Welcome
- Setup basics
- Make your iPhone your own
- Take great photos and videos
- Keep in touch with friends and family
- Share features with your family
- Use iPhone for your daily routines
- Supported models
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone X
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 13 mini
- iPhone 13
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (3rd generation)
- iPhone 14
- iPhone 14 Plus
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro Max
What’s new in iOS 16
- Turn on and set up iPhone
- Wake and unlock
- Set up cellular service
- Use Dual SIM
- Connect to the internet
- Find settings
- Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Download or bookmark the user guide
- - Learn basic gestures
  - Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
- Adjust the volume
- Multitask with Picture in Picture
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- View activities in the Dynamic Island
- Perform quick actions
- Search from the Home Screen or Lock Screen
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular data settings
- Travel with iPhone
- Change sounds and vibrations
- - Create a custom Lock Screen
  - Change your Lock Screen
- Change the wallpaper
- Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
- Keep the iPhone display on longer
- Magnify the screen
- Change the name of your iPhone
- Change the date and time
- Change the language and region
- Use and customize Control Center
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- - Get apps
  - Use App Clips
  - Manage purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions
  - Install and manage fonts
- - Buy books and audiobooks
  - Read books
  - Annotate books
  - Access books on other Apple devices
  - Listen to audiobooks
  - Set reading goals
  - Organize books
  - Read PDFs
- Calculator
- - Create and edit events in Calendar
  - Send invitations
  - Reply to invitations
  - Change how you view events
  - Search for events
  - Customize your calendar
  - Keep track of events
  - Use multiple calendars
  - Use the Holidays calendar
  - Share iCloud calendars
- - Adjust the shutter volume
  - Adjust HDR camera settings
  - Record videos
  - Record ProRes videos
  - Record video in Cinematic mode
  - Change video recording settings
  - Save camera settings
  - Change advanced camera settings
  - View, share, and print photos
  - Use Live Text
  - Scan a QR code
- - See the world clock
  - Set an alarm
  - Change the next wake up alarm
  - 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
  - Merge or hide duplicate contacts
- - Set up FaceTime
  - Make and receive calls
  - Create a FaceTime link
  - Take a Live Photo
  - Turn on Live Captions in a FaceTime call
  - Use other apps during a call
  - Make a Group FaceTime call
  - View participants in a grid
  - Use SharePlay to watch, listen, and play together
  - Share your screen
  - Hand off a FaceTime call to another device
  - Change the video settings
  - Change the audio settings
  - Add camera effects
  - Leave a call or switch to Messages
  - Block unwanted callers
- - Connect external devices or servers
  - View and modify files and folders
  - Organize files and folders
  - Send files
  - Set up iCloud Drive
  - Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
- - Adjust map settings
- - Intro to Fitness
  - Track daily activity
  - See your activity history, trends, and awards
  - Sync a third-party workout app
  - Customize Fitness notifications
  - Share your activity
- - Get started with Freeform
  - Create a Freeform board
  - Access boards on other devices
  - Position items on a board
  - Search Freeform boards
  - Share and collaborate
  - Delete boards
- - Intro to Health
  - Fill out your Health Details
  - - Download health records
    - View health records
  - Monitor your walking steadiness
  - - Log menstrual cycle information
    - View menstrual cycle predictions and history
  - - Track your medications
    - Learn more about your medications
  - - Use headphone audio level features
    - Check your headphone levels
  - Register as an organ donor
  - Back up your Health data
- - Intro to Home
  - Upgrade to the new Home architecture
  - Set up accessories
  - Control accessories
  - Control your home using Siri
  - Configure HomePod
  - Control your home remotely
  - Create and use scenes
  - Create an automation
  - Configure cameras
  - Face Recognition
  - Unlock your door with a home key
  - Configure a router
  - Share controls with others
  - Add more homes
- - Get music, movies, and TV shows
  - Get ringtones
  - Manage purchases and settings
- - Magnify nearby objects
  - Create activities
  - Change settings
- - - Add and remove email accounts
    - Set up a custom email domain
  - Check your email
  - Set email notifications
  - Search for email
  - Organize email in mailboxes
  - - Flag emails
    - Filter emails
  - - Use Hide My Email
    - Use Mail Privacy Protection
  - Change email settings
  - Delete and recover emails
  - Add a Mail widget to your Home Screen
  - Print emails
- - View maps
  - - Look around places
    - Take Flyover tours
  - Get rides
- - Measure
  - View and save measurements
  - Measure a person’s height
  - Use the level
- - Set up Messages
  - Send and reply to messages
  - Unsend and edit messages
  - Keep track of messages and conversations
  - Forward and share messages
  - Start a group conversation
  - Add photos and videos
  - Send and receive content
  - Watch, listen, or play together using SharePlay
  - Collaborate on projects
  - Animate messages
  - Use iMessage apps
  - Use Memoji
  - Send recorded audio messages
  - Send a Digital Touch effect
  - Send, receive, and request money with Apple Cash
  - Change notifications
  - Block, filter, and report messages
  - Delete messages
  - Recover deleted messages
- - Get music
  - View albums, playlists, and more
  - Play music
  - Queue up your music
  - Listen to broadcast radio
  - Listen to music with Apple Music Voice
  - Change the way music sounds
- - Get started with News
  - Use News widgets
  - See news stories chosen just for you
  - Read stories
  - Follow your favorite teams with My Sports
  - Listen to Apple News Today
  - Search for news stories
  - Save news stories for later
  - Subscribe to news channels
- - Get started with Notes
  - Add or remove accounts
  - Create and format notes
  - Draw or write
