Apple continues to make our lives easier with each update, but which features are you missing out on? Here are 5 small tricks that you probably didn’t know your phone could do.
Portrait Orientation Lock: On! If you swipe up from the bottom of your screen, a grey menu pops up. In the top right, you’ll find a padlock with an arrow around it. This allows you to lock the orientation of your screen. This will prevent your screen from going into landscape mode when you’re lying in bed or on the couch.
Swipe left reply from lock screen or from notifications: If your phone is locked, you can still respond to you messages without unlocking it. Just swipe left on the notification! A box will come up where you can type your message. Also you can do the same thing when you’re in an app without going to the messaging app. All you have to do is pull down on the notification.
If you have the latest iPhone, the 6 or 6 Plus, then you can double tap the home button (just tap the button, don’t actually press it) and it will bring the top of the screen down for easier access. This is especially helpful for the 6 Plus when your thumbs just can’t reach.
Need to charge your phone super quick? Turning the airplane mode on makes your phone charge twice as fast!
You can also change your text notifications to a light. That way you don’t have to hear your phone vibrating across the table. All you have to do is go to Settings > General > Accessibility, then scroll down and turn on “LED Flash for Alerts.”