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CNET’s Top iPhone Tips for 2021

We walk through the best iPhone tips of 2021 and how to set them up. You see the iPhone 13 here… iPhone 13 iPhone 13 Mini iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Max *CNET may get a commission from this/these offer(s). Subscribe to CNET: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on…

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December 14, 2021

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We walk through the best iPhone tips of 2021 and how to set them up.

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0:00 – Intro
0:16 – Spotlight on Lock Screen
1:12 – Capture Text w/ Camera
2:09 – Text Replacement Shortcuts
3:06 – Recording AR
3:55 – Disable 911 Auto Dial
4:53 – Drag & Drop
5:46 – Custom Charge Sound
7:04 – Change Siri Voice
8:20 – Edit Quickly w/ Spacebar
8:53 – Move Safari Address Bar
9:43 – Customize Control Center
10:44 – Medical ID on Lock Screen
11:50 – Schedule Notifications

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35 Comments

Antor Sojib

December 14, 2021 at 5:46 pm

First comment from bangladesh ????????

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SPORTCAR111

December 14, 2021 at 5:50 pm

13 tips 13 min video… in iPhone

(not iPhone 13)

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SPORTCAR111

December 14, 2021 at 5:52 pm

title says iPhone 13 without actually saying iPhone 13

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Last Son of Abraham

December 14, 2021 at 5:55 pm

Cool

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lmao

December 14, 2021 at 5:57 pm

“Who else randomly started watching them and now it’s just a everyday thing?” ❤️

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name ain't matter

December 14, 2021 at 6:02 pm

All of these tips they’ve show us.. Even a 7 years old boy know these tips maybe.

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Bass in your ass

December 14, 2021 at 6:02 pm

All of these tips they’ve show us.. Even a 7 years old boy know these tips maybe.

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Tim Allyn

December 14, 2021 at 6:09 pm

Yay, good to see you on cnet, Justin!! Congratulations! ????

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- Justin_tech
  
  December 14, 2021 at 8:02 pm
  
  It’s great to be here!! ????
  
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dcaxeslinger

December 14, 2021 at 6:15 pm

I use text replace to quickly enter my email. So I type ‘em1’ for my first email or ‘em2’ for my second email address, hit space, and bam it’s there. Never have to type out my email for logins or sharing it with others over messages.

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- Soham Rawat
  
  December 15, 2021 at 12:28 am
  
  Sometimes my genius, It’s frightening
  
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- Atif khan
  
  December 15, 2021 at 2:48 am
  
  Thanks I too just set it!
  
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Marmalade Sally

December 14, 2021 at 6:26 pm

That mustache is HORRENDOUS.

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- David Jacobs
  
  December 14, 2021 at 8:05 pm
  
  Your profile pic is HORRENDOUS.
  
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The Saurness

December 14, 2021 at 6:32 pm

That “Never gonna give you up” song to indicate charging complete is smart and all unless you charge your phone at night. Real Nightmare! (Speaking from personal experience of course)

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sporq foon

December 14, 2021 at 6:39 pm

#1: ditch the smart phones

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yellowfellow

December 14, 2021 at 7:18 pm

Why did they not release the video on 13th ?

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2Bad WarZone Gameplay

December 14, 2021 at 7:37 pm

Not too shabby

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A-DUB

December 14, 2021 at 7:50 pm

I didn’t think I would find this video all that useful because I’ve watched a lot of IOS videos over the past 12 months. However I decided to view the video anyway because I’ve only been using Apple for a year and to my surprise there were several features I didn’t realize I missed out on. All of This just makes me miss android a lot less. Now if I could only get free music like I do on my androids IPhone would be my overwhelming phone of choice.

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Barry Vercueil

December 14, 2021 at 7:58 pm

Tip number 1: dump it and get an Android phone ????.

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GeneAnkleHurtHisFrankel

December 14, 2021 at 8:58 pm

Everyone scrubbed directly to Lexy.

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mrpritosring

December 14, 2021 at 9:40 pm

Another day, another iphone thing with cnet. You would think the fruit company is their primary sponsor

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hello838

December 15, 2021 at 12:24 am

Totally forgot about Siri! Activated it now 🙂

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Felix JW

December 15, 2021 at 12:32 am

Pls upload in chapters~ 🙂

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- CNET
  
  December 15, 2021 at 3:17 pm
  
  Done!
  
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Double O Seven

December 15, 2021 at 12:41 am

Now the only problem is trying to remember them all

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James Newsome

December 15, 2021 at 1:34 am

Claire you gave the solution to your own problem! You just enter the word you’re ducking tired of being autocorrected as a shortcut for the word you actually want ☺️

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ADXZ KJ

December 15, 2021 at 4:11 am

Wooowwww didn’t know iPhones could get any more boring but here we are.. 1 good feature and the rest…. ????

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NileshR12

December 15, 2021 at 5:05 am

Ducking crazy ????

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money man

December 15, 2021 at 9:16 am

hard

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Leslie Graham

December 15, 2021 at 10:20 am

Love it! Thanks!

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Prakhar Gupta

December 15, 2021 at 10:58 am

Boring video….cnet I am sure you can do better

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Mark B

December 15, 2021 at 1:26 pm

Lexi’s advice at 5:47 is the best, I’m dead set going to do that ????

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Troupe Goal

December 15, 2021 at 3:43 pm

seems to be a slight iPhone ownership bias amongst Cnet staff.

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Ismael Rivera

December 15, 2021 at 7:42 pm

Hahah the dumbest iphone tips iphone users will ever heard , it became common sense cnet

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