Notch No More: How to Use the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max - PCMag

The notch astatine the apical of the iPhone has been a acquainted show for the past respective generations. But different than lodging the True Depth beforehand camera, it's wasted abstraction that eats into your screen. To marque that abstraction much useful, Apple has turned the notch into an interactive diagnostic called the Dynamic Island for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

The Dynamic Island is not disposable connected the iPhone 14 oregon iPhone 14 Plus, though the diagnostic is reportedly coming to each iPhone 15 models. Those with a Pro exemplary don’t request to alteration oregon configure thing for the Dynamic Island to bash its job; it automatically kicks successful erstwhile your telephone is unlocked and immoderate supported enactment is running. Here's however to usage the Dynamic Island, and what it tin bash to heighten your iPhone experience.

What Can the Dynamic Island Do?

The Dynamic Island tin show notifications for Apple Pay transactions, debased artillery warnings, AirDrop transfers, and privateness indicators. It tin besides uncover assorted inheritance tasks, specified arsenic Apple Maps directions, incoming telephone calls, euphony being played, SharePlay sessions, and surface recordings. The diagnostic besides works with galore third-party apps to show applicable information.

In galore cases, you tin property down connected the Dynamic Island to unfastened the enactment successful a larger window. In different cases, you tin pat the Dynamic Island to motorboat the enactment successful its full-screen app. You tin besides swipe connected it to grow oregon declaration the window. Here are respective examples of however this works.

Apple Pay Transaction

Make a acquisition utilizing Apple Pay. After you double-click the broadside fastener to corroborate the transaction, the Dynamic Island displays a swirling greenish representation to bespeak the Face ID authentication. After your look has been authenticated and the acquisition has gone through, the representation turns into a greenish smiley face.

AirDrop Transfer

When you usage AirDrop, the Dynamic Island serves arsenic a ocular presumption indicator. When items are shared with you, determination volition beryllium an AirDrop presumption indicator connected the Dynamic Island arsenic the files are transferred. When the transportation is complete, a checkmark volition beryllium displayed.

Privacy Indicators

Your iPhone displays a ocular privateness indicator whenever an app oregon work is accessing your camera oregon microphone. On the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, those indicators look successful the Dynamic Island. Open an app that tin entree your camera, and a greenish dot appears successful the display. Open an app that tin entree your microphone, and an orangish dot appears. (On different iPhones, these indicators show up(Opens successful a caller window) connected the close broadside of the screen.)

Set a Timer

You tin usage a timer done the Dynamic Island. First, unfastened the Clock app and acceptable a timer; the Dynamic Island displays the countdown successful minutes. Press down connected the show to grow the accusation truthful you tin spot the timer and besides intermission oregon halt it. Tap the Dynamic Island to unfastened the Clock app and timer successful afloat screen.

Phone Calls

When you're connected a telephone and unfastened to the Home screen, the Dynamic Island displays the ongoing duration of the telephone and a gauge showing the measurement level. Press down connected the show to spot the duration and sanction oregon fig of the caller, alteration the audio source, and bent up the call. Tap the show to unfastened the Phone app afloat screen.

Apple Maps Directions

When navigating with Apple Maps, you tin instrumentality to the Home surface to spot turn-by-turn directions successful the Dynamic Island. Press down connected the show to amusement the adjacent crook with an enactment to extremity the route. Tap the Dynamic Island, and the Maps app opens successful afloat screen.

Play Music oregon Audio

Fire up a song, podcast episode, audiobook, oregon immoderate different portion of audio. At the Home screen, the Dynamic Island shows you a tiny representation of medium creation and a measurement gauge. Press down connected the Dynamic Island to spot a larger show with the medium art, the sanction of the song, and the artist, arsenic good arsenic a power to pause, play, spell back, spell forward, and alteration the audio output.

Screen Recording

If you privation to record your surface activity, the Dynamic Island shows a grounds fastener that indicates the surface is being captured. Tap oregon property down connected the Dynamic Island to amusement a timer and a fastener to halt the recording. Press the Stop button, and the show indicates that the signaling was saved to your photograph library.

What Third Party Apps Support Dynamic Island?

Several third-party apps tin show accusation and updates connected the Lock surface and the Dynamic Island. They see Calzy(Opens successful a caller window), Carrot Weather(Opens successful a caller window), Flighty(Opens successful a caller window), Google Maps(Opens successful a caller window), Pestle(Opens successful a caller window), Posture Pal(Opens successful a caller window), SmartGym(Opens successful a caller window), Steps(Opens successful a caller window), Sticky Timers and Countdowns(Opens successful a caller window), and TV Remote(Opens successful a caller window). Most of these apps, and galore different supported programs, enactment likewise to Apple's built-in offerings.