Although the iPhone 15 and 15 Pro, Apple’s most recent models, may appear to be fairly identical to those from the previous year, there are a lot of new capabilities available in all of them, particularly in the iPhone 15 Pro. I will go through 15 of my favorites in this list. As long as iOS 17 is installed, a large number of them will function on the iPhone 15 in addition to some earlier phones. You simply must be aware of certain old favorites.

The Action button can be used to identify music.

The iPhone 15 Pro’s Action Button, which takes the place of the previous mute switch, has several functions including turning on the torch, taking voice memos, and opening the camera. However, it can also be utilized for Siri Shortcuts, and this gives it access to a ton of amazing features.
The Shazam integration was really helpful, in my opinion. All I have to do is push and hold the button to identify the music that’s playing nearby. If Shazam is installed on your computer, navigate to Settings > Action Button, scroll to shortcut, and select it.

You will now have a Shazam button when you locate the recognize music option. Your iPhone will display the Shazam music recognition graphic in your Dynamic island when you tap and hold the Action Button, and it will also notify you when it has located the song. See our comprehensive guide for additional information about the Action Button.

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Drag many programs at once into a folder.

Tapping and holding an app icon, dragging it, and then tapping onto additional icons while pressing it allows you to swiftly and simply drag a number of apps into a single folder. After selecting every app you wish to move, drag the entire set into an already-existing folder and release the mouse.

Don’t let your battery get above 80% charged.

Charging your battery to 80% and then stopping there is one technique to ensure its longevity. You may now accomplish this with an iOS setting. Navigating to Battery > Battery Health and Charging then selecting Charging Optimization on the subsequent screen will activate it. From a list of choices, pick the 80% cap.

Make a sticker out of any picture.

You can now make personalized stickers in iMessage on iOS 17. Though there is a better way to generate them using the Photos app, you can still build them via the Messages app.

Simply use the iPhone Photos app and select a picture that features a topic in the foreground. Holding down on that subject will cause luminous lines to appear, indicating that it has detached itself from its background.

Finally, select an effect by tapping the add sticker pop-up menu, and you’re done.

The simplest method for cropping images

There’s a fairly simple technique for cropping into your iPhone images instead than navigating through the image editing settings. Simply navigate to Photos, select the desired image, then pinch to enlarge it until the edges touch the screen.

Once the desired size has been achieved, simply hit the Crop button in the upper right corner, or simply press and hold it to select a preset ratio, then tap the button to adjust it to that ratio. Click “done” when you’re content.

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Use the camera to translate and capture text.

The camera has an automated detection feature that senses when you direct it at text. When your phone detects that there is text in the camera view, you will notice a small indicator that resembles three parallel lines in an outline square.

When you tap that icon, the text will be selected and you will be able to copy, select all, look it up, translate, and share it. Even better, you may drag to select a specific section of text and use the highlighted text to carry out the same actions.

Get Apple Maps offline by downloading it.

You can download specific regions of Apple Maps for offline navigation with the latest version.

• Launch the Maps app.
• Next, press on your profile picture located in the pop-up’s corner.
• Select offline maps.
• Click “download new map” now.
• Use the map’s pinch to zoom feature to find a specific spot and adjust the area’s size.
• Next, click “Download.”

Look up the icons for laundry care.

With iOS 17, Visual Look Up became far more intelligent, identifying objects other than historical sites, flora, and fauna. Take a picture of a laundry care label, for instance, and then select Visual Look Up from the pop-up menu by tapping the ‘i’ icon with stars in the bottom taskbar beneath the image. This will reveal the meaning of the laundry care icons on that particular label.

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Create a hidden button out of the Apple logo.

If the appropriate settings are enabled, you can tap the back of the device in the vicinity of the Apple logo to start a different program or capture a screenshot.

• Navigate to Settings.
• Select Touch under Accessibility.
• From the list of options for the double tap, select Back Tap.
• Screenshot was our choice, but feel free to select another. For a triple tap, you can also add one.

Several labeled timers

Do you want several timers to operate under various labels? Not an issue.

• Launch the Clock application.
• Choose your timers.
• After selecting the desired time, change the label, and press Start.
• To proceed to the next timed item, hit the ‘+’ in the upper corner and repeat the process.

In this method, add any number necessary. If you say to Siri, “Set an eight-minute ‘eggs’ timer then Set a 29-minute fry timer,” you can even get her to execute it for you. or whatever the timing is. All you have to do is arrange many timers with distinct labels.

Copy and paste edited photos

You may easily apply modifications you’ve made to one photo in bulk to several shots by copying and pasting the edits from that one shot.

• Open a picture and alter it first.
• After applying all the desired filters and effects, save it.
• Select ‘Copy Edits’ from the drop-down menu by tapping the 3 dots in the corner.
• Return to your library and click the ‘Select’ button in the upper bar.
• In the lower corner, tap the 3 dots now.
• Select ‘Paste Edits’.
  
  Watch now as your preferred style is applied to every one of the chosen photographs.

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Take a LOG format.

Apple added the option to photograph in log mode on the iPhone 15 Pro, which provides color graders with additional color data. To give it a try, adhere to our guidelines below:

• Navigate to the Settings application.
• Choose Camera > Formats after that.
• Turn on the ProRes slider located at the bottom.
• Go with ProRes Encoding.
• Choose Log on the ensuing screen.
• Launch the camera now, select the video mode, and then select the Log option from the upper toolbar. Press the recording button when you’re ready, albeit it might require an external SSD linked to film at certain resolutions and frame rates.

The finished video may appear quite bland and lifeless when you first film it, but you can adjust so much more with an editing suite by adjusting the contrast, brightness, colors, and shadows.

Various focus lengths for your photography

You have the option to change the default setting of your iPhone 15 Pro’s primary camera from the wide 24mm focal length. To set a smaller default field of view, navigate to Settings > Camera and select ‘Main Camera’.

Instead of using the wider 24mm lens, choose the default that you wish to use today. That way, the default major option will be displayed whenever you open the camera app.

Change the keyboard to a trackpad.

The iPhone keyboard’s integrated trackpad is another one of my old favorites. When you type and hold down the space bar, the keyboard disappears and turns into a touchpad. You may then use your thumb to move the cursor to the desired location on the screen to make adjustments.