22 Hidden Features in iOS7...

#### Top 22 Hidden iOS 7 Features
That You Likely Don’t Know
About.#######

Today, we’re going to go through some of the
most lesser known features and tips
which we believe you should try right
now.

All set? Let’s begin.

1. Use Safari To See Tweets With
Links / URLs

Want to quickly see all the tweets in
your timeline with URLs / links in
them? Simply launch Safari, press the
bookmarks button – the one that
looks like an open book, obviously –
then press the @ button on top. Boom!
All the tweets with links in one place.
You should be signed in to your Twitter
account in Settings > Twitter in
order for this feature to work.

2. Turn Parallax On / Off

Don’t like the new iOS 7 Parallax
effect on wallpapers – or 3D
wallpapers as we would like to call
them? Fear that it might be draining
your battery? Simply turn it off. Go to
Settings > General > Accessibility
> Reduce Motion and turn it on or
off according to your liking.

3. Enable Motion Sensing
Controls

iOS 7 lets you launch Siri or press the
Home button by simply tilting your
head, or pull down Notification Center
by tilting your head to the left. Sounds
epic? Indeed it does. Head over to
Settings > General > Accessibility
> Switch Control to turn it on. Now
go to Switches and set up switches
to perform different actions.

4. Enable / Disable Bold Text or
Change Font Size System-wide

Don’t like iOS 7’s new thin font size?
Bold it up! Head over to Settings >
General > Accessibility > and
enable Bold Text . Changing the
system wide font size is as easy as
pie, too. Head over to Settings >
General > Text Size and adjust the
font size to your liking.

5. See Your Frequently Visited
Places On A Map

This feature lets you see on a map
which places you have been visiting.
Might be concerning for some, but
here’s how you can find out: go to
Settings > Privacy > Location
Services > System Services >
Frequent Locations . I would
suggest keeping this one off for
obvious reasons.

6. Block Callers and Unwanted
Messages

This feature is a gem to use. Open the
contact which might be bugging you,
scroll all the way down in contact
details and tap Block this Caller.
That’s it. The contact will never be
able to bug you again. If you want to
manage blocked messages, then head
over to Settings > Messages >
Blocked . This also applies to
FaceTime and iMessages.

7. Show Timestamps In
Messages App

Open a conversation thread, and
swipe from right to left while holding
your finger down on the screen. You
will see the timestamps of all your
sent and received messages.

8. Use Siri To Enable / Disable
System Toggles

Siri shed its beta tag along with the
release of iOS 7, and can do a lot
more than just telling you the weather,
calling a certain contact, settings
reminders etc. Press and hold the
Home button to launch Siri and say –
for example – ‘Turn Wi-Fi on’ and Siri
will turn on Wi-Fi for you. Same works
for Bluetooth and other system
toggles.

9. Use Swipe Gesture To Go Back
One Screen

In iOS 7, you can simply use swipe
gestures to go back a screen, rather
than pressing that pesky back button
on the display. In Messages for
instance, if you’re in a thread, simply
swipe from the left corner towards the
right and you’ll be taken to the main
Messages window. This works pretty
much throughout iOS 7, like Mail,
Settings, Contacts etc.

10. Take Square Photos Using
Camera App

Regular photos aren’t cutting the
mustard for you? The native Camera
app in iOS 7 now lets you take square
photos. Launch the Camera app, and
swipe to the right to take photos in
square proportions. You can use the
same swiping gesture to go through
Panorama and Video modes.

11. Update App Content In The
Background

Use an app frequently but don’t like to
refresh every time you launch it? iOS
7 has you covered. Go to Settings >
General > Background App
Refresh and enable all the apps you
wish to update themselves in the
background. Note: this feature really
takes a toll on battery, therefore
select the apps which are most
relevant for you to be updated.

12. Use Panorama Photos As
Lock Screen Wallpaper For Added
Effect

Use a panorama photo as your lock
screen wallpaper which you’ve taken
with your device’s camera for a cool
spinning effect. Enable Parallax mode
for this one which we’ve outlined in
feature # 2.

13. Bubble Level In Compass App

The native Compass app in iOS 7 is
more than a direction telling
companion. Swipe to the right after
calibrating the compass to reveal a
new screen that lets you access and
use a bubble level.

14. Enable / Disable Control
Center In Lock Screen Or Apps

Don’t want anyone else, or yourself
mistakenly launching Control Center
on the lock screen or running apps?
Why not disable it? Go to Settings >
Control Center and enable or
disable access to Control Center on
the lock screen or apps.

15. Turn Automatic App Updates
On / Off

iOS 7 updates your apps in the
background, saving you time and the
cumbersome process of launching the
App Store and performing manual
updates. You can turn automatic app
updates on / off by heading over to
Settings > iTunes & App Store and
turn on / off Updates in the
Automatic Downloads section.

16. Unlimited Apps In Folders

Folders in iOS 7 are like a black hole.
You keep on throwing apps inside
them and there’s no limit on how
many apps you can have inside one.

17. Enable / Disable Advertising
Tracking

Don’t want your iOS device to be
tracked for specific ads? Head over to
Settings > Privacy > Advertising
and disable Limit Ad Tracking.
We’ve heard reports occasionally that
this feature also saves battery life by
a fraction.

18. View All Received Media In
Messages App In One Place

Received a bunch of photos or videos
from someone in Messages app but
lost it in a mile long thread? iOS 7 now
lets you view your media all in one
place. Simply tap open the last
received photo / video, and press the
list view (the one with three dashes,
as shown in the screenshot) button.

29. Dynamic Wallpapers

iOS 7 supports dynamic wallpapers, in
short: animated wallpapers. Go to
Settings > Wallpapers &
Brightness > Choose Wallpaper >
Dynamic, and there you’ll see a
bunch of animated wallpapers which
respond to your device’s movement.

20. Change Gender Of Siri

Starting from iOS 7, you can actually
change the gender of Siri. Yes, that’s
right, if the female voice is not cutting
it for you then you can add a more
manly voice for voice feedback. Go to
Settings > General > Siri and
change Voice Gender to Male .

21. Edit Queries In Siri

Even after shedding its beta tag, Siri
is still far from perfect. It so happens
that Apple’s voice assistant is a hit or
miss when it comes to recognizing a
particular accent. For example, Siri
might not be able to differentiate
between ‘the sky’ or ‘this guy’ that
often. And starting from iOS 7, you
can actually edit your voice queries by
tapping the tap to edit button on
screen in the Siri UI, and fix them
using the on-screen keyboard. Sounds
pretty neat right?

22. Zoom Into Album Art In iOS
7 Music App

Cover Flow was shown the white flag
in iOS 7, and the new Music app
instead shows your music album art is
a neat tiled pattern in landscape mode.
Sounds cool and all, but did you know
that you can actually zoom in or out
your album art by simply using pinch
gestures? Try it!
Know more features? Share them with us!

#### Credits ####

-For Guide :- Redmondpie
-For Editing :- SuperDevs Team Member Vinay jain ( HnCvj )
-For Screenshots:- Redmondpie

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