  - Scan text and documents
  - Add photos, videos, and more
  - Create Quick Notes
  - Search notes
  - Organize in folders
  - Organize with tags
  - Use Smart Folders
  - Share and collaborate
  - Lock notes
  - Change Notes settings
- - Make a call
  - Answer or decline incoming calls
  - While on a call
  - Set up voicemail
  - Check voicemail
  - Change voicemail greeting and settings
  - Select ringtones and vibrations
  - Make calls using Wi-Fi
  - Set up call forwarding and call waiting
  - Avoid unwanted calls
- - View photos
  - Play videos and slideshows
  - Delete or hide photos and videos
  - Edit photos and videos
  - Trim video length and adjust slow motion
  - Edit Cinematic mode videos
  - Edit Live Photos
  - Edit Portrait mode photos
  - Use photo albums
  - Edit and organize albums
  - Filter and sort photos and videos in albums
  - Duplicate and copy photos and videos
  - Find and delete duplicate photos and videos
  - Search for Photos
  - Find and identify people in Photos
  - Browse photos by location
  - Share photos and videos
  - Share long videos
  - View photos and videos shared with you
  - Use Live Text to interact with content in a photo or video
  - Use Visual Look Up to identify objects in your photos
  - Lift a subject from the photo background
  - Watch memories
  - Personalize your memories
  - Manage memories and featured photos
  - - Use iCloud Photos
    - Use iCloud Shared Albums
    - Set up or join an iCloud Shared Photo Library
    - Add content to an iCloud Shared Photo Library
    - Use iCloud Shared Photo Library
  - Import photos and videos
  - Print photos
- - Find podcasts
  - Listen to podcasts
  - Follow your favorite podcasts
  - Organize your podcast library
  - Download, save, or share podcasts
  - Subscribe to podcasts
  - Change download settings
- - Set up accounts
  - Add items to a list
  - Edit and manage a list
  - Search and organize lists
  - Work with templates
  - Organize with tags
  - Use Smart Lists
  - Change Reminders settings
  - Share and collaborate
  - Print reminders
- - Browse the web
  - Customize your Safari settings
  - Change the layout
  - Search for websites
  - Bookmark favorite webpages
  - Save pages to a Reading List
  - Find links shared with you
  - Annotate and save a webpage as a PDF
  - Automatically fill in forms
  - Get extensions
  - Hide ads and distractions
  - Clear your cache
- Shortcuts
- - Check stocks
  - Manage multiple watchlists
  - Read business news
  - Add earnings reports to your calendar
  - Add a Stocks widget to your Home Screen
- Tips
- - Translate text, voice, and conversations
  - Translate text in apps
  - Translate with the camera view
- - Connect apps and add your TV provider
  - Subscribe to Apple TV+, MLS Season Pass, and Apple TV channels
  - Get shows, movies, and more
  - Control playback
  - Watch together using SharePlay
  - Manage your library
  - Change the settings
- - Make a recording
  - Play it back
  - Edit or delete a recording
  - Keep recordings up to date
  - Organize recordings
  - Search for or rename a recording
  - Share a recording
  - Duplicate a recording
- - Keep cards and passes in Wallet
  - Set up Apple Pay
  - Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
  - Use Apple Pay in apps, App Clips, and Safari
  - Use Apple Cash
  - Use Apple Card
  - Use Savings
  - Manage payment cards and activity
  - Pay for transit
  - Use digital keys
  - Use your driver’s license or state ID
  - Use student ID cards
  - Apple Account Card
  - Add and use passes
  - Manage passes
  - Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
- - Check the weather
  - Check the weather in other locations
  - View weather maps
  - Manage weather notifications
  - Add a Weather widget to your Home Screen
  - Learn the weather icons
- Use Siri
- Find out what Siri can do
- Tell Siri about yourself
- Have Siri announce calls and notifications
- Add Siri Shortcuts
- About Siri Suggestions
- Use Siri in your car
- Change Siri settings
- Contact emergency services
- Use Emergency SOS via satellite
- Set up and view your Medical ID
- Manage Crash Detection
- Reset privacy and security settings in an emergency
- Set up Family Sharing
- Add Family Sharing members
- Remove Family Sharing members
- Share subscriptions
- Share purchases
- Share locations with family and locate lost devices
- Set up Apple Cash Family and Apple Card Family
- Set up parental controls
- Set up a child’s device
- View your Screen Time summary
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Set up Screen Time for a family member
- Get a report of your device use
- Charging cable
- Power adapters
- MagSafe chargers and battery packs
- MagSafe cases and sleeves
- Qi-certified wireless chargers
- - Use AirPods
  - Use EarPods
- Apple Watch
- - Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
  - Connect to a display with a cable
- HomePod and other wireless speakers
- External storage devices
- Bluetooth accessories
- Printers
- Share your internet connection
- Allow phone calls on your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Wirelessly stream video, photos, and audio to Mac
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
- Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Announce incoming text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
- Get started with accessibility features
- Use built-in privacy and security protections
- Keep your Apple ID secure
- Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
- Protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay
- Use a private network address
- Use Advanced Data Protection
- Lockdown Mode
- Turn iPhone on or off
- Force restart iPhone
- Update iOS
- Back up iPhone
- Return iPhone settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone
- Erase iPhone
- Install or remove configuration profiles
- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Unauthorized modification of iOS
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Use News widgets on iPhone

You can easily see the day’s top and trending stories from the News app , as well as stories about a topic of your choosing, just by tapping the Today or Topic widget.

Access stories from News widgets

In the Today or Topic widget, tap a story headline to open the story in News.

See Add widgets on iPhone.

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Use News widgets on iPhone

Access stories from News widgets