iPhone Life Magazine iPhone Hidden Gems Guide

As many of you know, we are in the process of transitioning iPhone Life Magazine to an all-digital publication. Our new digital frontier is bursting with opportunities and features we hope you’ll be as excited to explore as we are to create, including new multimedia formats. While we prepare the Fall issue of iPhone Life Magazine, coming August, we’re releasing this indepth guide to you as bonus content that we think you’ll love. This guide reveals how much of a Swiss Army Knife the iPhone really is. We have compiled our very best tips, productivity hacks, and time-saving shortcuts into this exciting new guide that will transform the way you use your iPhone every day. Feature Writer Rachel Needell did an amazing job researching and writing this guide, hand testing…

Welcome to the iPhone Hidden Gems Guide, the one and only encyclopedia of the coolest things you never knew you could do with your iPhone. For so many of us, the best part of using our devices is the joy of discovery. We’re all here because we love technology. It makes us think about the future with excitement, a little intrigue, and some much-needed childlike curiosity. And that’s what the iPhone Hidden Gems Guide is all about. Here at iPhone Life, we spend every day researching, testing, and making sense of these devices, and we’re only bringing you the most amazing, practical, and fun tips that won’t break your iPhone or your brain. And it’s not just that there are a bunch of secret tricks that lie within the handheld…

In our first section, we’re going to go over moves you can make with your iPhone that allow you to accomplish tasks much faster than taking the normal routes. For instance, you'll learn to trade the app switcher for a single swipe and type a prewritten message with a single letter. Ultimately, if you want to be The Flash of iPhone users, this section is for you. Trigger a Prewritten Message with a Single Letter There’s nothing worse than getting spammed with calls from someone who doesn’t know you’re busy. You don’t have time to type a response when you’re driving or seeing a show. Or, do you find yourself writing the same message over and over again while at work? Turns out, you can go into your Keyboard…

In this second section, we’ll be going over the most magical (and practical) things you can do with your iPhone. These unknown, hidden, but fairly simple tips allow you to scroll social media with no hands, use your other Apple devices from afar, and even reveal a secret button. Scroll Social Media with Just Your Voice This first tip is for those lazy weekend days when you want nothing more than to sit on the couch and stare at your iPhone for a few hours. I’m not here to judge; I’m here to help! This trick uses the voice command feature under Voice Control to scroll your social media (or really any long page) for you. You can even train it to give likes, depending on the app you’re…

This section is all about how to make your iPhone as perfectly tailored to you and your needs as possible, but always with a little bit of flair. Customize Lock & Home Screens to Change According to the Time of Day This tip is my absolute favorite in the whole guide, and it comes directly from me. Learn how I utilize the iPhone’s Focus modes to change my backgrounds throughout the day. For my job, the background on my iPhone for screenshots must be clear and easy to see. However, typically, I love busy, colorful, and exciting backgrounds that correspond with holidays or a specific theme. Additionally, I like my phone to have a bright and sunny wallpaper in the day, and then a darker, evening wallpaper. To achieve…

The iPhone is one of the greatest revolutions in productivity, the way we conduct and carry out business, the way we organize our lives, and more. Sometimes, with all the pressures of our modern world, we can lose sight of the pure joy that comes from using a piece of technology as advanced as the iPhone. These tips are designed to show you how much fun it can be to channel your inner child and just play. Hidden Message Effects & Secret Code Words You may have heard of Message Effects, the fun animations you can add to any text sent through the Messages app by pressing and holding the blue send button. But do you know the secret code words you can type to automatically trigger certain effects and…