iPhone User Guide
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Welcome
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Supported models
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iPhone 13 mini
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iPhone 13
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iPhone 13 Pro
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iPhone 13 Pro Max
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iPhone 12 mini
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iPhone 12
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iPhone 12 Pro
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iPhone 12 Pro Max
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iPhone SE (2nd generation)
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iPhone 11
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iPhone 11 Pro
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iPhone 11 Pro Max
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iPhone XR
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iPhone XS
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iPhone XS Max
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iPhone X
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iPhone 8
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iPhone 8 Plus
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iPhone 7
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iPhone 7 Plus
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iPhone 6s
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iPhone 6s Plus
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iPhone SE (1st generation)
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What’s new in iOS 15
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Change sounds and vibrations
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Change the wallpaper
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Set a Live Photo as wallpaper
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Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
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Magnify the screen
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Change the name of your iPhone
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Change the date and time
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Change the language and region
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Use and customize Control Center
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Change or lock the screen orientation
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Calculator
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Compass
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View maps
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Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions
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Select other route options
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Things you can do while following a route
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Get driving directions
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Get cycling directions
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Get walking directions
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Get transit directions
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Set up electric vehicle routing
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Delete recent directions
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Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
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Get rides
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Set up Messages
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Send and receive messages
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Send a message to a group or business
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Send and receive photos, videos, and audio
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Receive and share content
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Animate messages
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Use iMessage apps
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Use Memoji
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Send a Digital Touch effect
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Send and receive money with Apple Pay
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Change notifications
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Block, filter, and report messages
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Delete messages
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View photos
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Play videos and slideshows
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Delete and hide photos and videos
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Edit photos and videos
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Trim video length and adjust slow motion
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Edit Cinematic mode videos
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Edit Live Photos
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Edit Portrait mode photos
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Make photo albums
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Edit and organize albums
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Filter and sort photos in an album
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Search in Photos
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Share photos and videos
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View photos and videos shared with you
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Interact with photos using Live Text and Visual Look Up
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View Memories
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Personalize Memories
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Find people in Photos
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Browse photos by location
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Use iCloud Photos
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Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
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Import photos and videos
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Print photos
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Shortcuts
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Stocks
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Tips
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Charging cable
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Power adapters
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MagSafe chargers and battery packs
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MagSafe cases and sleeves
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Qi-certified wireless chargers
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Set up AirPods
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Charge AirPods
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Start and stop audio playback
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Change the AirPods volume
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Make and answer calls with AirPods
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Switch AirPods between devices
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Use Siri with AirPods
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Listen and respond to messages
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Share audio with AirPods and Beats headphones
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Change noise control modes
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Control spatial audio
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Restart or unpair AirPods
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Change AirPods audio settings
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Change the name of your AirPods
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Use EarPods
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Apple Watch
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HomePod and AirPlay 2 speakers
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External storage devices
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Bluetooth accessories
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Printers
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Intro to CarPlay
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Connect to CarPlay
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Use Siri
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Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
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Get turn-by-turn directions
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Report traffic incidents
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Change the map view
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Make phone calls
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Play music
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View your calendar
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Send and receive text messages
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Announce incoming text messages
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Play podcasts
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Play audiobooks
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Listen to news stories
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Control your home
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Use other apps with CarPlay
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Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
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Change settings in CarPlay
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Get started with accessibility features
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Turn on and practice VoiceOver
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Change your VoiceOver settings
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Learn VoiceOver gestures
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Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
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Control VoiceOver using the rotor
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Use the onscreen keyboard
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Write with your finger
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Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
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Use a braille display
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Type onscreen braille
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Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
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Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
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Use VoiceOver for images and videos
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Use VoiceOver in apps
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Zoom
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Display & Text Size
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Motion
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Spoken Content
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Audio Descriptions
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Use built-in security and privacy protections
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Keep your Apple ID secure
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Sign in with Apple
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Automatically fill in strong passwords
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Change a weak password
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Share passwords securely with AirDrop
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Make your passwords available on all your devices
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Create and manage Hide My Email addresses
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Automatically fill in verification codes
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Automatically fill in SMS passcodes
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Manage two-factor authentication for your Apple ID
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Copyright
Listen to audio stories on iPhone
If you subscribe to Apple News+, you can listen to audio versions of select stories in the News app .
Note: Apple News, Apple News+, and the audio feature aren’t available in all countries or regions. See the Apple Support article Availability of Apple Media Services.
Browse audio stories
Tap to see Apple News+ audio stories and Apple News Today. Subscribers see the following headings:
Up Next: Stories you’re currently listening to or have added to the Up Next queue.
For You: Stories recommended to you based on your interests.
Recently Played: Stories you’ve listened to.
To learn more about a story before listening to it, tap See Details.
To browse all audio stories, scroll to the end of For You, then tap See All Audio Stories. You can browse all stories, or stories organized by category—News & Politics, Arts & Culture, and Lifestyle, for example.
If you’re not an Apple News+ subscriber, previews of audio stories appear under Previews For You.
Play audio stories
Tap
, then tap a story.
For more playback controls, tap the mini player at the bottom to open the full-screen player.
To return to the mini player, swipe down to minimize the full-screen player.
To close the full-screen player, tap
, then tap Close Audio Player. To close the mini player, touch and hold the player, then tap Close Audio Player.
Audio stories can also appear in a feed. Tap a story to read it. To listen to the story, tap Listen at the top of the story (Apple News+ subscription required). If you’re not a subscriber, you can listen to a preview of the story.
Note: By default, if you’re an Apple News+ subscriber, when you tap an audio story, it’s downloaded to iPhone so you can listen to it later without an internet connection. If you don’t want it to download automatically, go to Settings
, tap News, then turn off Download Audio.
Use any of the following controls:
Control
Description
Play
Pause
Next story
Jump back 15 seconds
Choose a faster or slower playback speed
Choose more actions such as place a story next or last in the queue, read a story, or share it
Add stories to Up Next
Tap , then do one of the following:
Tap
next to a story from For You, then choose Play Next or Play Last.
Touch and hold a story, then tap Play Next to play the story right after the currently playing story. Tap Play Last to add the story to the end of the queue.
Touch and hold , then drag stories to reorder them in your Up Next queue.
Read, share, and remove audio stories
When browsing a list of audio stories, touch and hold a story to see options for reading, sharing, removing, and more.
Some of these options are also available when you swipe left or right on a story.
When listening to a story, open the full-screen player, then tap to see a list of similar options.