iOS 14: 5 Settings You Should Change on Your iPhone

The new iOS 14 has brought new functions to iPhones, such as widgets, and the Application Library, making prints with one tap behind the phone, choosing the default browser, and using PiP (Picture-in-Picture) mode. The new features make the smartphone more interesting and solve old problems of Apple users, such as having selfies automatically mirrored or not being able to organize the home screen with widgets.

The 5 new settings that you need to change on your iPhone are available with Apple’s software update, iOS 14. Check out the list below to find out what’s new and how to activate it.

1. Application Library

App Library

iOS 14 has a new option for organizing apps. The Application Library makes it easier to search for applications because it automatically categorizes them according to their function. For example, communication apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, and even Telephone and Messages, are gathered by the system in “Social Networks”. The applications can also be categorized by use, and new downloads appear in the “Recent Additions” section.

The new system enables greater organization and optimization regarding the time of searching for applications in the mobile interface. The function can be further customized by showing or hiding the notifications in the library. To do this, just go to “Settings” and choose “Notifications Notice” to activate or to ignore the function in “Show in App Library”. The settings go further and the user can also choose where the applications should be after the download, in the Library, or start screen.

2. Configure Default Apps

Another new feature of iOS 14 is the possibility to configure the default browser and email applications on the iPhone. In iOS 13, the trick was only possible with open-source software applications, that is, the work was bigger and the function was not native to the mobile phone, which could cause slowness in smartphone use.

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If the user sets a browser and email app as a default, when clicking on a message link or web, the browser of their choice will be opened to access the web page. The adjustment is easy: for example, to put Gmail as the default email, just access the app settings and look for the “Default Email App” option.

3. Disable the Setting for Mirror Selfies

When taking photos from the iPhone’s front camera, the image is automatically mirrored when viewed in the photo gallery, and this annoyed some Apple users. Before iOS 14, if the user wanted to mirror the selfie, they had to resort to third-party applications to do the editing. Now the system has a native setting to enable camera mirroring in camera settings.

4. Use Picture-in-Picture

Picture-in-picture

iOS 14 brings a function to watch videos while using other mobile apps. Before, playback was stopped automatically when you exit the application. Now PiP minimizes video in the corner of the screen on a floating player to watch clips while switching apps or going to the start screen.

The function works for FaceTime and content applications like Twitch, Netflix, and YouTube – on Premium accounts. To activate this option on the iPhone, go to “Settings”, touch “General” and look for “PIP”.

5. Take a Screenshot with a Backtap

The new Apple software update brings new features for accessibility and one of them is to perform the screen capture with two or three touches, making the activity simpler and faster. The tool allows you to configure the ringtones to open the magnifying glass, and activate VoiceOver, among other activities to make the phone more accessible with the iPhone’s Assistive Touch.

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To activate the function, go to the “Settings” of the phone, look for “Accessibility” and select the “Touch” option. Then tick “Tap” and choose whether you want two or three taps, and which function should be activated.

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