Hidden iPhone Features That Make Your Life Easier

This month a viral Twitter post taught us all a valuable lesson about just how intuitive phone interface aren't: Apple has let iPhone users move a text-editing cursor around on screen for a few years, but outside of the tech press nobody seemed to get the memo.]

Yes, it's hard to make interface features on touchscreens obvious. (I wonder a bit about why Apple isn't more aggressive in using the built-in Tips app to teach people how to use features of its devices.) But it's a learning opportunity, too! And with that, I present nine other simple iPhone features that maybe escaped your attention.

Switch apps with a swipe

On iPhone X family models (the iPhone X, XS, XS Max, and XR), you may know that you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen to return home. But you can also swipe your finger left or right across the Home Indicator (that horizontal bar that appears at the bottom of the screen most of the time) to switch between apps.