iOS 11

In addition to several built-in keyboards for different languages, iPhone also allows you to download your favorite third-party keyboards to make your typing experience smooth and comfortable. There are many keyboard apps available in Apple App Store that you can download for free and use them...

When you ask Siri to search for something, a.k.a. Spotlight Search, it looks everywhere, including your iPhone/iPad’s local apps and storage. Although this default setting broadens the scope of searches Siri performs and provides wide range of results, sometime such outcomes overpopulate the...

You can configure your iPhone running iOS 11 to automatically delete the messages after a certain time period. You may want to do so to maintain privacy of your conversation, or to keep your iPhone from getting over-populated with the message threads. Although by default configured to keep all...

A chat group may contain several people, and there might be an ongoing conversation in the group. If you’re annoyed by too many notifications of the conversations you’re not related to, rather than putting your iPhone to Silent Mode altogether, it’s good to mute the group itself. When you mute a...

Depending on the nature of the apps, by default they access Location Services in your iPhone or iPad either always, while the app is in use, or never. However, because some users may take their privacy quite seriously, they may want to manually choose which apps should access Location Services...

To ease and expedite your emailing experience, Apple allows you to assign your preferred swipe functions to the Mail app in your iOS 11 device. Although the ‘Flag’ and ‘Mark as Read’ functions are by default assigned to the left and right swipes respectively, you may want the Mail app to handle...

The Notes app in your iOS 11 device lets you note your important stuff that you may easily forget. Generally the app is used to create bulleted lists, short tables, or to add quick notes while you’re on the move. Since the Notes app is designed to be used for multiple purposes, it also allows...

With predictive keyboard enabled, your iOS device can predict the words as you start typing them. The device then uses these predictions to suggest you the words that you’re likely to use while typing, and if the Auto-Correction option is turned on, your misspelled words are automatically...

Since your Internet is used while making or receiving a FaceTime video or audio call, it might be important for you to keep track of the bandwidth consumed for each calling session, especially when you’re on a metered and/or capped network. Regular monitoring helps you decide when, and to or...

If you’ve installed several apps in your iOS device and it takes you longer than usual to locate the one you need, Spotlight is your solution. Spotlight provides an ultimate and quick means of searching stuff both online and within your iOS device. In iOS 11, Spotlight has become even more...

Nowadays, most websites are responsive in nature. This means, they can detect if they’re being accessed from a desktop computer or a mobile device, and then automatically change their layout accordingly. While this behavior makes it easy for the end-users to navigate through the web pages, the...

If you’re waiting for a reply for any of your important mails, you may have to check the Mails app frequently, especially when you have disabled the badge for unread emails on the app’s icon. To save your time and overhead, Apple allows you to set alert notifications on your emails you’re...

Since your messages and emails can contain important conversations that may require your instantaneous response, iOS 11 allows you to reply to them right from the Lock screen of your iPhone. Although you are still taken to their corresponding apps from where you can type your reply, the need of...

There might be instances when you want to remove multiple music tracks from your iDevice either because you are no longer interested in them, or you want to free some space on your device’s internal storage in order to make room for something more important. That said, the quickest and easiest...

Your iPhone or iPad running iOS 11 allows you to view and restore the deleted photos. When you delete a photo, it is moved to the Recently Deleted container which is a built-in album in your iDevice. The deleted photos remain in the Recently Deleted folder for 30 days from the date of deletion...

Sometime you may not want to type the texts manually while messaging. May be you’re driving or your hands are engaged with some other important work. In such situations, dictating your messages instead of typing them might save some of your time. Even though you are required to tap a few icons...

The Timer option in the Camera app of your iOS 11 device lets you set the time duration for which the camera waits before it automatically takes the photo. The feature is helpful when you want to include yourself in a group photo and there’s no one to capture the pictures for you. Here’s how you...

Apart from helping you search contents online, calling a person in your contact list, or playing a song from your Music library, Siri can also assist you in downloading your favorite apps from the App Store. However, when you ask Siri to download an app, all it does is, it searches the app in...

Most reminders are usually time-based, and that’s how they justify the name ‘Reminders’, at least when talking in context of the mobile phones. That said, iOS 11 has a built-in ‘Reminders’ app that allows you to set time and location-based reminders. Here’s how: ■Get to the Reminders window Tap...

Apple is quite concerned about the security of its devices, and that’s why it has multiple anti-theft provisions to help you get your iPhone back, or at least remotely erase your important data in case it is stolen or lost. One such feature that your iPhone has allows you to send its last...