iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
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- iPhone models compatible with iOS 17
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
- iPhone 15
- iPhone 15 Plus
- iPhone 15 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro Max
- Setup basics
- Make your iPhone your own
- Take great photos and videos
- Keep in touch with friends and family
- Share features with your family
- Use iPhone for your daily routines
- Expert advice from Apple Support
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- What’s new in iOS 17
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- Change sounds and vibrations
- Use the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
- Create a custom Lock Screen
- Change the wallpaper
- Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
- Keep the iPhone display on longer
- Use StandBy
- Customize the text size and zoom setting
- Change the name of your iPhone
- Change the date and time
- Change the language and region
- Use and customize Control Center
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Customize sharing options
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- Calculator
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- Adjust the shutter volume
- Adjust HDR camera settings
- Record videos
- Record spatial videos for Apple Vision Pro
- Record ProRes videos
- Record videos in Cinematic mode
- Change video recording settings
- Save camera settings
- Customize the Main camera lens
- Change advanced camera settings
- View, share, and print photos
- Use Live Text
- Scan a QR code
- Compass
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- Get started with FaceTime
- Create a FaceTime link
- Take a Live Photo
- Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call
- Use other apps during a call
- Make a Group FaceTime call
- View participants in a grid
- Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
- Share your screen in a FaceTime call
- Collaborate on a document in FaceTime
- Use video conferencing features
- Hand off a FaceTime call to another Apple device
- Change the FaceTime video settings
- Change the FaceTime audio settings
- Change your appearance
- Leave a call or switch to Messages
- Block unwanted callers
- Report a call as spam
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- Get started with Fitness
- Track daily activity and change your move goal
- See your activity summary
- Sync a third-party workout app
- Change fitness notifications
- Share your activity
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- Subscribe to Apple Fitness
- Find Apple Fitness workouts and meditations
- Start an Apple Fitness workout or meditation
- Create a Custom Plan in Apple Fitness
- Work out together using SharePlay
- Change what’s on the screen during an Apple Fitness workout or meditation
- Download an Apple Fitness workout or meditation
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- Intro to Home
- Upgrade to the new Home architecture
- Set up accessories
- Control accessories
- Control your home using Siri
- Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
- Set up HomePod
- Control your home remotely
- Create and use scenes
- Use automations
- Set up security cameras
- Use Face Recognition
- Unlock your door with a home key
- Configure a router
- Invite others to control accessories
- Add more homes
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- View maps
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- Get travel directions
- Select other route options
- Find stops along your route
- View a route overview or a list of turns
- Change settings for spoken directions
- Get driving directions
- Get directions to your parked car
- Set up electric vehicle routing
- Report traffic incidents
- Get cycling directions
- Get walking directions
- Get transit directions
- Delete recent directions
- Get traffic and weather info
- Get rides
- Estimate travel time and ETA
- Download offline maps
- Look around places
- Take Flyover tours
- Find your Maps settings
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- Set up Messages
- About iMessage
- Send and reply to messages
- Unsend and edit messages
- Keep track of messages
- Search
- Forward and share messages
- Group conversations
- Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
- Collaborate on projects
- Use iMessage apps
- Take and edit photos or videos
- Share photos, links, and more
- Send stickers
- Request, send, and receive payments
- Send and receive audio messages
- Share your location
- Animate messages
- Send and save GIFs
- Turn read receipts on or off
- Change notifications
- Block, filter, and report messages
- Delete messages and attachments
- Recover deleted messages
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- Get music
- View albums, playlists, and more
- Play music
- Show song credits and lyrics
- Queue up your music
- Listen to broadcast radio
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- Subscribe to Apple Music
- Play music together in the car with iPhone
- Listen to lossless music
- Listen to Dolby Atmos music
- Apple Music Sing
- Find new music
- Add music and listen offline
- Get personalized recommendations
- Listen to radio
- Search for music
- Create playlists
- See what your friends are listening to
- Use Siri to play music
- Change the way music sounds
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- Get started with Notes
- Add or remove accounts
- Create and format notes
- Draw or write
- Add photos, videos, and more
- Scan text and documents
- Work with PDFs
- Add links
- Create Quick Notes
- Search notes
- Organize in folders
- Organize with tags
- Use Smart Folders
- Share and collaborate
- Export or print notes
- Lock notes
- Change Notes settings
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- Make a call
- View and delete the call history
- Answer or decline incoming calls
- While on a call
- Have a conference or three-way call on iPhone
- Set up voicemail
- Check voicemail
- Change voicemail greeting and settings
- Select ringtones and vibrations
- Make calls using Wi-Fi
- Set up call forwarding
- Set up call waiting
