It's a perfect way to show off errors you're experiencing, or to show someone how to do something. Swipe up to get Control Center, hit the round button, and you get a 3-second countdown to the iPhone recording all the moves you make on screen-you'll be able to tell from the red banner at the top. You can only access it one way: by adding the button to the Control Center in Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls, if it's not already there. One of the best new features hidden in iOS is Screen Recording. In Control Center, use a long-press to access an adjuster that controls the intensity of screen brightness, volume, and flashlight. To organize the order of the buttons, drag them using the menu on the right.
Tap the green plus button to add something to Control Center select the red minus button to delete. Your options may change depending on the type of iPhone you have, since some have other features. The customization is much more about the cool controls you can add when you go to Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls, including: Low Power, Text Size, Wallet, Stop Watch, Voice Memos, Do Not Disturb While Driving, Notes, and many more. Never use the flashlight or calculators? Dump those buttons. While that's still true for many of the controls, like the network connections, audio playback, screen mirroring, brightness, and volume, to name a few, you can now customize all the rest. Swiping up from the bottom of the screen on an iPhone has always brought up Control Center, but in the past it was limited to just the controls Apple wanted to provide. Once it's installed, check out the list below for the hidden features you will want to master.
It only took about 30 minutes, even on an old iPhone 6, so expect even better install time with newer iPhones.
If the update is available to you, it'll show up there and you can get started with the download. What are you waiting for? Go to Settings > General > Software Update on your iDevice of choice right now. But at least most iOS devices have this upgrade option no Android-level fragmentation here. You're not going to get any major speed out of those older models Apple and its developers write code to suite newer devices with faster processors. The shift to 64-bit apps means the 2012 iPhone 5, the 4th-generation iPad, or the 2013 iPhone 5c have to remain on iOS 10. The new mobile OS works with iPhone 5s and higher, iPad mini 2 and up, and the 6th-gen iPod touch. Even if version 11.0.1 is already here, there have not been any iOS 8.0.1-level headaches thus far. If you've stuck with iOS through the years, you know that each new iteration brings a slew of incredible new features.Īpple's iOS 11 has been rolling out to devices since Sept.