It seems that with every update, Apple quietly adds hundreds of features and settings that are very impactful but easy to miss. These are not the big headliner features, but smaller ones that, once you know about them, make your day-to-day life so much easier. Here are 15 features and settings that every iPhone owner should know about, but probably doesn’t.
Be sure to check out our video below to see all of these (and more) in action:
1. Blur faces, license plates, and more in the Photos app
Apple introduced the Clean Up feature in the Photos app back in iOS 18. It was marketed as a way to remove unwanted objects or people directly from an image within the Photos app. But one byproduct of this feature is that it was also built to hide sensitive information. It can now blur/pixelate faces, license plates, credit card numbers, and more. Here is how to do it:
Open the Photos app and select an image
Tap Edit
Choose Cleanup
Let the image prepare for cleanup
Circle a face or license plate to blur it instantly
Tap Done to save
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