Update iOS on iPhone

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1 iPhone User Guide
2 Update iPhone automatically
3 Update iPhone manually
4 Update using your computer

Welcome
- Supported models
- iPhone 12 mini
- iPhone 12
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 12 Pro Max
- iPhone SE (2nd generation)
- iPhone 11
- iPhone 11 Pro
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- iPhone XR
- iPhone XS
- iPhone XS Max
- iPhone X
- iPhone 8
- iPhone 8 Plus
- iPhone 7
- iPhone 7 Plus
- iPhone 6s
- iPhone 6s Plus
- iPhone SE (1st generation)
What’s new in iOS 14
- Turn on and set up iPhone
- Set up cellular service
- Connect to the internet
- Apple ID and iCloud settings
- Download or bookmark the user guide
- Wake and unlock
- - Learn basic gestures
  - Learn gestures for iPhone models with Face ID
- Adjust the volume
- Change sounds and vibrations
- - Find settings
  - Adjust the screen brightness and color balance
  - Magnify the screen
  - Change the name of your iPhone
  - Set the date and time
  - Set the language and region
  - Set up mail, contacts, and calendar accounts
- Access features from the Lock Screen
- Open apps
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Set a Live Photo as wallpaper
- Make screen items more reachable
- - Organize your apps in folders
  - Move apps on the Home Screen
  - Find your apps in the App Library
  - Switch between open apps
  - Multitask with Picture in Picture
  - Quit and reopen an app
  - Remove apps
- - Type with the onscreen keyboard
  - Dictate text
  - Select and edit text
  - Use predictive text
  - Use text replacements
  - Add or change keyboards
- Search with iPhone
- Use AirDrop to send items
- - Draw in apps
  - Add text, shapes, and signatures
  - Zoom in or magnify in Markup
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- - View and respond to notifications
  - Change notification settings
  - Set Do Not Disturb
  - Turn on Do Not Disturb While Driving
- Add widgets
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPhone
- - Get apps
  - Use App Clips
  - Subscribe to Apple Arcade
  - Play games
  - Install and manage fonts
  - Manage purchases, subscriptions, settings, and restrictions
- - Find and buy books and audiobooks
  - Read books
  - Listen to audiobooks
  - Set reading goals
  - Organize books
  - Read PDFs
- Calculator
- - Create and edit events
  - Send and receive invitations
  - Change how you view events
  - Search for events
  - Customize your calendar
  - Keep track of events
  - Use multiple calendars
  - Share iCloud calendars
- - - Camera basics
    - Set up your shot
    - Take Live Photos
    - Take Burst mode shots
    - Take a selfie
    - Take Portrait mode photos
    - Take Night mode photos
    - Take Apple ProRAW photos
  - Adjust the shutter volume
  - Adjust HDR camera settings
  - Take videos
  - Change video recording settings
  - Save camera settings
  - Change advanced camera settings
  - View, share, and print photos
  - Scan a QR code
- - See the world clock
  - Set an alarm
  - Use the timer or stopwatch
- Compass
- - Add and use contact information
  - Edit contacts
  - Add your contact info
  - Use other contact accounts
  - Use Contacts from the Phone app
  - Hide duplicate contacts
- - Set up FaceTime
  - Make and receive calls
  - Make a Group FaceTime call
  - Take a Live Photo
  - Use other apps during a call
  - Add camera effects
  - Change the audio and video settings
  - Leave a call or switch to Messages
  - Block unwanted callers
- - Connect external devices or servers
  - View files and folders
  - Organize files and folders
  - Send files
  - Set up iCloud Drive
  - Share files and folders in iCloud Drive
- - - Share your location
    - Add or remove a friend
    - Locate a friend
    - Get notified when friends change their location
    - Notify a friend when your location changes
  - - Add an iPhone
    - Locate a device
    - Mark a device as lost
    - Erase a device
    - Remove a device
  - - Add an AirTag
    - Add a third-party item
    - Locate an item
    - Mark an item as lost
    - Remove an item
    - If you find an unknown item
  - Adjust map settings
- - Collect health and fitness information
  - Maintain a health profile
  - View health and fitness information
  - Track your menstrual cycle
  - Track headphone and environmental sound-level exposure
  - - Intro to sleep schedules
    - Set up your first sleep schedule
    - Turn off alarms and delete sleep schedules
    - Add or change sleep schedules
    - Use iPhone from Sleep mode
    - Quickly turn Sleep mode on or off on iPhone
    - Change your sleep goal and other Sleep options
    - View your sleep history
  - Share health and fitness data
  - Download health records
  - Create and share your Medical ID
  - Manage health with the Health Checklist
  - Register as an organ donor
  - Back up your Health data
- - Intro to Home
  - Set up accessories
  - Control accessories
  - Add more homes
  - Configure HomePod
  - Configure cameras
  - Face Recognition
  - Configure a router
  - Create and use scenes
  - Control your home using Siri
  - Control your home remotely
  - Create an automation
  - Share controls with others
- - Get music, movies, and TV shows
  - Get ringtones
  - Manage purchases and settings
- - Write an email
  - Add attachments
  - Address and send email
  - View an email
  - Save an email draft
  - Flag and filter emails
  - Organize your email
  - Search for email
  - Delete and recover emails
  - Work with attachments
  - Print emails
- - View maps
  - - Search for places
    - Find nearby attractions and services
    - Get information about places
    - Mark places
    - Share places
    - Save favorite places
    - Explore new places with Guides
    - Organize places in My Guides
    - Get traffic and weather info
    - Delete significant locations
  - - Look around streets
    - Take Flyover tours in Maps
  - - Use Siri, Maps, and widgets to get directions
    - Choose your preferred type of travel
    - Get driving directions
    - Report traffic incidents
    - Find your parked car
    - Get cycling directions
    - Find places to stop
    - Get walking directions
    - Get transit directions
    - See an overview of your route or its directions in a list
    - Change audio settings for turn-by-turn directions
    - Select other route options
    - Get directions between places other than your current location
    - Delete recently viewed directions
    - Use Maps on your Mac to get directions
  - Help correct and improve Maps
  - Get rides
- - Measure
  - View and save measurements
  - Measure a person’s height
  - Use the level
- - Set up Messages
  - Send and receive messages
  - Send a message to a group or business
  - Send photos, videos, and audio
  - Animate messages
  - Use iMessage apps
  - Use Memoji
  - Send a Digital Touch effect
  - Send and receive money with Apple Pay
  - Change notifications
  - Block, filter, and report messages
