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Your iPhone has an ‘invisible button’ on the screen that unlocks hidden features
YOUR iPhone Home Screen is littered with hidden buttons – and you might never have seen them.
But they unlock secret menus for apps, letting you quickly access some of the best features.
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Apple calls the feature Quick Actions, and you may have accidentally found it.
It works by long-pressing on an app icon on the iPhone Home Screen to uncover a secret menu.
There are loads of apps that have a “hidden” button inside the logo.
For instance, do a long press on the Apple Messages app to quickly text your favourite contacts.
Try it on the Settings app and you’ll get a secret menu with shortcuts to Bluetooth, WiFi, Mobile Data and Battery.
Holding down on Photos reveals a Search function used to find images quickly.
You can also instantly navigate to photos from “One Year Ago” using this menu.
And you can quickly jump to your Favourites and Most Recent too.
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Long-pressing on Apple Maps lets you quickly search nearby locations.
You can also use this menu to instantly mark or share your location.
Holding down on the Apple camera app will give you quick access to different shooting modes.
This includes Selfie, Portrait, Portrait Selfie, and Record Video.
But it’s not just Apple apps that have Quick Actions – it’s available to other apps too.
We recently revealed how WhatsApp has a hidden menu using this trick.
You can use it to quickly share your WhatsApp QR code, launch the in-app camera, start a new chat, or search your conversations.
And the Instagram menu will let you immediately start a Direct Message, view your activity, create a new post, or launch the app’s camera.
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It’s worth experimenting with some of your favourite apps to see if they have a Quick Actions menu.
And once you get in the habit of using Quick Actions, you could save loads of time.
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