Display & Brightness
Dark Mode
Dark Mode will give your iPhone a dark color scheme that’s great for environments with low-light. When you have Dark Mode enabled, you can minimize the light that your phone projects so you can use your iPhone while, for example, you’re in a movie theater, without making other spectators angry.
To enable Dark Mode:
- First open up Control Center, click on and hold the icon that looks like a sun with dots, then click on the solar eclipse/yin yang looking icon to activate or deactivate Dark Mode.
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Navigate to Settings > Display & Brightness, then choose Dark to activate Dark Mode, or click on Light to deactivate Dark Mode.
Schedule Dark Mode to turn on and off automatically
You can also set Dark Mode on a custom schedule or you can schedule Dark Mode to turn on at night automatically. To do this:
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Navigate to Settings > Display & Brightness.
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Turn on Automatic, then select Options.
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You can choose either Sunset to Sunrise or select a Custom Schedule.
If you’d like to set up a Custom Schedule, click on the options to schedule the times you want Dark Mode to switch on and off.
If you choose the option to switch on Dark Mode from Sunset to Sunrise, your iPhone will determine these times based on the region and timezone you have your iPhones clock set to.
Adjust the screen brightness manually
If you want to adjust the brightness on your iPhone and make it brighter or dimmer you can do this by following one of two options:
- Open Control Center and adjust the brightness (the vertical bar with the dotted sun icon).
- Or navigate to Settings > Display & Brightness and drag the slider to adjust the screen brightness.
Turn True Tone on or off
On select iPhone models, the True Tone feature will automatically adapt the color and intensity of the display to match the light in your current environmental setting. If you want to adjust this feature:
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Open up Control Center, then click on and hold the brightness bar (with dotted sun icon), then click on the other sun icon (the sun icon with horizontal lines through the middle) to toggle True Tone on or off.
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Or you can navigate to Settings > Display & Brightness, and turn True Tone on or off from here.
Turn Night Shift on or off
You can turn on Night Shift manually, which is helpful when you’re in a darkened room during the day. To access this feature:
- Access your Control Center
- Then click on and hold the brightness slider (it will look like a sun with dots around a circle), then click on the Night Shift icon (It will look like an eclipsed sun but will also say “Night Shift”)
Schedule Night Shift to turn on and off automatically
If you set a Night Shift schedule your phone LCD will project a warmer/softer light which is more comforting for the eyes and will help you go to sleep. The display brightness when its normal throughout the day will actually keep your brain awake so this setting is very helpful.
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Navigate to Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift.
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Then you want to turn the Scheduled switch on.
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At the bottom underneath where it says Color Temperature, drag the slider below to the right towards More Warm.
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Then click on From To, then choose one of two options; either Sunset to Sunrise or Custom Schedule.
If you choose the Custom Schedule setting, two options will appear underneath to customize when you want Night Shift to Turn On and Turn Off.
If you choose the Sunset to Sunrise option, your iPhone will automatically turn on Night shift based on your geographical location and timezone.
Note: You will not see the Sunset to Sunrise option if you have your location switched off.
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To make sure your location is turned on, navigate to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services, then turn the switch on. If your location is on then you may have turned off Setting Time Zone. If this is the case continue with the steps above then from Location services, scroll down and go to System Services and turn the switch on for Setting Time Zone.
Auto-Lock
- Navigate to Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock.
- Then select an amount of time that you want your screen to remain on after the last time you touched your screen.
Raise To Wake
Raise to wake is a feature that will turn on your iPhone display once you pick your phone up off a table or out of your pocket. To activate this feature:
- Go to Settings > Display and Brightness, then where is says Raise to Wake, make sure the switch is turned on (the switch should be green).
- If you want to turn off Raise to Wake, turn the switch off so it’s no longer green.
Always On
Toggle the switch next to Always On to turn on/off always on display. When this feature is on you will always be able to see what’s on your lock screen and your iPhone will never fully go to sleep.
Lock/Unlock
Smart Lock is a feature that makes your iPhone work with a foldable case or wallet case with a cover that goes over your screen. It will automatically turn the screen on when you open it and it will go to sleep once you close it. To activate this feature:
- Go to Settings > Display & Brightness, then turn the switch next to Lock/Unlock on.
Text Size
This will change the font size on your iPhone.
- Go to Settings > Display & Brightness, then click on Text Size.
- Then simply drag the slider to alter the font size to your preference.
Bold Text
Exactly how it sounds, this feature will change the text font on your iPhone to Bold text.
View
From here you can toggle the display from normal to zoomed which basically just enhances the size of everything on your iPhone.
