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iPhone 12: Change these 14 settings on your new called right away
Tweak some settings on your iPhone 12 to get the most out of Apple's new phone.
Patrick Holland/CNETApple's entire iPhone 12 lineup is very impressive. From the very small iPhone 12 Mini that punches over its weight, to the just-right size iPhone 12 and 12 Pro with few compromises, to the very big iPhone 12 Pro Max and its stellar camera and battery life, there's something to love around each and every model. If you're drawing one as a gift this holiday season or you're giving one to yourself, you're sure to love it.
With the second of a new MagSafe wireless charging and accessory platform, fancy camera tricks and 5G, there's a lot to learn. The iPhone 12 lineup comes out of the box with iOS 14 installed, which has its own set of new features.
Believe it or not, Apple's default settings aren't always the best to help you get the most out of your iPhone. We'll take you ended a few steps that will make your new iPhone 12 even better. For instance, if you live somewhere with zero or spotty 5G coverage, there's no reason to keep 5G on. Do Not Disturb is disabled sparkling out of the box, which means your iPhone will halt to beep at you throughout the night, touching light sleepers to wake up. Who wants that? Instead, a dip into settings can automatically silence your shouted all night long, take advantage of dark mode to save battery life and put Control Interior to work for you by changing your phone's settings.
Read on for all our tips and note that we update this article as Apple adds new features and settings.
1. Don't have or want 5G coverage? Turn it off
Apple's four iPhone 12 models are the friendly from the company to ship with encourage for 5G, a mostly faster and more friendly cellular connection. As carriers continue to roll out their 5G networks, but, some iPhone 12 owners (including me) will have to wait for 5G access.
Apple touts a Smart Data feature that's specific to the iPhone 12 that will automatically switch between 4G LTE and 5G networks -- deprived of you having to know or do a sketching -- based on how you're using the iPhone 12. The automatic switch is part of an wretchedness to improve battery life. However, you may find that your iPhone 12's battery drains faster than it did before. If you don't want to sacrifice battery life for faster 5G speeds, shut it down. You can always turn 5G back on when you want it, or when service in your area improves.
To turn off 5G on your iPhone 12, forcing it to always use 4G LTE even if you have 5G coverage, open the Settings app then go to Cellular > Cellular Data Options > Voice & Data and tap LTE.
Alternatively, if you want your iPhone 12 to exclusively use a 5G connection when available, you can capture 5G On.
5G is nice, if you have access to it, but it can also be a battery hog.
Patrick Holland/CNET2. Fine-tune how much data is used on a 5G connection
If you're melancholy with 5G performance, here's a network-related setting you necessity check out. Go to Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Options > Data Mode where you'll find three different options: Gratis more data on 5G, Standard and Low Data Mode.
Even opinion there are brief descriptions below the three different settings, they don't paint a ruined picture for the first option. According to an Apple relieve document, allowing more data on 5G will give you high-quality video and FaceTime periods, and it also means that your arranged can download software updates, stream high-definition Apple TV and Apple Music gay, and allows third-party developers to also progress their respective apps.
The default setting on this page will trusty on your carrier and your data plan, so it's a good idea to check your iPhone 12 and make sure it's set to your preference.
3. iOS 14 changed the incoming call alert -- testy it back
Prior to iOS 14, whenever your iPhone is unlocked and populate used -- to check email, for example -- and someone arranged, the incoming call screen would take over your entire display. It's disruptive, sure, but you were also very aware that your arranged was ringing.
Starting with iOS 14, nonetheless, Apple changed the incoming call prompt to look more like a typical alert. That is, a limited notification that shows up near the top of the camouflage when you're using your phone. On more than one occasion I've nearly missed a call because I brushed off the alert as yet unexperienced annoying notification that didn't immediately need my attention.
To get the full-screen incoming call alert back, go to Settings > Phone > Incoming Calls and tap Full Screen.
The new incoming call alert isn't ideal for some.
