The Ultimate iOS 15 Walkthrough: Guides and How Tos for Every New Feature
While iOS 15 was in the beta testing phase, we here at MacRumors wrote up a series of in-depth feature guides to highlight everything that’s new in the update, along with how tos to walk you through using those features.
This is a comprehensive guide with all of our coverage, and it’s a great resource for casual users who haven’t had a chance to test out iOS 15 prior to its launch. Everything is organized by app or feature to make it easy to find what you might be looking for.
Safari
Everything New With Safari in iOS 15: Redesign, Tab Groups, Live Text, Privacy Updates and More
How to Hide Your IP Address From Trackers in Safari
How to Switch Back to the Original Safari Design
How to Turn Off Website Tinting in Safari
iOS 15: How to Quickly Refresh a Webpage in Safari
iOS 15: How to Download and Install Safari Web Extensions
iOS 15: How to Customize Your Safari Start Page
How to Use Tab Groups in Safari
Messages
Everything New in the iOS 15 Messages App: Shared With You, Photo Collages, Memoji Updates and More
How to See All the Photos People Have Shared With You in Messages
How to See All the Web Links Shared With You in Messages
FaceTime
Everything That’s New in the iOS 15 FaceTime App: SharePlay, Android Support, Spatial Audio and More
How to Invite Android Users to a FaceTime Call
How to Block Background Noise in FaceTime With Voice Isolation
How to Enable Voice Isolation Mode in FaceTime
How to Enable Wide Spectrum Audio on a FaceTime Call
How to Blur Your Background on a FaceTime Call
How to Share Your Screen on a FaceTime Call (Delayed)
How to Watch Movies Together Using FaceTime (Delayed)
Photos
Everything New in the iOS 15 Photos App: Metadata Editing, Memories Improvements, Live Text, Visual Lookup and More
How to Adjust the Date and Time of PhotosHow to View EXIF Metadata in the Photos App
How to Add Apple Music Songs to Your Memories in Photos
How to Enhance Photos App Memories With ‘Memory Looks’
How to Select the Images That Appear in a Photos Memory
How to Copy and Paste Text From Photos
How to Translate Text in Photos
How to Use Visual Lookup in Photos to Identify Landmarks, Plants, and Pets
How to Get the Photos App to Feature a Person Less Often
How to Use Spotlight to Search for Photos
How to Correct Errors in the Photos People Album
How to Turn Off Automatic Night Mode on iPhone
How to Drag and Drop Screenshots
Focus Mode
iOS 15’s Focus Mode Helps You Stay on Task
How to Create a FocusHow to Schedule and Automate Focus Modes
How to Customize a Focus
How to Delete a Focus
How to Activate a FocusHow to Allow Time Sensitive Notifications to Bypass Focus Mode
How to Adjust Home Screen and Lock Screen Settings in Focus Mode
How to Enable Smart Activation for Focus Modes
How to Prevent Emails From Tracking You With Mail Privacy Protection
How to Use Hide My Email
How to Create a ‘Hide My Email’ Private Address
How to Deactivate or Delete a ‘Hide My Email’ Private Address
How to Change Where ‘Hide My Email’ Addresses Forward
Notifications and Home Screen
iOS 15: What’s New With Notifications
How to Rearrange and Delete Home Screen Pages on iPad
How to Hide App Notification Badges on the Home Screen
Maps
Everything New in the iOS 15 Maps App: Updated Details, AR Walking Directions, Globe View and More
How to Set Leaving and Arrival Times for Driving Directions in Apple Maps
How to Use the Interactive Maps Globe
How to Filter Search Results in Maps
How to Find User Settings in Maps
How to Get AR Walking Directions in Maps
How to Find Transit Stations Near You in Apple Maps
How to Find Fun Things to Do With the Apple Maps Guide Home
Siri
Everything New With Siri in iOS 15: On-Device Processing, Offline Support, Sharing, Improved Context and More
How to Share Whatever’s On Your Screen Using Siri
How to Ask Siri to Control Your HomeKit Devices at a Specific Time
How to Use Siri Offline
How to Have Siri Announce Your Notifications
How to Use On-Device Siri
Find My
What’s New With Find My in iOS 15: Offline iPhone Tracking, Live Locations, Locate After Erase and More
How to Get Notified If You Leave an AirTag or Apple Device Behind
Privacy
iOS 15 Privacy Guide: Private Relay, Hide My Email, Mail Privacy Protection, App Reports and More
How to Enable and Disable iCloud Private Relay
How to Adjust iCloud Private Relay IP Address Settings
Spotlight Search
iOS 15 Spotlight Improvements: Rich Results, Web Images, Photos Search, Lock Screen Access and More
Wallet App
What’s New With the iOS 15 Wallet App: ID Support, Home Keys, Car Keys, Archived Passes and More
Translation Features
Everything New With Translation in iOS 15: System-Wide Support, Live Text Translation and More
How to Turn on Auto-Translate in the Translate App
Weather
Everything New in the iOS 15 Weather App
How to Use Apple’s New Weather Maps
How to Get Weather Notifications on Your iPhone
HomeKit
What’s New With HomeKit in iOS 15
Notes and Reminders
Everything New With the iOS 15 Notes and Reminders Apps
iPadOS 15: How to Use Quick Notes
Accessibility
How to Use Background Sounds to Minimize Distractions and Stay Focused
Downgrading
How to Downgrade From iOS 15 to iOS 14
Guide Feedback
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