iPod touch User Guide
- iPod touch User Guide
- What’s new in iOS 13
- Your iPod touch
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Adjust the volume
- Change or turn off the sounds
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Open apps on the Home screen
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Search with iPod touch
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPod touch
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- Calculator
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- Weather
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- Restart iPod touch
- Force restart iPod touch
- Update iOS
- Back up iPod touch
- Return iPod touch settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell or give away your iPod touch
- Erase all content and settings
- Restore iPod touch to factory settings
- Install or remove configuration profiles
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPod touch using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Copyright
Listen to audio stories on iPod touch
If you subscribe to Apple News+, you can listen to audio versions of select stories in the News app 
(iOS 13.6 or later).
Note: Apple News+ and the audio feature arenʼt available in all countries or regions.
Browse audio stories
Tap 
to see Apple News+ audio stories and Apple News Today. If you're a subscriber, you see the following headings:
Up Next: Stories you’re currently listening to or have added to the Up Next queue.
For You: Stories recommended to you based on your interests.
Recently Played: Stories you’ve listened to.
If you’re not an Apple News+ subscriber, previews of audio stories appear below Previews For You.
Play audio stories
Tap
, then tap a story.For more playback controls, tap the mini player at the bottom to open the full-screen player.
To return to the mini player, swipe down to minimize the full-screen player.
To close the full-screen player, tap
, then tap Close Audio Player.Audio stories can also appear in a feed. Tap a story to read it. To listen to the story, tap Listen at the top of the story (Apple News+ subscription required). If you’re not a subscriber, you can listen to a preview of the story.
Note: If you’re an Apple News+ subscriber, when you tap a story, it’s downloaded to iPod touch so you can listen to it later without an Internet connection.
Use any of the following controls:
Control
Description
Play
Pause
Next story
Jump back 15 seconds
Choose a faster or slower playback speed
Choose more actions such as place a story next or last in the queue, read a story, or share it
Add stories to Up Next
Do one of the following:
Drag
next to a story from For You to the Up Next queue.You also use
to reorder stories in your Up Next queue.Touch and hold a story, then tap Play Next to play the story right after the currently playing story. Tap Play Last to add the story to the end of the queue.
Read, share, and delete audio stories
When browsing a list of stories in the Audio tab, touch and hold a story to see the following options:
Share
Play Next
Play Last
Read Story
Delete
Suggest More Like This
Suggest Less Like This
Follow Channel
Block Channel
Report a Concern
Some of these options are also available when you swipe left or right on a story.
When listening to a story, open the full-screen player, then tap to see a list of similar options.