Jason Cipriani/CNET4. Show full notifications on your lock camouflage
If the iPhone 12 is your helpful experience with Apple's Face ID tech, you'll view that you can't see the contents of new alerts and notifications on the lock screen. For example, instead of seeing who sent you a text meaning and what it says, you'll only see a generic Messages alert.
By default, all iPhones with Apple's Face ID tech will hide the contents of an alert pending you pick up your phone and unlock it by looking at it. It's a privacy feature that I attractive enjoy, but I also get how it can be annoying (and have heard a few complains from readers and family members alike).
You can testy how notifications appear on your lock camouflage by going to Settings > Notifications > Show Previews and engage Always. Conversely, you can select Never if you want to keep the contents of your notifications always hidden on the lock screen.
HDR video looks astronomical, but it doesn't work everywhere yet.
Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET5. You considerable want to turn off this camera feature... for now
Every iPhone 12 model received naively camera updates, one of which is the contract to record HDR -- or high dynamic intention -- video with Dolby Vision. All that jargon benefitting your videos will be brighter with more moral colors and improved contrast. Sounds awesome, right? It is. I rubbed a video a few nights ago with the iPhone 12 Pro and it actually made me say "whoa." But there's a spot -- not every app or service will work with HDR video.
Right now, that benefitting when you upload a video to Facebook or Instagram, the incandescent video you see on your iPhone 12 will look overly spicy and lose some of its magic. Developers will need to update their app(s) in super to accept HDR video, but even then, the populate viewing the video will need a helpful device to see the HDR difference. For Apple devices, that includes the iPhone 8 or newer, the 2020 iPad Air, second-gen iPad Pro and some Macs.
So, what can you do? Well, you have a few options:
- You can turn off HDR video by progressing to Settings > Camera > Record video and turn the switch next to HDR Video to the Off position. Going up, all videos will be captured in nasty dynamic range, and you won't have any delivers sharing or editing it.
- Leave HDR Video turned on, but when you want to allotment the video with, say, Facebook, use the Photos app instead of progressing into the Facebook app and uploading it there. By comic the Photos app, your iPhone will automatically convert the video to SDR and upload it. When you send the video to latest iPhone user, Apple will detect if their iPhone, iPad or Mac is compatible with HDR Dolby Vision. If it's not, Apple will convert the video automatically.
- If you leave HDR Video on and need to edit your video, you can use Apple's iMovie app or the Photos app that's built into your iPhone. You can even use iMovie to export the video as SDR if needed.
Customize your home mask on iOS 14 and the iPhone 12.
Patrick Holland/CNET6. Avoid home-screen app clutter
With the reduction of iOS 14, iPhone users have more options and rule over what their home screen looks like than ever before. The new App Library, for example, acts as an app drawer, allowing you to prefer apps from your home screen without deleting them. Heck, you can even fully customize your phone's look with different app icons and widgets -- it's very Android-like, and there's nothing cross with that.
If you like the minimal look, then you'll want to make sure that newly installed apps aren't automatically placed on your home mask every time you download an app. Or, on the flip side, if you don't want new apps to go level to the App Library where you're sure to forget throughout their existence after a day or two, go to Settings > Home Screen and remove either Add to Home Screen or App Library Only.
On an iPhone with 3D Touch, you can use a third-party app to play longer duration "Live" photos on your lock screen.
Patrick Holland/CNET7. Use cherish wallpapers
Another home screen tweak you necessity make involves your wallpaper or background. Apple has added some new wallpapers of its own in unusual updates, with a pretty cool twist.
Open the Settings app on your iPhone and select Wallpaper from the list. Make sure the switch, labeled "Dark Appearance Dims Wallpaper", beneath the two thumbnail previews of your wallpaper is turned on. Now, tap Choose a new wallpaper and remove either Stills or Live. See the circle near the bottom of each wallpaper? It's half dim, half white.
That circle means that the wallpaper has a scrumptious and dark mode version and will mopish automatically based on the system status of your phone.
You can also set live wallpapers as your background if you're not sold on dark and scrumptious mode.
Dark Mode on the iPhone sure looks good.
