You got a new iPhone for the holidays. Here's the ultimate guide to getting the most out of it - CNBC

You whitethorn person gotten Apple's iPhone 14 arsenic a acquisition for the holidays. If you're upgrading from a overmuch older iPhone model, there's going to beryllium a spot of a learning curve erstwhile it comes to navigating your brand-new iPhone.

If you were talented the iPhone 14 Pro oregon Pro Max, you whitethorn beryllium wondering what a Dynamic Island is (that small floating graphic astatine the apical of your screen). If you were talented immoderate of the iPhone 14 models, you'll privation to cognize what exigency SOS via outer is and however to usage it. There are besides small hacks you should cognize about, specified arsenic editing oregon unsending iMessages, which I usage each the clip and tin truly travel successful handy.

Here are immoderate iPhone 14 tips and tricks to get you started.

You tin present edit and delete iMessages you've already sent. This adjacent diagnostic works for anyone who has an iPhone released successful 2017 oregon later. Just marque definite your iPhone is moving connected iOS 16 oregon newer. (You tin cheque by going to Settings > General > About.)

You'll person lone 2 minutes to unsend an iMessage and 15 minutes to edit an iMessage. This perk doesn't enactment with SMS substance messages, the benignant that shows up arsenic greenish bubbles alternatively of bluish ones. And it lone works if the different idiosyncratic you're texting besides has iOS 16 oregon newer installed.

To edit an iMessage:

• Open iMessage.
• Press and clasp the connection you privation to edit.
• A Quick Actions paper volition appear.
• Tap Edit.
• Choose Edit to alteration the message.
• Once you're done editing, deed the bluish cheque mark.
• You tin edit a azygous connection up to 5 times.
• You'll person 15 minutes from the clip you sent it to alteration your message.

To unsend an iMessage:

• Open iMessage.
• Press and clasp the connection you privation to unsend.
• A Quick Actions paper volition appear.
• Tap Undo Send.
• Undo Send works up to 2 minutes aft sending.
• When you effort to unsend iMessages that were sent to idiosyncratic moving iOS 15 oregon earlier software, they whitethorn inactive beryllium capable to spot them.
• If the idiosyncratic you are texting has iOS 16, a connection volition look saying you unsent a substance message. The idiosyncratic you're texting won't cognize what that connection was, arsenic agelong arsenic they didn't spot a preview of that substance erstwhile the archetypal iMessage was sent.

A caller diagnostic called "duplicate detection" helps to aggregate each of your repetitive photos. It's lone disposable connected iOS 16, which you tin download arsenic agelong arsenic you person an iPhone 8 oregon newer. Using this caller diagnostic tin assistance you escaped up wasted retention space.

To delete duplicate photos:

• Open the Photos app connected your iPhone.
• Tap Albums astatine the bottommost of your screen.
• In Albums, scroll down to the conception titled Utilities.
• Under the Utilities section, prime Duplicates.
• You'll spot duplicate matches and an enactment to Merge.
• Tap Merge to delete duplicate photos.
• To spell done your duplicates faster, take Select successful the apical close country to take aggregate photos astatine once. You tin adjacent take Select All to merge each of the duplicate photos iOS 16 detects.

You tin present spot your artillery percent successful the artillery icon astatine the apical of your screen. It's utile if you privation much details connected however overmuch artillery beingness you person left. Knowing you person a 60% complaint is simply a batch easier to spot than trying to gauge it from an icon. So, crook connected the artillery percent indicator.

How to crook connected the artillery percent indicator:

• Open Settings.
• Tap Battery.
• Toggle connected Battery Percentage.

You'll present spot that small fig indicating your artillery beingness wrong the artillery icon connected the apical right-hand country of your iPhone screen.

In November, Apple launched exigency SOS via outer for each iPhone 14 users, which allows users to substance exigency services erstwhile they're disconnected the grid, whether camping successful the mountains oregon driving successful a distant country astatine night. The work is escaped for the archetypal 2 years.

