iOS 18 Settings and Features Worth Changing on iPhone

With the arrival of iOS 18, Apple has introduced a series of settings and features that allow users Personalize your iPhone experience like never before. Small tweaks and features designed to make everyday use of iPhone more intuitive and tailored to your needs. In this guide, we go over the key settings worth adjusting to get the most out of everything iOS 18 has to offer.

Adjust load limit

iOS has long allowed limit the maximum charge of the iPhonethat is, we can prevent it from being charged to 100% so that battery wear is less. Batteries suffer more when they are at 0% or 100%.

Previously, we could only limit up to 80%, which was insufficient charge for most iPhone users. But with iOS 18 this limit has changed and we can adjust it to 80, 85, 90 or 95%. Setting it to 90 or 95% can prevent iPhone battery health from dropping as quickly.

Customize Control Center

The iOS 18 Control Center has been completely redesigned and is one of the first things you need to change to make it your own. You can place more buttons than ever before, you have different pages to organize it and make it much more useful than before.

Change lock screen buttons

Another tweak coming to iOS 18 that allows you to change the flashlight and camera icons on the iPhone lock screen. Simply long press on the screen to enter edit mode and select the buttons you prefer, you can even add access to apps. This was one of the most sought after features and it is finally available.

Hide Distractions in Safari

This function is somewhat hidden, so it is very little known. Apple added a feature to Safari that allows eyepiece different parts of a canvasfrom an ad to an image or section that does not interest you. And that can be very useful.

To do this, you need to open a website in Safari, tap the icon to the left of the search bar, then tap Hide Distractions. Now tap on the screen what you want to hide, and when you’re done, click OK.

Filter photo content

The iOS 18 Photos app has undergone the biggest overhaul in its history and there’s a very cool feature that lets you filter the content you want to appear in the main photos. For example, you can filter so that screenshots don’t appear among your photos. Simply swipe up, tap the arrow iconand filter the content as you wish.

Create voice shortcuts

iOS 18 includes a feature called Voice Shortcuts that can be very useful. A voice shortcut allows record a phrase so that when you say it on the iPhone it activates a certain task

You can create them by entering Settings > Accessibility > Voice shortcuts. You can create the phrase you want and configure what you want the iPhone to do.

Move icons wherever you want on the screen

This is, without a doubt, one of the most anticipated iOS 18 features and one of those worth using. Now you can place icons anywhere on the screenwithin a classic grid. For example, you can place the applications you use the most at the bottom, or move them so as not to hide your wallpaper.

Avoid motion sickness

If you get dizzy in the car, you need to enable this iPhone feature. Apple has managed to reduce frames with a very interesting technique, dots on the screen that move when the car turns, accelerates or brakes. This keeps our brain and eyes coordinated.

You can activate this function from Settings > Accessibility > Motion > Show motion indicators in vehicles. You also have a button in the Control Center to quickly turn it on and off.

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Hide apps or protect them with Face ID

With iOS 18, you can hide iPhone apps so no one sees them or simply protect them with Face ID so only you can access them. And this is the one you should use. Simply long press the app and tap Require Face IDfollow the steps to hide it or just protect it.

Allows you to listen to music while recording video

By enabling this setting, you will be able to record videos with background music on iPhone, which is in high demand. Before, when you recorded a video, the background music would stop to avoid interruptions, but in the social media world we live in, that’s something people hated. Enter Settings > Camera > record sound and enable allow audio playback.