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Your iPhone’s Advanced Functions

StandBy • StandBy is a great new feature that’s perfect for those who charge their iPhones on their bedside table overnight, or maybe on their desk while they work. It turns your iPhone into a clock, a digital photo frame and more.

iCloud Drive • iCloud Drive is Apple’s own cloud computing service and it comes free with the iPhone. With iCloud Drive, you can sync your documents across all of your Apple devices and even access them through a web browser; they’re all found on your iPhone in the Files application. If your free space isn’t enough, you can buy more for a set monthly fee.

The Files App • The Files app boasts an impressive range of features. It boasts excellent, Mac-like searches, the ability to read external drives, sharing folders and zipping and unzipping files, which is great for sending them by email. You can use it to browse and download the files you have stored in your iCloud Drive cloud storage space too. Here’s a guide to getting more from Files.

Update Apps & iOS • If you want to upgrade your iPhone to the free iOS 26 operating system, follow this guide. It’s always a good idea to keep iOS and your apps up to date, to take advantage of new features. Upgrading your iPhone’s operating system is as easy as following these simple steps, which work whenever Apple releases a new version of iOS for your iPhone.

Using Spotlight • Spotlight Search can do more than you think. When you type a Spotlight search, it searches throughout your phone. Search for an app and you can launch it without tapping it on the Home screen. Search for a person, and you can get taken straight to that individual’s Contacts card. It does an excellent job of looking for pictures in your Photos app too.

Focus Filters • Focus Filters lets you fine-tune your content by filtering apps like Calendar, Mail, Messages and Safari to make sure only relevant content comes through when a Focus is active. In a Work Focus, for example, you can set Calendar to show only professional calendars, and Safari limited to work-related tab groups. Here’s how to get the most from it.

Using Siri • Your personal digital assistant helps you use your iPhone, and the more you use it, the better it gets at learning your accent, expressions and more. Commands can be chained, and you can activate the assistant by saying ‘Siri’ or ‘Hey Siri’ (change this in Settings > Siri > Talk to Siri). It’s a great feature, and it’s getting better all the time.

Notifications • Notifications let you know what’s happening on your iPhone. They’re sent by applications you have installed on your iPhone. For example, the Mail app might send a notification when an email arrives, or Facebook when a post is added to your feed. By default, incoming notifications arrive on a roll at the foot of the screen. Here’s how to use Notifications.

AirDrop & BT • AirDrop is great for sharing files wirelessly, and with Bluetooth you can pair and connect your iPhone with wireless devices such as speakers, headphones and keyboards. Here’s how to use both these features.

NameDrop • This great new feature is an offshoot of AirDrop, and it gives you a new way to share your contact details and even media files...