So, you’ve had an iPhone for a while now. You love it and you enjoy the great apps and things it can do. But what if I told you, you’ve been missing half of the coolest stuff your iPhone can do? Here’s a list of 23 iPhone tricks. Go ahead and dazzle your friends with your knowledge.
You don’t have to unlock your phone or leave your app to reply to a text.
Just pull down your notification area and then swipe left. You’ll see an option to “Reply.” And to reply to a text without leaving your current app, swipe down from the top to the notification area and swipe left to reply.
Access medical information without unlocking your phone.
Make your home screen come to your finger tips — iPhone 6 and above.
Go grayscale and save battery life.
Catch the culprit that drains your battery.
Forward texts to others.
See photos and videos that you received ages ago.
Send videos and photos that delete automatically.
Share your location with friends or let them track you.
Follow yourself, wherever you go.
Mute messages from select contacts.
Identify (most) unknown callers.
Get out of that annoying group.
When you’re in a group conversation you’d rather not be in, just tap on the “Details” button on the upper right corner and select to “Leave Conversation.”
Give your group a name.
Do two things at once — in Mail.
Talk to Siri, hands-free.
Get Siri to read out to you.
Teach Siri to get your name right.
Ask Siri to filter your photos.
If you want to see only the photos you took on your trip to Bali three years ago, just say “Show me photos from 2013 in Bali.” It works, and it works when you’re using iOS 9.