- Block or avoid unwanted calls
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- View photos and videos
- Play videos and slideshows
- Delete or hide photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Trim video length and adjust slow motion
- Edit Cinematic mode videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit portraits
- Use photo albums
- Edit, share, and organize albums
- Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
- Make stickers from your photos
- Duplicate and copy photos and videos
- Merge duplicate photos and videos
- Search for photos
- Identify people and pets
- Browse photos by location
- Share photos and videos
- Share long videos
- View photos and videos shared with you
- Watch memories
- Personalize your memories
- Manage memories and featured photos
- Import and export photos and videos
- Print photos
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- Browse the web
- Search for websites
- Customize your Safari settings
- Change the layout
- Use Safari profiles
- Use Siri to listen to a webpage
- Bookmark favorite webpages
- Save pages to a Reading List
- Find links shared with you
- Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
- Automatically fill in forms
- Get extensions
- Hide ads and distractions
- Clear your cache and cookies
- Shortcuts
- Tips
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- Keep cards and passes in Wallet
- Set up Apple Pay
- Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
- Use Apple Pay in apps and on the web
- Track your orders
- Use Apple Cash
- Use Apple Card
- Use Savings
- Pay for transit
- Access your home, hotel room, and vehicle
- Add identity cards
- Use passes
- Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
- Check your Apple Account balance
- Use Express Mode
- Organize your Wallet
- Remove cards or passes
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- Share your internet connection
- Allow phone calls on your iPad and Mac
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
- Stream video or mirror the screen of your iPhone
- Start SharePlay instantly
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
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- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Announce incoming text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Turn on accessibility features for setup
- Change Siri accessibility settings
- Open features with Accessibility Shortcut
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- Overview
- Zoom in
- Change color and brightness
- Make text easier to read
- Reduce onscreen motion
- Customize per-app visual settings
- Hear what’s on the screen or typed
- Hear audio descriptions
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Use VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone when VoiceOver is on
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Keep the screen off
- Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
- Use a braille display
- Type braille on the screen
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver for images and videos
- Use VoiceOver in apps
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- Overview
- Use AssistiveTouch
- Adjust how iPhone responds to your touch
- Back tap
- Use Reachability
- Auto-answer calls
- Turn off vibration
- Change Face ID and attention settings
- Use Voice Control
- Adjust the side or Home button
- Use Apple TV Remote buttons
- Adjust pointer settings
- Adjust keyboard settings
- Control iPhone with an external keyboard
- Adjust AirPods settings
- Turn on Apple Watch Mirroring
- Control a nearby Apple device
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- Use built-in privacy and security protections
- Keep your Apple ID secure
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- Use passkeys to sign in to apps and websites
- Sign in with Apple
- Share passwords
- Automatically fill in strong passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- View your passwords and related information
- Share passkeys and passwords securely with AirDrop
- Make your passkeys and passwords available on all your devices
- Automatically fill in verification codes
- Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
- Sign in with fewer CAPTCHA challenges
- Use two-factor authentication
- Use security keys
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
- Use a private network address
- Use Advanced Data Protection
- Use Lockdown Mode
- Use Stolen Device Protection
- Receive warnings about sensitive content
- Use Contact Key Verification
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Unauthorized modification of iOS
- Copyright
Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together in FaceTime on iPhone
With SharePlay in the FaceTime app 
, you can stream TV shows, movies, and music in sync with friends and family while on a FaceTime call together. Enjoy a real-time connection with others on the call—with synced playback and shared controls, you see and hear the same moments at the same time. With smart volume, media audio is adjusted dynamically, so you can continue to chat while watching or listening. You can also play supported multiplayer games in Game Center with friends during a FaceTime call.
Tip: You can start SharePlay instantly by holding two iPhones together. (See Start a SharePlay session by holding two iPhones close together.)
SharePlay can also be used in other apps during a FaceTime call. To see which apps can be used for SharePlay during a call, tap 
, then scroll through the apps below Apps for SharePlay.
Note: Some apps that support SharePlay require a subscription. To watch a movie or TV show together, every participant needs to have access to the content on their own device, through either a subscription or purchase, on a device that meets the minimum system requirements. SharePlay may not support the sharing of some movies or TV shows across different countries or regions. FaceTime, some FaceTime features, and other Apple services may not be available in all countries or regions.
Watch video together during a FaceTime call
You can watch movies and TV shows during a FaceTime call in sync with your friends and family.
