Mind-Blowing iPhone Tricks You Probably Didn’t Know

BuzzFeed’s roundup of 22 hidden iPhone tricks covers a wide range of practical hacks—from enabling Ultra Dark Mode via Accessibility Shortcuts (Reduce White Point) and using Calculator’s conversion tool, to autofill by scanning text with the camera, metal-detect via the magnetometer, AirPods Live Listen, Guided Access to lock apps, and more. Other tips include using Back Tap for quick actions, Translate with the camera for real-time text translation, turning your phone into a hotspot, Motion Cues to ease motion sickness, batch-editing photos by applying edits across multiple shots, searching photos by phrases, remote control capabilities for TVs, and printing to PDF or saving recipes as PDFs. The list showcases how everyday functions can become noticeably more convenient or even “magical” with a few tucked-away settings.