  - Delete messages
- - Get music
  - View albums, playlists, and more
  - Play music
  - Queue up your music
  - Listen to broadcast radio
  - - Subscribe to Apple Music
    - Listen to lossless music
    - Listen to Dolby Atmos music
    - Find new music
    - Add music and listen offline
    - Get personalized recommendations
    - Listen to radio
    - Search for music
    - Create playlists
    - See what your friends are listening to
    - Use Siri to play music
  - Change the way music sounds
- - Get started with News
  - See News widgets
  - See news stories chosen just for you
  - Read stories
  - Listen to Apple News Today
  - - Subscribe to Apple News+
    - Browse and read Apple News+ stories and issues
    - Download Apple News+ issues
    - Listen to audio stories
  - Search for news stories
  - Save news stories for later
  - Subscribe to news channels
- - Take notes
  - Draw or write
  - Add attachments
  - Search and organize notes
  - Share and collaborate
  - Lock notes
  - Change settings
- - Make a call
  - Make emergency calls
  - Answer or decline incoming calls
  - While on a call
  - Check voicemail
  - Select ringtones and vibrations
  - Make calls using Wi-Fi
  - Set up call forwarding and call waiting
  - Avoid unwanted calls
- - View photos and videos
  - Delete and hide photos and videos
  - Edit photos and videos
  - Edit Live Photos
  - Edit Portrait mode photos
  - Organize photos in albums
  - Search in Photos
  - Share photos and videos
  - View Memories
  - Find people in Photos
  - Browse photos by location
  - Use iCloud Photos
  - Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
  - Use My Photo Stream
  - Import photos and videos
  - Print photos
- - Find podcasts
  - Listen to podcasts
  - Follow your favorite podcasts
  - Organize your podcast library
  - Download, save, or share podcasts
  - Subscribe to podcasts
  - Change download settings
- - Add reminders
  - Organize lists
  - Set up accounts
  - Share and assign reminders
  - Print reminders
- - Browse the web
  - Search for websites
  - Use tabs in Safari
  - Bookmark favorite webpages
  - Save pages to a reading list
  - Automatically fill in forms
  - Hide ads and distractions
  - Browse the web privately
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- Translate
- - Set up the Apple TV app
  - Subscribe to Apple TV+
  - Find shows, movies, and more
  - Watch shows and movies
- - Make a recording
  - Play it back
  - Edit or delete a recording
  - Keep recordings up to date
  - Organize recordings
  - Search for or rename a recording
  - Share a recording
  - Duplicate a recording
- - Keep cards and passes in Wallet
  - Set up Apple Pay
  - Make contactless payments
  - Use Apple Pay in apps, App Clips, and Safari
  - Use Apple Cash
  - Use Apple Card
  - Manage cards and activity
  - Pay for transit
  - Use car keys
  - Use student ID cards
  - Add and manage passes
  - Use passes
- Weather
- Ask Siri
- Find out what Siri can do
- Tell Siri about yourself
- Have Siri announce calls
- Add Siri Shortcuts
- About Siri Suggestions
- Use Siri in your car
- Change Siri settings
- Set up Family Sharing
- Download family members’ purchases
- Stop sharing purchases
- Turn on Ask To Buy
- Set up Apple Cash Family
- Share Apple Card
- Share subscriptions and iCloud storage
- Share photos, a calendar, and more with family members
- Locate a family member’s missing device
- Set up Screen Time through Family Sharing
- View your Screen Time summary
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Set up Screen Time for a family member
- Get a report of your device use
- Charging cable
- Power adapters
- MagSafe chargers and battery packs
- MagSafe cases and sleeves
- Qi-certified wireless chargers
- - Set up AirPods
  - Charge AirPods
  - Start and stop audio playback
  - Change the AirPods volume
  - Make and answer calls with AirPods
  - Switch AirPods between devices
  - Use Siri with AirPods
  - Listen and respond to messages
  - Share audio with AirPods and Beats headphones
  - Change noise control modes
  - Control spatial audio
  - Restart AirPods
  - Change the name of your AirPods and other settings
  - Use other Bluetooth headphones
  - Use EarPods
  - Check headphone sound levels
- Apple Watch
- - Wirelessly stream videos and photos to Apple TV or a smart TV
  - Connect to a display with a cable
- HomePod and other wireless speakers
- External storage devices
- Magic Keyboard
- Printers
- Share your internet connection
- Allow phone calls on your iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
- Hand off tasks between iPhone and your Mac
- Cut, copy, and paste between iPhone and other devices
- Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable
- Sync iPhone with your computer
- Transfer files between iPhone and your computer
- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your vehicle’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Report traffic incidents
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
- Get started with accessibility features
- - - 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
    - Use VoiceOver with an Apple external keyboard
    - Use a braille display
    - Type onscreen braille
    - Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
    - Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
    - Use VoiceOver in apps
  - Zoom
  - Magnifier
  - People detection
  - Display & Text Size
  - Motion
  - Spoken Content
  - Audio Descriptions
- - - AssistiveTouch
    - Touch
  - Face ID & Attention
  - - Set up Switch Control
    - Use Switch Control
  - Voice Control
  - Side or Home button
  - Apple TV Remote
  - Pointer Control
  - Keyboards
  - AirPods Max and AirPods Pro
- - Hearing devices
  - Stream audio to hearing devices
  - Sound recognition
  - RTT and TTY
  - Audio & Visual
  - Subtitles & Captioning
- - Guided Access
  - Siri
  - Accessibility shortcuts
- Use built-in security and privacy protections
- - Set a passcode
  - Set up Face ID
  - Set up Touch ID
  - Control access to information on the Lock Screen
- - Keep your Apple ID secure
  - Sign in with Apple
  - Automatically fill in strong passwords
  - Change a weak password
  - Automatically fill in SMS passcodes on iPhone
  - Share passwords securely with AirDrop
  - Make your passwords available on all your devices
  - Manage two-factor authentication
- - Control access to information in apps
  - Control access to hardware features
  - Control app tracking permissions on iPhone
  - Control the location information you share
  - Use a private network address
  - Control how Apple delivers advertising to you
- Restart iPhone
- Force restart iPhone
- Update iOS
- Back up iPhone
- Return iPhone settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell or give away your iPhone
- Erase iPhone
- Install or remove configuration profiles
- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular data settings
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
Copyright

