Turn Your iPhone Into a White Noise Machine With This Trick

Listening to natural sounds can lower stress, relieve perceived pain and foster a more positive disposition, according to research from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Other studies suggest white noise could help adults learn words and it could improve learning in environments full of distractions. If you have an iPhone, you can listen to natural sounds and white noise at work, home or in the car whenever you want. Read more: White Noise vs. Brown Noise: Which One Is Best for Sleep? Apple released iOS 18.3 in January, but when the company released iOS 15 in 2021 that operating system brought a hidden feature to your iPhone called Background Sounds. It lets you turn your iPhone into a white noise machine and you can play these sounds by themselves or under any podcast, music or video streaming app. When Apple introduced the feature, there were six ambient sounds you could play on a loop: rain, stream, ocean, and bright, balanced and dark noise, which are differen ... Read full article.