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    iPhone User Guide

    • Welcome
    • What’s new in iOS 12
      • Supported models
      • Turn on and set up iPhone
      • Set up cellular service
      • Connect to the Internet
      • Apple ID and iCloud settings
      • Download or bookmark the user guide
      • Wake and unlock
      • Learn basic gestures
      • Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
      • Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
      • Explore the Home screen and apps
      • Change the settings
        • Change or lock the screen orientation
        • Change the wallpaper
        • Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
        • Magnify the screen
        • Make screen items more reachable
      • Take a screenshot
      • Adjust the volume
      • Change the sounds and vibrations
        • View and respond to notifications
        • Change notification settings
        • Set Do Not Disturb
        • Turn on Do Not Disturb While Driving
        • Set Do Not Disturb During Bedtime
        • Type and edit text
        • Use predictive text
        • Dictate text
        • Use text replacements
        • Add or change keyboards
        • Use international keyboards
        • Use special input methods
      • Search for content
      • Use and customize Control Center
      • View and organize Today View
      • Access features from the Lock screen
      • Travel with iPhone
      • Set screen time, allowances, and limits
      • Sync iPhone using iTunes
      • Charge and monitor the battery
      • Learn the meaning of the status icons
      • Ask Siri
      • Tell Siri about yourself
      • Add shortcuts to Siri on iPhone
      • About Siri Suggestions
      • Use Siri in your car
      • Change Siri settings
      • Use Voice Control instead of Siri
        • Switch between apps
        • Move and organize apps
        • Remove apps
        • Keep apps handy
        • Use Markup
        • Install app extensions
        • Drag and drop
        • Quit and restart an app
        • Get apps and games
        • Manage purchases and settings
        • Find and buy books
        • Read books
        • Listen to audiobooks
        • Organize books
        • Read PDFs
      • Calculator
        • Create and edit events
        • Send and receive invitations
        • Change how you view events
        • Search for events
        • Customize your calendar
        • Change how Calendar notifies you
        • Use multiple calendars
        • Share iCloud calendars
        • Take photos
        • Take videos
        • Use Camera settings
        • HDR
        • View, share, and print photos
        • See the world clock
        • Set an alarm or bedtime schedule
        • Use the timer or stopwatch
      • Compass
        • Add and use contact information
        • Edit contacts
        • Add your contact info
        • Use other contact accounts
        • Use Contacts from the Phone app
        • Hide duplicate contacts
        • Make and answer calls
        • Manage FaceTime calls
        • Make a Group FaceTime call
        • Add camera effects
        • Change the audio and video settings
        • Leave a call or switch to Messages
        • View files and folders
        • Organize files in folders
        • Use iCloud Drive
        • Invite others to open files on iCloud Drive
      • Find My Friends
      • Find My iPhone
        • View health and fitness information
        • Collect health and fitness data
        • Share health and fitness data
        • Create a Medical ID
        • Register as an organ donor
        • Download health records
        • Import health records
        • Back up your Health data
        • Home overview
        • Add and control accessories
        • Configure HomePod
        • Create and use scenes
        • Control your home using Siri
        • Automations and remote access
        • Create an automation
        • Share controls with others
        • Get music, movies, and TV shows
        • Manage purchases and settings
        • Write an email
        • Address and send email
        • View an email
        • Save an email draft
        • Flag and filter emails
        • Organize your email
        • Search for email
        • Delete and recover emails
        • Work with attachments
        • Print emails
        • View maps
        • Find places
        • Mark and share locations
        • Get traffic and other info
        • Find routes
        • Get turn-by-turn directions
        • Find your car
        • Get a ride
        • Take Flyover tours in Maps
        • Measure dimensions
        • Use the level
        • Set up iMessage and SMS/MMS
        • Send and receive messages
        • Animate messages
        • Send photos, videos, and audio
        • Use iMessage apps
        • Use Animoji and Memoji
        • Send a Digital Touch effect
        • Send and receive money with Apple Pay
        • Change notifications
        • Filter, block, and delete messages
        • Get music
        • View albums, playlists, and more
        • Play music
          • Subscribe to Apple Music
          • Find new music
          • Add music and listen offline
          • Get personalized recommendations
          • Listen to Beats 1 radio
          • Search for music
          • Create playlists
          • See what your friends are listening to
          • Siri and Voice Control
        • Sound Check, EQ, and volume limit settings
        • Get started with News
        • View news stories in Today View
        • See news stories chosen just for you
        • Read stories
          • Subscribe to Apple News+
          • Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
        • Search for news stories
        • Save news stories for later
        • Subscribe to news channels
        • Write notes
        • Add attachments
        • Draw a sketch
        • Search and organize notes
        • Share notes
        • Lock notes
        • Change settings
        • Make a call
        • Make emergency calls
        • Manage incoming calls
        • While on a call
        • Check voicemail
        • Set ringtones and vibrations
        • View photos and videos
        • Edit photos and videos
        • 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
        • Find podcasts
        • Play podcasts
        • Manage your subscriptions and library
        • Make a reminder list
        • Share reminder lists
        • Schedule reminders
        • Set location-based reminders
        • Browse the web
        • Use tabs in Safari
        • Search for websites
        • Bookmark favorite webpages
        • Save pages to a reading list
        • Automatically fill in forms
        • Hide ads and distractions
        • Browse the web privately
      • Stocks
      • Tips
        • Set up the Apple TV app
        • Find movies, shows, and more
        • Watch content
        • Make a recording
        • Play it back
        • Edit or delete a recording
        • Search for or rename a recording
        • Share and sync recordings
        • Duplicate a recording