There are still months to install iOS 18, until then, have you enabled all these iOS 17 options that improve your iPhone experience? I have revised the most special and hidden functions that I activated on my iPhone and I want to share them with you.
Reduce eye strain with this smart feature
I’ve worn glasses since I was thirteen, and whether or not you have this feature This will help you reduce eye strain and protect your vision for the future. With iOS 17, Apple introduced a new feature that uses the iPhone’s sensors to tell you whether you are very close to the screen or not.
Generally, with the iPhone, we tend to bring it too close to our eyes without realizing it. Whether it be because we are leaning on a chair, on public transport or even in bed at night. The eye generally sees better at medium and long distances than at short distances. And what do we do with the iPhone? GOOD having it in front of our eyes for hours. To do this, Apple has prepared this setting that will warn you if you are very close to it.
- Go to Settings > Screen Time
- Select the Screen Distance option
With this enabled, the iPhone will show you an alert if you are too close to it. I promise you’ll see it more times than you thought.
Automatically delete verification SMS
SMS code from the bank, double Instagram verification… On the iPhone, we receive many messages which, After using them, we no longer need them. If you are an organized person, you will delete them after entering them. If you’re the other type of person, you’ll even get SMS the first time you turn on the iPhone.
To do this, iOS 17 has a super useful option that supports directly delete verification codes which have already been used.
- Go to Settings > Passwords > Password Options
- Enable deletion of verification codes after using them
Menus with Haptic Touch can be much faster
The iPhone hides a setting that speed up context menu animations Applications by clicking on their icon. This menu is very practical when you want to directly access a specific part of the application, for example take a selfie directly with the camera.
This animation can be sped up so you don’t have to wait so long to appear. For that:
- Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch
- Find the Haptic feedback section
- Choose between long, short or default
Hey Siri, speak a little faster please
If you tell him this phrase, he won’t do what you ask, What a surprise, but you can speed up the pace of your voice. Me for example, I use Siri a lot to read articles in Safari and thus have your hands free, walk in the street, etc.
To speed up Siri’s voice, simply go to Settings > Accessibility > Siri and increase speaking speed. In addition, here you will also find interesting settings like, for example, being able to write to Siri instead of always having to ask vocally for what you need.
Make sure your photos are always straight
It’s happened to all of us at some point: we took a quick photo and didn’t realize it was crooked. To make it easier for us to frame, iOS 17 has a camera level that we need to activate.
- Go to Settings > Camera
- Activate level
This way, as soon as you turn a little while taking a photo, both horizontally and vertically, you will have a level that will help you frame better.
Take 48-megapixel photos while taking up much less space
From the iPhone 14 Pro we can take photos with a resolution of 48 MP. This wonderful sensor is also found in the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro. The initial “problem” with these photographs was. the massive size they had. However, with iOS 17 we can change a setting so that it takes up much less space.
- Go to Settings > Camera > Formats
- Enable resolution control and ProRAW
- In default format, choose maximum HEIF
This way you can take 48 MP photos with your iPhone 14 Pro or later. Please remember that this feature is supported only with sensor x1 and you will need to activate it before Take the photo on a dedicated button at the top right of the screen in the camera interface.
Browse more privately with Safari’s advanced protection
Safari is the browser par excellence for our iPhones, and yes, also the fastest. If you use it for your daily searches, you can get an additional level of security and protection by activating this option.
- Go to Settings > Safari > Advanced
- Advanced tracking and fingerprint protection
- Choose the All navigation option
Tidy up the iMessage shortcut bar
Green pill or blue pill? If you’re one of those who choose blue, this iMessage tip will help you have a tidier experience. And with the redesign that the iMessage Actions Menu with iOS 17, many of us preferred to have other options at hand. Changing it is very simple:
- Enter a conversation and press the +
- Press and hold the shortcut you want to move for a second
- Move it to the part where you want to position it
With these eight iPhone tips, you surely will you change the way you use it until iOS 18 arrives and fill our iPhone with news. Which of them surprised you the most?
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