How to usage exigency SOS via satellite:

• In the lawsuit of an emergency, effort calling 911. If you don't person compartment service, your telephone volition effort to link to different carrier's tower. If that doesn't work, an enactment to usage "Emergency Text via Satellite" volition popular up.
• You tin besides spell to iMessage to substance 911 oregon SOS, past pat Emergency Services.
• An enactment volition populate, allowing you to pat to study an emergency.
• Emergency questions volition populate to assistance you champion picture your situation. The archetypal punctual volition accidental "What's the emergency?" You'll past beryllium capable to prime from options specified arsenic "Car oregon conveyance issue" oregon "sickness oregon injury." Next, you'll beryllium led done a bid of much in-depth questions.
• You'll beryllium fixed the enactment to notify your exigency contacts to fto them cognize you reached retired to exigency services, on with your determination and the quality of your emergency. You tin besides usage the Find My app to stock your determination with friends and household via satellite.
• To link to a satellite, your telephone volition inquire you to constituent it toward the sky. As agelong arsenic you person a wide view, you should beryllium capable to link to a satellite, but it could instrumentality up to 15 seconds for your messages to spell through. If you don't person a wide presumption of the sky, due to the fact that of trees oregon different obstruction, the texts whitethorn instrumentality a infinitesimal to spell through. And due to the fact that satellites orbit the world quickly, you'll person to determination your telephone somewhat to enactment connected passim the conversation.
• Once you've connected to exigency services via satellite, they'll instantly cognize your determination and the quality of your emergency, but you'll beryllium asked a fewer much questions to assistance exigency unit find you and to travel prepared.
• If you person your aesculapian ID acceptable up done your iPhone's wellness settings, exigency services volition beryllium capable to spot important idiosyncratic information, similar what medications you're taking and the names of your exigency contacts.

This adjacent instrumentality works with each iPhones, but galore radical don't cognize astir it and it's ace amusive and useful. You tin place the song that's playing connected the vigor astatine a bar, successful your car, oregon astatine a friend's house, each without having to unfastened an app. All you person to bash is swipe down and pat a azygous button.

Apple acquired the euphony designation work Shazam successful 2018 and mounting it up connected your iPhone is easy.

• Open Settings connected your iPhone.
• Tap Control Center.
• Scroll down nether "More" and pat the greenish '+' fastener adjacent to Music Recognition.

That adds the euphony designation relation to Control Center, which you entree by swiping down from the top-right of your screen, oregon from the bottommost of the surface if you person an iPhone with a Home button.

Once you've done that, you tin usage your iPhone to place a opus by swiping down from the top-right of the surface to unfastened Control Center and past tapping the Shazam button. Your telephone volition perceive for a fewer seconds, past amusement the creator and rubric astatine the apical of your screen. And it'll prevention a past of the songs you've identified truthful you tin spell backmost and spot them later. To bash that, conscionable property and clasp the Shazam button.

Widgets connected your iPhone fto you spot info from your favourite apps without having to really unfastened those apps. You tin usage widgets connected your location surface and fastener screen, oregon you tin usage widgets from Today View by swiping close from the location surface oregon fastener screen.

To spot widgets connected your location screen:

• From the Home Screen, interaction and clasp a widget oregon an bare country until the apps jiggle.
• Tap the Add button in the precocious near corner.
• Select a widget, take a widget size, then pat Add Widget.
• Tap Done.

To adhd widgets from Today View:

• Touch and clasp a widget oregon an bare country successful Today View until the apps jiggle. You tin entree Today View by swiping close from the location surface oregon fastener screen.
• Tap the adhd button in the precocious near corner.
• Scroll down to prime a widget, past take from 3 widget sizes.
• Tap Add widget, past pat Done.

To support your iPhone's location surface organized, you tin cleanable things up by adding and deleting apps.

To prevention abstraction and declutter your iPhone, here's however to delete apps you don't use:

• Go to the App Library and pat the hunt tract to unfastened the list.
• Touch and clasp the app icon, past pat Delete App.
• Tap Delete again to confirm.

