iPhone User Guide
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Welcome
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Supported iPhone models
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What’s new in iOS 14
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Wake and unlock
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Adjust the volume
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Change sounds and vibrations
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Access features from the Lock Screen
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Open apps
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Take a screenshot or screen recording
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Change or lock the screen orientation
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Change the wallpaper
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Make screen items more reachable
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Search with iPhone
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Use AirDrop to send items
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Perform quick actions
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Use and customize Control Center
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Add widgets to the Home Screen
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Charge and monitor the battery
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Learn the meaning of the status icons
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Travel with iPhone
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Calculator
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Compass
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Collect health and fitness data
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View health and fitness information
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Track your menstrual cycle
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Track headphone and environmental sound-level exposure
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Set up sleep schedules
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Share health and fitness data
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Download health records
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Create and share your Medical ID
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Manage health with the Health Checklist
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Register as an organ donor
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Back up your Health data
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View maps
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Use Siri, Maps, and widgets to get directions
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Choose your preferred type of travel
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Get driving directions
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Find your parked car
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Get cycling directions
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Find places to stop
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Get walking directions
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Get transit directions
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See an overview of your route or its directions in a list
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Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
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Select other route options
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Get directions between places other than your current location
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Delete recently viewed directions
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Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
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Get rides
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Help improve Maps
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View photos and videos
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Delete and hide photos and videos
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Edit photos and videos
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Edit Live Photos
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Edit Portrait mode photos
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Organize photos in albums
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Search in Photos
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Share photos and videos
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View Memories
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Find people in Photos
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Browse photos by location
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Use iCloud Photos
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Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
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Use My Photo Stream
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Import photos and videos
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Print photos
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Shortcuts
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Stocks
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Tips
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Translate
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Weather
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Charging cable
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Power adapters
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MagSafe chargers
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Qi-certified wireless chargers
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Set up AirPods
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Control audio playback on AirPods
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Change the volume on AirPods
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Make and answer calls with AirPods
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Switch AirPods automatically
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Use Siri with AirPods
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Share audio with AirPods and Beats products
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Change noise control modes on AirPods Pro
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Control spatial audio on AirPods Pro
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Adjust AirPods settings
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Use other Bluetooth headphones
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Use EarPods
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Check headphone and environmental sound levels
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Apple Watch
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HomePod and other wireless speakers
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Magic Keyboard
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MagSafe cases and sleeves
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Printers
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Intro to CarPlay
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Connect to CarPlay
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Use Siri
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Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
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Get turn-by-turn directions
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Change the map view
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Make phone calls
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Play music
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View your calendar
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Send and receive text messages
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Play podcasts
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Play audiobooks
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Listen to news stories
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Control your home
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Use other apps with CarPlay
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Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
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Change settings in CarPlay
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Get started with accessibility features
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Turn on and practice VoiceOver
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Change your VoiceOver settings
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Learn VoiceOver gestures
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Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
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Control VoiceOver using the rotor
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Use the onscreen keyboard
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Write with your finger
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Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
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Use a braille display
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Type onscreen braille
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Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
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Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
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Use VoiceOver in apps
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Zoom
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Magnifier
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People detection
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Display & Text Size
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Motion
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Spoken Content
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Audio Descriptions
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Important safety information
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Important handling information
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Get information about your iPhone
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View or change cellular settings
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Find more resources for software and service
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FCC compliance statement
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ISED Canada compliance statement
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Ultra Wideband information
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Class 1 Laser information
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Apple and the environment
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Disposal and recycling information
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Copyright
Use the compass on iPhone
The Compass app 
shows you the direction iPhone is pointing, your current location, and elevation.
See your bearings, coordinates, and elevation
Your bearings, coordinates, and elevation are shown at the bottom of the screen.
For accurate bearings, hold iPhone flat to align the crosshairs at the center of the compass.
To lock your current direction, tap the compass dial.
A red band appears when you’re off course.
To open your location in Maps, tap the coordinates at the bottom of the screen.
Allow Compass to access your location
If Compass doesn’t see your location, make sure you’ve turned on Location Services.
Go to Settings
> Privacy > Location Services, then turn on Location Services.Tap Compass, then tap While Using the App.
For more information, see Control the location information you share on iPhone.
Important: The accuracy of the compass can be affected by magnetic or environmental interference; even the magnets in the iPhone EarPods can cause a deviation. Use the digital compass only for basic navigation assistance. Don’t rely on it to determine precise location, proximity, distance, or direction.