When you update to the latest version of iOS, your data and settings remain unchanged.

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Before you update, set up iPhone to back up automatically, or back up your device manually.

Update iPhone automatically

If you didn’t turn on automatic updates when you first set up your iPhone, do the following:

Go to Settings > General > Software Update.
Tap Customize Automatic Updates (or Automatic Updates). You can choose to automatically download and install updates.
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When an update is available, iPhone downloads and installs the update overnight while charging and connected to Wi-Fi. You’re notified before an update is installed.

Update iPhone manually

At any time, you can check for and install software updates.

Go to Settings > General > Software Update.

The screen shows the currently installed version of iOS and whether an update is available.

To turn off automatic updates, go to Settings > General > Software Update > Customize Automatic Updates (or Automatic Updates).

Update using your computer

Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable.
Do one of the following:
- In the Finder sidebar on your Mac: Select your iPhone, then click General at the top of the window.
  
  To use the Finder to update your iPhone, macOS 10.15 or later is required. With earlier versions of macOS, use iTunes to update your iPhone.
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- In the iTunes app on your Windows PC: Click the iPhone button near the top left of the iTunes window, then click Summary.
Click Check for Update.
To install an available update, click Update.

See the Apple Support articles Update to the latest iOS and If you can’t update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

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iPhone User Guide

Update iPhone automatically

Update iPhone manually

Update using your computer