10 Apple iPhone Settings You Should Change Right Now

Hey Guys, today we are gonna tell 10 Apple iPhone Settings, which you should change right now. upgrade current iOS version into iOS 11 is like buying a brand new iPhone.

So, if you are buying new iPhone or upgrade your current iOS version into new iOS 11 then firstly, you should change 10 settings on your iPhone. because these settings can improve your iPhone performance. Using an iPhone right of the box with the default settings is usually fine.

However, with just a few tweaks you can increase the security and privacy on your iPhone plus you get a lot more out of it. so without wasting time. let’s take a look at these settings.

 

Make your iPhone locked more Secure 

The iPhone lock screen can let your completion a lot of tasks without unlocking your iPhone. while that is handy, it does pose a security threat since anyone can reply to your messages interact with Siri and even access your Apple wave wallet from the lock screen. if that doesn’t scare you, it should.

fortunately, you can make your lock screen more secure by changing the following settings. go to the settings and tap on the touch ID and passcode. here you must select that things which you don’t want to be accessible from the lock screen.

I would recommend turning off Siri turning off the reply with the message and turning off the wallet. obviously, you should pick and choose these settings according to your own preference.

Make your iPhone Speaker lauder in Apple iPhone settings

No matter how much apple improves its flagship device. somehow the speaker quality tends to remain subpar at least when compared to the competition.

but iOS does have an equalizer and it can give you speaker of volume boost when you want to go. go to the settings and scroll down to the Music and tap on the EQ inside.

Here select the late-night preset to get a decent volume boost on your iPhone speaker. try it out the next time you find yourself at an impromptu house party and amaze your friends.

 

Switch images formats to save storage space

Apple upgraded the base model iPhone to 32gb. but without any external card support, that space will fill up quite fast. considering all the 4k footage you can shoot and the high-resolution images that the iPhone is capable of taking.

To get around this you can use nice little settings that will save you anywhere up to 50% space on every image.

So in the Apple iPhone settings, go to the camera here tap on formats and choose high efficiency instead of most compatible, your iPhone will then encode videos in the H.264 standards.

Which result in similar or even better quality in a much smaller file size. images taken with this settings result in a format called HEIF.

However, your iPhone will automatically export to JPEG, when you try to share the image with a none HEIF compatible device so it’s a win-win.

 

In the Apple settings update Hide notifications contents on the lock screen

Regardless of the usability of a feature like this having all your notification content visible on the lock screen is honestly kind of silly, not just that, it’s also privacy threat. since anyone can read your personal message without ever having to unlock your iPhone.

inside the Apple iPhone settings go to notifications in show previews. you can choose between (Always, when unlocked and never) select “when unlocked” and you’re all set.

never is also a perfectly fine option to go with.

 

Don’t get distracted While driving

Another iOS 11 specific feature, do’not disturb while driving is extremely useful and one you should definitely be using if you drive often. go to the settings and tap on the “do not disturb” and under the do not disturb while driving section tap on activate.

If your car has Bluetooth then you should definitely select the “when connected to car Bluetooth” option.

If not you can choose automatically and the iPhone will automatically turn on do not disturb mode when it detects that your driving. distracted driving is never safe and this feature will make sure that you drive safely at all times.

Secure your SIM with a sim pin

Having your phone stolen is never a fun feeling. however, it can be made worse,

if someones then start using a sim in a different phone.

they can easily impersonate you that access to almost every account you have online and basically, destroy your life. you can prevent this by simply using a SIM PIN.

In the Apple phone settings, go to SIM PIN enable SIM PIN and set up a pin this ensures that whenever your SIM is inserted into a different phone or even when your phone is restarted.

It will ask for the SIM PIN. obviously, you shouldn’t forget your own simple either. so memorize it as best you can.

 

Offload Apps to Reclaim Storage Space

iOS 11 brought the ability to offload apps from your iPhone.

this results in the app getting uninstalled.

But all the documents and app specific information still remain saved on your phone.

offloading apps can help you get storage space back from apps that you don’t he’s often and when you do need them again.

you can simply install them back and they will work as if they were always there. in the Apple iPhone settings go to general and then to iPhone storage. the app on the app you want to offload and tap on offload app.

your iPhone helps in making this a decision for you by showing the last time you use a specific app. so you can read out apps that you downloaded but rarely ever used.

 

Get a dark mode on iPhone

iPhone users have been asking for a dark mode. since what feels like eternity and Apple has finally delivered the feature.

Go to the Apple iPhone settings then go to general head over to accessibility and then display accommodations. tap on the invert colors and enables smart invert.

iOS 11 inverts colors in such a way that your images and app icons are not affected by the color inversion. but the entire UI system-wide is converted to a dark theme.

I think this is as close to a dark mode as Apple will ever let us get.

 

Rest finger to open

Since iOS 10, iPhone requires the user to actually press the home button to unlock the device and go to the home screen. if you prefer the old way of simply touching the home button to unlock and get to the home screen.

All you need to do is go to Apple iPhone settings and then general here head over to accessibility. tap on the home button and enable rest finger to open.

Now with raise to the way, we’ll able to open your iPhone by simply touching the home button. making the process far more streamlined.

 

Change airdrop settings to avoid spam

Airdrop on iOS has a big problem. because it’s set by default for everyone.

anyone with an iOS device or Mac can send images to you.

The iPhone will still display a prompt to accept or decline the image. but it can get weird in public places where people can send weird images and spam you with them. you can simply swipe up to open the control center and tap on airdrop. Select contacts only so only your contacts will be able to discover your iPhone on the airdrop and send files or images to you.

 

bonus

Siri prefers using Bing as its default search engine. so anytime you ask Siri to search for something. it will show results from bing.

even though being is decent enough. most of us are far more accustomed to using Google. who make Siri use Google to search information. All you have to do is add google before the command. something like Hey Siri google iPhone traits. Siri will tell you that it is searching Google for the keywords you mentioned and will display search result from Google instead of Bing. well, those were some iPhone settings that you should change right away.

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