’t allow you to change your Face ID straight away. Process is...

At times your iPhone X may fail to recognize your face and would not unlock with your Face ID profile. If something like this happens to you, typing your passcode is an alternate method to unlock your device. If you’ve forgotten your passcode, and iPhone X can’t even recognize your face, you’re...

Instead of traditional Touch ID, iPhone X now lets you configure Face ID as your authentication method. When properly set up, Face ID detects your face, and unlocks your iPhone without having you to type any passcode or giving your fingerprint. Not only this, your Face ID can also be used to...

Available only for certain regions at the time of this writing, News, when set up correctly, eliminates the need of any third-party news app or their paid subscriptions if any. The built-in News app in iOS 11 allows you to search and follow your favorite topics, stories, and channels, save an...

Designed to work more like your personal assistant rather than only being a voice recognition and command-driven program, Siri in iOS 11 can get you the latest sports news as well. All you need to do is, enable Siri and ask for it. Assuming that you’ve already set up and configured Siri in your...

Siri in iOS 11 is smart enough to memorize your relationships with your family members, friends, or colleagues. The only thing you need to do is, tell Siri about your relations, and you don’t have to speak their names while calling or messaging them. However, before telling Siri about your...

If you belong to a region where names are pronounced differently, both you and Siri may have hard time interacting with each other, especially when using Siri to call a contact. To bridge this gap, Siri is open to learn the correct pronunciations of the names. This makes the communication...

The flash of the camera of your iPhone can be used as a flashlight in case of emergencies. Even though using the flash consumes more battery, and using it as a flashlight for long durations can completely drain the power, the option may come in handy when you’re in urgent need of some light. You...

While conversing in a group chat, there may be some information that you can’t or don’t want to send as a text message. That’s where the voice notes come in the picture. A voice note, as the name says, lets you record your message as an audio clip and send it to a group chat or in one-to-one...

Family Sharing in your iOS 11 device allows you to share the purchases you made using your Apple ID among all your family members. When enabled, the family members that you added can download all your purchased apps on their iOS devices without re-purchasing them or accessing your ID. In...

Today’s kids don’t realize how harmful it can be to listen to the music at high volume, especially while using the headphones. Because you can’t watch your kids round-the-clock, your iOS 11 device helps you limit the maximum volume level that anyone can have while listening to the music. This...

Enabling Touch ID in your iOS device not only improves its security, it also makes it easier for your to pass the authentication checks needed to unlock your iDevice or make purchases from App Store or iTunes Store. If you didn’t enable Touch ID at the time of setting up your iPhone or iPad...

Your iPhone is not merely a phone but can also work as a fitness tracking device. With the help of the Health app, you can not only keep your health records updated or make emergency calls, but you can also track your physical activities in order to maintain your fitness. If you reside or work...

iBooks, a built-in app in iOS 11, enables you to download and read the books from your favorite authors right on your iPhone. To enhance your reading experience, the app’s intuitive and user-friendly interface also offers several other features including managing the display brightness, fonts...

Backing up your iPhone ensures that your data and other important information remains protected and accessible in case something goes wrong with your device. That said, iTunes is the first, most recommended, and preferred method to back up your iDevice’s data, and restore it back when needed. To...

Using corresponding widgets, Notification Center in your iDevice gives you quick access to all the information related to the topics of your interest. By default, some widgets are already added to the Notification Center, and some others are present in your iDevice but not added. Although the...

Your iDevice running iOS 11 is capable of shooting slow-motion videos without installing any third-party app. This also eliminates the need of any expensive camera or computer application to add slow-motion effects to the recorded videos. After recording a slow-motion video, you can even change...

There can be many instances when you want to find your own number. For example, when you get a new number, for some days you may not be able to memorize it. If you want to know your own number, generally you make a call to your friend or family member’s phone. However, this is not necessary if...

If you are into a lot of texting, you are probably fond of emojis and might use them more often in your conversations. Talking about the emojis, it is quite likely that the Emoji keyboard is already enabled in your iOS 11 device. In case it’s not, adding it doesn’t require you to pay anything or...

