account on your iPhone, you’ll receive an alert and can choose to install the update or not, or you can update manually:
1 Tap Settings. (Be sure you have Wi-Fi enabled and that you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network to perform these steps.)
2 Tap General.
3 Tap Software Update (see Figure 3-1).
Your iPhone checks to find the latest iOS version and walks you through the updating procedure if an update is available.
Learn App Switcher Basics
App Switcher in iOS 14 lets you easily switch from one app to another without closing the first one and returning to the Home screen. This is accomplished by previewing all open apps and jumping from one to another; you can completely quit an app by simply swiping it upward. To learn the ropes of the App Switcher, follow these steps:
1 Open an app.
2 Press the Home button twice, or for iPhone models without a Home button, drag up from the bottom of the screen and pause a moment. The App Switcher appears and displays a list of open apps (see Figure 3-2).
3 To locate another app that you want to switch to, flick to scroll to the left or right.
4 Tap an app to switch to it.
Examine the iPhone Cameras
iPhones have front- and back-facing cameras. You can use the cameras to take still photos (covered in more detail in Chapter 19) or shoot videos (covered in Chapter 20).
For now, take a quick look at your camera by tapping the Camera app icon on the Home screen. The app opens, as shown in Figure 3-3.
You can use the controls on the screen to
Switch between the front and rear cameras.
Change from still-camera to video-camera operation by using the slider at the bottom of the screen.
Take a picture or start recording a video.FIGURE 3-3
Choose a 3- or 10-second delay with the Timed Photos button.
Change aspect ratios.
Turn HDR (high dynamic range for better contrast) on or off.
Tap the Flash button to set flash to On, Off, or Auto.
Use color filters when taking photos or videos.
Take a “burst” of photos by tapping-and-holding the camera’s button. A small photo count will display above the button to show how many photos you’ve taken.
Open previously captured images or videos.
When you view a photo or video, you can use an iPhone sharing feature to send the image by AirDrop (iPhone 5 and later only), Message, Notes, Mail, and other options (depending on which apps you’ve installed). You can also share through iCloud Photo Sharing, a tweet, Facebook, Instagram, and other apps.
More things that you can do with images are to print them, use a still photo as wallpaper (that is, as your Home or lock screen background image) or assign it to represent a contact, and run a slideshow. See Chapters 19 and 20 for more detail about using the iPhone cameras.
Take a Look at Face ID
Many newer iPhone models don’t have a Home button, so Touch ID isn’t available. However, they do use a different — and very cool — method of authenticating a user: Face ID. Face ID uses your iPhone’s built-in cameras and scanners to scan your face and save a profile of it. It then remembers the information and compares it to whoever is facing the iPhone. If the face doesn’t match the profile, the person can’t access the iPhone (unless they know and use your passcode, which you have to set up to use Face ID). Face ID is so advanced that it can even work in total darkness.
To set up Face ID:
1 Go to Settings and tap Face ID & Passcode.
2 Tap Set Up Face ID.
3 Hold the iPhone in front of your face (in portrait mode, not landscape).
4 Tap the Get Started button and then follow the prompts to slowly move your head in a complete circle. If you have difficulty moving your head, tap the Accessibility Options button at the bottom of the screen and follow the prompts from there.
5 Tap Continue and follow the prompts to perform the circle step again.
6 Tap Done when finished.
The next time you want to use your iPhone, simply hold it up in front of you, swipe up from the bottom of the screen when the lock icon unlocks (see Figure 3-4), and you’ll jump right into the Home screen or whatever app you were last using.
For more information on using Face ID and its capabilities, visit https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208109.
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