39 iOS 10 Tips & Tricks & Hidden Features

Search for Specific People in Photos

The iOS 10 Photos app can now show you photos of people using Facial Recognition. In the Photos app you can to Albums -> People to see people that are identified and to identify more people. You can also ask Siri to show you photos of a specific person and she will show you all the photos of that individual.

How to Edit Live Photos

You can edit Live Photos in iOS 10. Now you can crop, edit and even add filters to Live Photos without losing the Live part of the photo. Take a Live Photo and tap on edit. That’s all there is to it. You can also turn off the Live part of the photo if you don’t like it.

Send Handwritten Notes in Messages

You can send handwritten notes through Messages on iOS 10. These appear as a written message on the other user’s screen. You can choose from pre-written beautiful handwritten messages or you can scribble out your own with your finger. You can turn your phone sideways to landscape to see these options, or you can access it by tapping on the App Store icon in Messages.

How to Messages Special Effects

The Messages app is brand new in iOS 10 with a tone of exciting new features. One of these is the ability to send messages with special effects. You can change the way text comes in on the screen and you can also add a whole screen effect.

3D Touch the send button after you write a message and then choose a special effect to send the message with. You can tap on Screen and swipe left or right to change the screen effects.

Replace Words with Emoji in iOS 10

iOS 10 lets you quickly replace words with Emoji in Messages. When you type a message out, tap on the Emoji button on your keyboard and it will highlight words you can change to Emoji. Tap on the orange words to replace them with Emoji in a second.

How to Send a Quick Reply to Messages

Tap and hold on a message inside a conversation in iOS 10 and you will now see Tapback options. These quick reply options let you respond to a message like you would a Facebook status. You can heart, thumbs up, thumbs down, laugh, share !! or share a ?? which shows up on their screen next to the message.

How to Send Photos Fast in Messages

The new iOS 10 Messages app makes it super-fast to send photos in a conversation. Tap on the camera icon and you can now quickly take a photo with the front or rear cameras. Slide to the right to access recent photos. Slide to the left to go to your library or launch the full camera app.

How to Speak Messages in iOS 10

You can speak messages in iOS 10, similar to how you could in iOS 9. This isn’t dictation, but actually sending a short voice message inside Messages. Apple changed how this works in iOS 10. Go to Messages, open a message and then hold the microphone icon to start recording. You don’t need to hold it the whole time. When you are done you can tap on Stop and then you can tap the up arrow to send the message. Messages expire soon after you play them.

How to Send Links in Messages

When you paste a link in Messages for iOS 10 it will now include a preview. When you get a message with a video or link in it, you will see a small preview of it that you can tap on to go to the full-page. If you get a Video link to YouTube you can tap on it to play it right in messages. There is a speaker icon that you can tap to control the sound for that video.

How to Use Digital Touch in Messages

Digital Touch is no longer something that only Apple Watch users are able to enjoy. With iOS 10, you can send a Digital Touch message to another user right from the revamped Messages app. Tap on the small heart with two fingers on it next to the text box to open this up. From here you can send taps, send your heartbeat, send a kiss, send disappearing digital graffiti and more.

Write and Draw on Photos in iOS 10

With iOS 10 you can use markup to draw and write on Photos. This is a fun way to add humor to your photos and it is also a great way to call attention to a location on a Map screenshot or an issue with something. Open Photos and tap on Edit and then on the three dots inside a circle, then choose markup. If you are in Messages, you can tap on a photo that you are about to send and then tap on Markup. The video above shows you how to draw, add a magnifier or add text.

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