iPhone User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in iOS 12
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- Wake and unlock
- Learn basic gestures
- Learn gestures for iPhone X and later
- Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts
- Explore the Home screen and apps
- Change the settings
- Take a screenshot
- Adjust the volume
- Change the sounds and vibrations
- Search for content
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Travel with iPhone
- Set screen time, allowances, and limits
- Sync iPhone using iTunes
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
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- Accessories included with iPhone
- Connect Bluetooth devices
- Stream audio and video to other devices
- Control audio on multiple devices
- AirPrint
- Use Apple EarPods
- Apple Watch
- Use Magic Keyboard
- Wireless charging
- Handoff
- Use Universal Clipboard
- Make and receive Wi-Fi calls
- Use iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
- Share your iPhone Internet connection
- Transfer files with iTunes
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Accessibility shortcuts
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Control VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Speak selection, speak screen, typing feedback
- Zoom in on the screen
- Magnifier
- Display settings
- Face ID and attention
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- Guided Access
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Learn more about iPhone software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Play music on iPhone
Use Now Playing in the Music app 
to play, pause, skip, shuffle, and repeat songs.
Control playback
Tap the player to show the Now Playing screen, where you can use these controls:
 | Play the current song. | ||||||||||
 | Pause playback. | ||||||||||
 | Skip to the next song. Touch and hold to fast forward through the current song. | ||||||||||
 | Return to the song’s beginning. Tap again to play the previous song in an album or playlist. Touch and hold to rewind through the current song. | ||||||||||
 | Hide Now Playing. | ||||||||||
 | Add the song to your library. | ||||||||||
 | Download the song to iPhone. See Download music from Apple Music to your iPhone. | ||||||||||
 | Stream music to Bluetooth or AirPlay-enabled devices. | ||||||||||
 | See additional options such as Add to a Playlist, Share Song, Lyrics, and more. | ||||||||||
 | Swipe up, then tap to play your songs in random order. Tap again to turn off shuffle. | ||||||||||
 | Swipe up, then tap to repeat an album or playlist. Double-tap to repeat a single song. | ||||||||||
Adjust volume, see lyrics, and more
The Now Playing screen contains additional options for controlling and accessing music.
Adjust volume: Drag the volume slider.
You can also use the volume buttons on the side of iPhone.
Navigate to the artist, album, or playlist: Tap the artist, album name, or playlist name below the song title, then choose to go to the artist, album, or playlist.
Scrub to any point in a song: Drag the playhead.
See lyrics: Swipe up to see Lyrics, then tap Show; tap Hide to hide them.
Lyrics aren’t available for all songs. Viewing lyrics requires Apple Music.
Use the Up Next queue
Tap the player to open Now Playing.
Swipe up, then tap a song to play it and the songs that follow.
To reorder the list, drag
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To add music and videos to the Up Next queue when browsing music, tap 
, then tap Play Next to play the music or video right after the currently playing item. Tap Play Later to add the item to the end of the queue.
Tip: If you’re using HomePod to stream music, and your friends are on the same Wi-Fi network, they can add and reorder items in the Up Next queue. To learn more about HomePod speaker access, see HomePod User Guide.
Stream music to Bluetooth or AirPlay-enabled devices
Tap the player to open Now Playing.
Tap
, then choose a device.
See Connect Bluetooth devices to iPhone and Stream audio and video to other devices from iPhone.
Note: You can play the same music on multiple AirPlay 2-enabled devices, such as two or more HomePod speakers. See Control audio on multiple devices with iPhone.
To get audio controls on the Lock screen or when using another app, open Control Center, then tap the audio card.
On models with 3D Touch, press the Music icon on the Home screen, then choose a quick action. See Use 3D Touch for previews and shortcuts on iPhone.