There are a bunch of hidden menus on your iPhone Here's how to use them

Apple adds more functions to the iPhone every year, but the more it can do, the more complicated it gets. If you recently got a new iPhone after sitting out several generations -- or maybe just don't fiddle around with your phone a lot -- you might be missing out on some easy ways to get more done, faster. The iPhone has a bunch of "hidden" menus that help you do things like search across apps, go back to the last screen, find widgets that show snapshots of certain information, or quickly turn your Wi-Fi off and on. They're hidden because they require you to make specific gestures that aren't necessarily easy to guess. But once you know where they are, they're quite useful. Here's a quick overview to get you going. Maybe you have a big iPhone. Or maybe you have small hands. Either way, you can quickly access the icons that at the top of the phone without stretching your fingers with an option called "Reachability." This lowers the screen down so you don't have to fumble with two hands. Reachability is off by default, so do this to turn it on:Now that it's on, use it by quickly swiping down at the bottom edge of the screen. You probably already know how to swipe up from the top middle of your home screen. That's what brings up your recent notifications. But, if you're coming from an iPhone with a home button, you might not know that you can also swipe down from the top right corner of your screen. This opens Control Center, which gives you quick access controls to common functions. You can use it to turn on your flashlight, to recognize a song with Spotify, control your smart lights, toggle Wi-Fi or Bluetooth on/off, launch the calculator and more. But you have to set it up so it has the right items in it. To manage what appears in Control Center, do this:You can place little mini apps, called widgets, on your home screen. But there's also a whole hidden section dedicated to widgets. This is to the left of your home screen, so you access it by swiping right across your screen. You can customize it with any app that has widgets. I have a photo gallery in mine and an icon that shows the battery life left on my iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch. I also use it for a quick glance at my Apple Fitness rings, CNBC Trending news stories, and more. There are two ways to get widgets on this screen. For the built-in Apple widgets, and a handful of others that have been custom-built, do this:If you don't see the widget you want to add, you might need to take an extra step. In this case:You can search through apps, the web, maps, dictionary, files and more all by using the iPhone's universal search menu. You can bring this up by swiping down from the middle of your home screen. You'll also see Siri suggestions for your most common actions.(Reminder: swiping from the middle-top will bring down notifications and swiping from the top-right will bring down Control Center.


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