Start a call in the FaceTime app
on your iPhone.Tap
, then tap an app below Listen and Play Together (for example, the Apple TV app 
)Alternatively, you can go to the Home Screen, then open a video streaming app that supports SharePlay.
Select a show or movie you want to watch, tap the Play button, then select Play for Everyone (if it appears) to begin watching with everyone on the call. (Others on the call may have to tap Join SharePlay to see the video.)
For everyone on the call who has access to the content, the video starts playing at the same time. People who don’t have access are asked to get access (through a subscription, a transaction, or a free trial, if available).
Each person watching the content can use the playback controls to play, pause, rewind, or fast-forward. (Settings like closed captioning and volume are controlled separately by each person.)
You can use Picture in Picture to keep watching the video while using another app—order food, check your email, or jump into the Messages app to discuss the video by text when you don’t to interrupt the sound of the movie or TV show.
Invite friends to watch video together from a supported app during a FaceTime call
On an iPhone that meets the minimum system requirements, you can start a FaceTime call in the Apple TV app (or other supported video app) while you’re browsing or watching video content, and share the item in sync with others using SharePlay. Everyone on the call needs to have the same type of access to the content on their own device, through either a subscription or purchase.
In the Apple TV app (or other supported video app), find a show or movie you want to share, then tap the item to see its details.
Tap
, then tap SharePlay.In the To field, enter the contacts you want to share with, then tap FaceTime.
When the FaceTime call connects, tap Start or Play to begin using SharePlay.
To begin viewing, recipients tap Open.
Note: If the content requires a subscription, people who aren’t subscribers can subscribe before watching.
After the video starts playing, you can stream it to Apple TV. See Send what you’re watching in SharePlay to Apple TV.
Send what you’re watching in SharePlay to Apple TV
If you’ve already started watching a video together on iPhone, you can send it to Apple TV to enjoy on the big screen.
On iPhone, do one of the following:
In the streaming app, tap
, then choose Apple TV as the playback destination.Open Control Center, tap
, then choose Apple TV as the playback destination.
The video plays in sync on Apple TV, and you can keep the conversation going on your iPhone.
See Watch together using SharePlay in the Apple TV User Guide.
Listen to music together during a FaceTime call
You can get together and listen to an album or favorite playlist with others on a FaceTime call. Anyone on the call who has access to the music (for example, through a subscription, a transaction, or a free trial) on a device that meets the minimum system requirements can listen along, see what’s next, add songs to a shared queue, and more.
Tap
, then tap a music streaming app below Listen and Play Together (for example, the Apple TV app )Alternatively, you can go to the Home Screen, then open a music streaming app that supports SharePlay (for example, the Music app
).Select the music you want to listen to, then tap the Play button to begin listening to the music together. (Others on the call may have to tap Join SharePlay to hear the music.)
For everyone on the call who has access to the content, the music starts playing at the same time. People who don’t have access are asked to get access (through a subscription, a transaction, or a free trial, if available).
Each person can use the music controls to pause, rewind, fast-forward, scrub to a different part of the song, or go to the next track. And anyone on the call can add songs to the shared queue.
Invite friends to listen to music together from a supported app during a FaceTime call
On an iPhone that meets the minimum system requirements, you can start a FaceTime call in the Music app (or other supported music app) and use SharePlay to share the music in sync with others on the call. Each person can use the music controls to pause, rewind, fast-forward, or scrub to a different part of the song. And anyone using SharePlay can add songs to the shared queue. The people you want to share with must have access to the music (for example, through a subscription).
Open the Apple Music app
(or other supported music app), then tap the music you want to share.Do one of the following:
Tap
next to the music, then tap SharePlay.Tap
at the top right, tap , then tap SharePlay.
In the To field, enter the contacts you want to share with, then tap FaceTime.
When the FaceTime call connects, tap Start.
To begin listening, recipients tap the song title at the top of the FaceTime controls, then tap Open. The music starts playing at the same time for everyone on the call who has access to the content.
Note: People who don’t have access to the content you share are asked to get access.
Play games in Game Center with friends during a FaceTime call
You can play supported multiplayer games with friends in Game Center on a FaceTime call. You must first set up your Game Center profile in Settings 
, add friends, then find and download a supported multiplayer game for Game Center in the App Store.
During a FaceTime call, open the game, tap Start SharePlay, then follow the onscreen instructions.
SharePlay lets you work out with others using Apple Fitness . See Work out together using SharePlay in Fitness on iPhone.
You can also share your screen to show apps, webpages, and more during the conversation. See Share your screen in a FaceTime call.