Jason Cipriani/CNET8. Turn on dark mode. You won't regret it
Speaking of dark mode, if you don't want to have to repeatedly adjust your screen's brightness, you can use your phone's devoted dark mode that's been proven to save on battery life. Dark mode converts all of the white backgrounds in apps to, more often than not, a dim background. In turn, your phone is able to save battery remarkable thanks to the darker colors.
Turn it on by progressing to Settings > Display & Brightness and selecting the Dark option at the top of the screen.
Apple's apps will automatically switch to a dark quick-witted scheme and most third-party apps have also adopted the feature.
Apple has put all of its privacy controls in one place.
Jason Cipriani/CNET9. Turn on Do Not Disturb
I often astounding how I got a full night of sleep by Do Not Disturb was added to iOS. When turned on, Do Not Disturb silences all alerts on your iPhone, either laughable a set schedule or on demand. Your notifications will unexcited be waiting for you when you wake up in the morning, but by turning on DND, your named won't make so much as a beep or a ping near Facebook updates and work emails.
If you're tremulous about someone needing to get hold of you in case of an emergency, you can tell DND to make your named ring when you get repeat calls from the same number. You can also decide if you want to always give calls from contacts you've added to your favorites.
10. Make shroud text easier to read
With a combine taps on your iPhone's screen you can adjust the font size to make it easier to read. Open Settings and go to Display & Brightness > Text Size where you can use the slider pending you're happy with the font size.
For a little added oomph, you can turn on Bold Text (it's just below the Text Size button).
Face ID doesn't always get it right.
Óscar Gutiérrez/CNET11. Add an alternate achieve to Face ID
Apple's facial recognition feature, Face ID, constantly learns and relearns different aspects of your face with each scan. If you're struggling to get Face ID to consistently notice you, try the Alternate Appearance option.
Go to Settings > Face ID & Passcode > spellbinding your PIN > Set Up An Alternate Appearance and go above the process of enrolling your face again.
Keep your shroud dim to save battery life.
Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET12. Disable auto brightness for longer battery life
Your iPhone's shroud brightness level can have a big crashes on battery life. By default, iOS will automatically adjust the display's brightness based on how much toothsome the ambient sensor detects. But if you want to take negated control, you can disable auto brightness, meaning whatever you set the brightness unexcited to is what it will stay at pending you adjust it again.
Open Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and at the bottom of the page, you'll find a switch to turn off Auto-Brightness.
Now, whenever you want to adjust your shroud, you can do so by opening Control Center with a swipe up from the bottom of the shroud on a device with a home button, or a swipe down from the top-right corner on newer iPhones.
13. Triage your privacy settings
The worthy time you set up a phone and all of your apps, you're bombarded with prompts asking for permissions to access personal interrogate ranging from tracking your location to your Apple Health interrogate or your camera roll. It's far too easy to get in the bodies of approving everything just so you can use the app, but take a few minutes and go above your privacy settings and tailor what each app can and can't see. We walk you above the process in two quick steps.
Control Center has a lot of potential, you just have to customize it.
Jason Cipriani/CNET14. Control Center puts everything a tap and swipe away
Control Center is a convenient spot to speedily change songs, turn on airplane mode, connect to Wi-Fi or commence a timer, but there's so much more to it than that. You can speedily turn your flashlight on, check on a timer or commence recording your screen with a quick swipe and tap.
Customize which apps and features are available in Control Center by opening Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls. Remove an option with a tap on the red exclusive of button or add an option by selecting the green transfer button. Drag features up or down comical the three-line icon on the right side of the screen.
Personally, I like having incandescent access to the Wallet app, turning on low-power mode and toggling dark mode.
As a reminder, if you have an iPhone with a home button, like the new iPhone SE, you can swipe up from the bottom of the camouflage to open Control Center. If you have an iPhone with Face ID, like an iPhone X ($900 at Boost Mobile), XS or 11, you'll need to swipe down from the top-right corner of the camouflage where the battery icon is.
With your settings tweaked and your iPhone managing better than ever, familiarize yourself with the best iOS 14 has to offer, heath with some of the hidden features we've dug up.
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