OVER THE TOP ACCESS ALL AREAS
QMake small talk
If you hated how the Phone
app took over the screen,
you’ll love iOS 14 having a call
appear as a banner instead.
You can even swipe it away
to silence a call without the
person on the other end
knowing you sent them to
voicemail. Sneaky.
QDitch the picture
Most full-screen videos have
a picture-in-picture button.
Press it and the video shrinks
down, staying above whatever
else is on the screen. Swipe
the video away and it sits as
a tab at the screen edge, its
audio still playing.
FIT UP
If you’re finding it tricky
to always get your three
rings (or annoyed that
Apple doesn’t cater for
illness and rest days),
head to Settings. Under
Activity, tap Change
Goals and use the +/-
buttons to adjust your
move calories, exercise
target (10-60 minutes)
and stand count (6-12).FACE UP
There are new faces in
the Watch app, but Apple
relaxing complications
is more important: now
apps can use as many as
they like. Setups can be
shared from your wrist
(when editing a face) or
iPhone, and downloaded
from the likes of
buddywatch.app
and watchfacely.com.WASH UP
Before Covid-19, no one
washed their hands, ever.
But are you washing
yours for long enough
now? In Settings, go to
Handwashing and turn on
the timer. The next time
you scrub up, your Watch
will start a 20-second
timer that counts down
using bubbly numbers.WATCHOS 7
HIGHLIGHTS
QSound it out
In Settings, go to Accessibility
> Sound Recognition to define
sounds your iPhone will listen
for (sirens, animals, doorbells)
and nudge you when they
occur. Handy if you have
a hearing impairment — or
noise-cancelling cans blaring
loud music into your ears.QDon’t worry, be tappy
In Accessibility > Touch > Back
Tap, you can define actions
that are set off with a double
or triple tap on the back of
your iPhone. This is great for
hard-to-trigger actions like
shake-to-undo and taking
screenshots.QGo to the Library
Swipe your last Home Screen
left to access App Library,
which automatically groups
apps into folders. You can tap
icons to launch apps, groups
to browse a category, and the
search field to filter a list of all
installed apps.QTurn the pages
Tap-hold an empty Home
Screen spot then the dots
above the Dock. In Edit Pages,
you can toggle the visibility of
Home Screen pages, hiding
them if you fancy mostly
using App Library instead.QPlay away from Home
When editing a Home screen,
tap an app’s delete button.
Use ‘Move to App Library’ to
keep it installed but have it
visible only there (and also
via Search). Tap-hold it in
App Library and select ‘Add
to Home Screen’ to revert.TIME TO
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