iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
- Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change the sounds and vibrations
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPhone
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPhone using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPhone
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Control audio on multiple devices
- AirPrint
- Use Apple EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Use Magic Keyboard
- Wireless charging
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Use iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Share your iPhone Internet connection
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- 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
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPhone software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Use accessibility shortcuts on iPhone
After you set up accessibility features, you can quickly turn them on or off with any of the methods below.
Ask Siri to turn on an accessibility feature
Say something like: “Turn on VoiceOver.” Learn how to ask Siri.
Triple-click the side button
On iPhone X and later, you can turn accessibility features on or off by triple-clicking the side button.
Set up Accessibility Shortcut: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut, then select the features you use the most.
Slow down the double-click or triple-click speed for the side button: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Side Button.
Use Accessibility Shortcut: Triple-click the side button.
Triple-click the Home button
On models with the Home button, you can turn accessibility features on or off by triple-clicking the Home button.
Set up Accessibility Shortcut: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut, then select the features you use the most.
Slow down the double-click or triple-click speed for the Home button: Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Home Button.
Use Accessibility Shortcut: Triple-click the Home button.
Use Control Center
You can also add accessibility features to Control Center and then activate them from there.
Go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls, then tap next to accessibility features you use the most.
To activate an accessibility feature from Control Center, open Control Center, then tap the accessibility feature.