- Double-Tap Back
Did you know that the back of your iPhone is a button? That’s right, the Apple logo actually does do something. Don’t believe me? Go into Settings—>Accessibility—>Touch—>Back Tap—>Double Tap. You then will be able to double tap the back of your phone to do an operation of your choosing. I choose to take a screenshot this way since my iPhone no longer has a home button. You may also choose to set an operation for triple tap to even further take advantage of this cool feature.
- Speak Text Prank
Here’s a way to prank your friends. If you go into the shortcuts app on your iPhone, you will find an option to “Create Personal Automation.” Click this option. Next, scroll down to the “Charger” icon and select it. Make sure the “Is Connected” option is checked. Then, you will want to add two actions. First, add the “Set volume” action. When you select this action, make sure you set the volume to 100%. For the second action, add the “Speak Text” action and type in a message of your choosing. Once you add these two actions, you will click next in the upper right hand corner. Before clicking done, make sure you turn OFF the “Ask Before Running” option. If you do not do this, the prank will not work. Now whenever your friend plugs in their phone, their volume will turn up to max volume and read off the message you created in Siri’s monotone voice.
- Comprehensive Privacy Report
Lastly, I will show you how to access your comprehensive privacy report provided by Apple. Go into your Safari browser, click the “AA” icon in the top left corner, and then select Privacy Report. This will give you the details of which websites that you have visited that have exposed you to the most trackers while also showing you the individual trackers who have been contacted by your visited websites.
- Bluetooth Default Name
Have you ever gone to connect to a bluetooth device and realized you have way too many in your history that are just random combinations of letters? With IOS 14, you are now able to rename bluetooth devices instead of the factory default name. To do this, you must go into Settings, click Bluetooth, then connect to the device. Once you are connected to the bluetooth device, click the little “i” icon on the right side of the screen. From there, you should be able to see the option to rename the device.
