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
Send a Digital Touch effect in Messages on iPhone
In an iMessage conversation in the Messages app 
, you can use Digital Touch to send animated sketches, taps, kisses, heartbeats, and more. You can even add a Digital Touch effect to a photo or video.
Send a sketch
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Tap
in the app drawer. -
Tap the color dot to choose a color, then draw with one finger.
You can change the color, then start drawing again.
Tap
to send your message, or tap 
to delete it.
Express your feelings
Tap
in the app drawer.Send one of the following animations using gestures on the canvas. Your feelings are sent automatically when you finish the gesture:
Tap: Tap with one finger to create a burst of color. You can change the color, then tap again.
Fireball: Touch and hold with one finger.
Kiss: Tap with two fingers.
Heartbeat: Touch and hold with two fingers.
Heartbreak: Touch and hold with two fingers until you see a heartbeat, then drag down to break the heart.
Note: If you have Apple Watch or another sensor that records heartbeat data, Messages may use the recorded data when you send a Digital Touch heartbeat.
Add a Digital Touch effect to a photo or video
Tap
in the app drawer.Tap
.Tap
to take a photo or 
to record a video.Add a Digital Touch effect, such as a sketch or kiss.
Tap
to send your message, or tap to delete it.