iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
- Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change the sounds and vibrations
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPhone
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPhone using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPhone
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Control audio on multiple devices
- AirPrint
- Use Apple EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Use Magic Keyboard
- Wireless charging
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Use iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Share your iPhone Internet connection
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPhone software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Use iMessage apps in Messages on iPhone
In the Messages app 
, you can decorate a conversation with stickers, schedule dinner and a movie, share a song, and more—all through iMessage apps, without leaving Messages. Expand your options by downloading more iMessage apps from the App Store.
Browse and download iMessage apps
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Tap
to open the app drawer. -
Tap
, then tap Visit Store to browse for iMessage apps.
Use an iMessage app
In a conversation, tap an iMessage app in the app drawer.
Tap an item in the iMessage app to add it to a message bubble.
Add a comment if you want, then tap
to send your message or 
to cancel.
Decorate with stickers
If you’ve downloaded a sticker app from the App Store, you can enhance your photos and videos with stickers in Messages.
In a conversation, tap a sticker app in the app drawer.
Touch and hold a sticker, then drag it anywhere in the conversation. Before you release it, you can do any of the following:
Adjust the angle: Rotate a second finger around the finger dragging the sticker.
Adjust the size: Move a second finger closer to or away from the finger dragging the sticker.
You can place the sticker on top of a message bubble, put it on another sticker, or even dress up a photo.
To see text that’s covered by a sticker, double-tap the sticker.
To see more information about the sticker, touch and hold the sticker, then tap Sticker Details. You can do the following:
See who sent the sticker.
View the iMessage app that sent the sticker.
Delete the sticker—swipe left, then tap Delete.
Manage iMessage apps
Tap
in the app drawer.Tap Edit, then do any of the following with your iMessage apps:
Reorder apps: Drag
.Add an app to your Favorites: Tap
.Remove an app from your Favorites: Tap
.Hide an app: Turn the app off.
Delete an app: Swipe left on the app, then tap Delete.