Having an iPhone eliminates the need of carrying many apparels, devices, and gadgets, and a voice recorder is not an exception either. That said, you can turn your iPhone into a high-quality voice recorder that can efficiently fulfill your personal and professional needs merely with a few taps...

Apple keeps releasing iOS updates for its devices, and it is strongly recommended to check for and update your iDevice regularly in order to get a flawless performance. To check for and install the updates, your iPhone or iPad must be connected to the Internet, preferably via a Wi-Fi network...

Although iDevices function flawlessly and remain that way for years, none of the apps has the Close option, and in order to switch to a different app’s interface or get back to the Home screen, you are required to press the Home button. As a result, all the apps you’ve used remain open in the...

Enabled by default in iOS 11, Motion gives some depth to the icons (parallax effect), and shows a slight animation while opening the app windows or closing them when getting to the Home screen. Although Motion makes your iPhone look more live and interactive, people with vision problems might...

The battery percentage, when enabled, appears next to the battery icon in the status bar of your iDevice at the top. The numbers in the percentage tell you the exact amount of power your device is left with to keep it alive. While having the battery percentage enabled is a good way of assessing...

While conversing in a group chat using the Messages app, at times you may be asked to share your current location. This mostly happens when you’re new to someone or a group of people, and everyone is planning a meet. Luckily iOS devices offer an easy way to share your location within a group...

At times you may want to hide some photos or videos in the Photos app in your iDevice. Rather than relying on any third-party app to hide the media files, iOS 11 has a built-in Hide feature to help you with that. When you hide a photo or video, it is no longer visible in the Moments folder or...

Enabled by default, Handoff in your iOS 11 device gives you a seamless user-experience across all your Apple devices while working on apps. Simply put, with Handoff enabled, you can start using an app on one Apple device, say the Mail app on your Mac computer for instance, leave the computer in...

With a time-lapse video, you can record the slow processes such as changes in the position of a Sunflower in one hour, sunset, sunrise, etc. Once recorded, the time-lapse video plays the entire movie quickly, thus showing you the exact process without having you to wait for the actual time it...

By default your iPhone is configured to forward calls on other devices like Mac as long as those devices are signed in using a common Apple ID. Where this behavior is helpful in keeping you notified every time some tries to contact you, it might not be suitable for some users if they’re...

It is up to you whether you want to send a message to a person or ignore them if they annoy you. However, you cannot force your friends to follow your footsteps in this context, and they may add an annoying person while creating a chat group. If you are added to any such group and don’t want to...

In iOS 11 devices, by default the audio messages are configured to be automatically deleted 2 minutes after you send them or have listened to the ones you received. Even though this behavior helps you use your device’s and iCloud’s storage optimally, the automated removal may also erase the...

After you’ve added some new photos to your collection in your iPhone’s library either by clicking, or by transferring them from somewhere else, the new images may get jumbled up with the old ones making it hard for you to identify merely by looking at them. Luckily iOS automatically segregates...

While setting up your iDevice running iOS 11, if you enabled Location Services, the Camera app prompts you to allow access to your geographical location when you launch it for the first time. At this point, if you allow Camera to access your location, every time you capture an image, your...

If you are member of several chat groups, it might be confusing for you to locate the one you want to converse in, and you may end up sending your messages to a wrong group. To avoid such embarrassments, it is a good idea to give the chat groups a name that can make some sense. This not only...

Have you ever wished you knew the name of the song you heard while passing by a grocery store or a well-decorated shopping mall? Once again, Siri has a solution. Siri uses Shazam to identify a song. Now owned by Apple, Shazam is a music recognition program that can identify a song merely by...

While using your iPhone or iPad, it’s obvious to work on several apps. Since the apps are not required to be closed completely unless they start behaving obnoxiously or hinder the device’s performance, they keep running in the background. Such apps consume some amount of your iDevice’s battery...