To support an app downloaded, but region it from your location screen:

• Touch and clasp the app.
• Tap Remove App.
• Tap Remove from location screen.

You'll announcement that erstwhile you swipe connected your location surface from close to left, determination are aggregate pages that location your apps.

To region an full leafage from your location screen:

• Touch and clasp an bare country connected your location screen.
• Tap the dots adjacent the bottommost of your screen.
• Tap the ellipse nether the leafage that you privation to hide.
• Tap the Remove button, past pat Remove. 

To fell an full page, but not delete it:

• Touch and clasp an bare country connected your location screen.
• Tap the dots adjacent the bottommost of your screen.
• Tap the ellipse nether the leafage that you privation to hide.
• Tap Done. 

To unhide a page, repetition the steps above. Then usage the App Library to rapidly find apps hidden connected antithetic pages.

5G compartment work works with each carriers and iPhone models 12, 13, 14 and SE 3. On the iPhone, Apple uses a 5G Auto Setting arsenic a default. This enables Smart Data mode. When 5G speeds don't supply a amended experience, your telephone volition automatically switch to LTE, redeeming artillery life.

If your telephone is not connected 5G Auto and alternatively connected 5G On, you could beryllium draining your battery. That's due to the fact that nary substance what transportation is best, your iPhone is ever trying to link to 5G.

To optimize your artillery life, here's however to crook disconnected 5G:

• Go to Settings.
• Tap Cellular.
• Tap Cellular Data Options.
• Tap Voice & Data.
• To crook disconnected 5G, pat LTE for amended artillery life.

Or fto your iPhone determine for you to optimize battery:

• Go to Settings.
• Tap Cellular.
• Tap Cellular Data Options.
• Tap Data Mode.
• Tap Low Data Mode erstwhile you privation to conserve your artillery life.

If you're upgrading from a overmuch older exemplary iPhone, don't usage your aged charger. As agelong arsenic you person an iPhone 8 oregon newer, you tin charge your telephone by 50% successful 30 minutes utilizing a 20-watt powerfulness adapter with a USB-C to lightning cablegram charger. But determination are immoderate different artillery tricks you should cognize about.

Turn connected Low Power Mode to conserve battery:

• Open Settings.
• Tap Battery.
• Toggle Low Power Mode on.

You'll spot nether this enactment an mentation from Apple that says: "Low Power Mode temporarily reduces inheritance enactment similar downloads and message fetch until you tin afloat complaint your iPhone."

Turn down your surface brightness to conserve battery:

If your surface is connected maximum brightness, it's draining your iPhone's battery. To crook it down:

• Swipe down from the precocious near country of your iPhone.
• There's a rectangle icon wherever you'll spot an representation of a sun. Swipe down connected the icon until the screen's brightness is reduced.

Check your iPhone's artillery health:

Apple has a instrumentality that's automatically built into your iPhone to assistance forestall your artillery from losing efficacy. This diagnostic besides makes your iPhone complaint slower based connected your routines. Here's however to crook it off:

• Open Settings.
• Tap Battery.
• Tap Battery Health & Charging
• Toggle disconnected Optimized Battery Charging.

As agelong arsenic you person iOS 15 oregon newer, you tin acceptable up a diagnostic called Focus which allows you to take the alerts and notifications you person and fto others cognize you're busy. This tin assistance you debar getting distracted by each of your phone's notifications portion you're trying to work, slumber oregon drive.

• Open Settings.
• Tap Focus.
• Tap options specified arsenic Do Not Disturb, Personal, Sleep oregon Work.
• Tap Customize.
• Select allowed oregon silenced notifications from radical and apps. This mode if your child, oregon boss, is calling, you'll inactive get notified.
• You can also enable Time Sensitive notifications from apps, which allows apps not successful your allowed database to send notifications marked arsenic Time Sensitive.
• You tin swipe down from the top-right of your location surface to crook connected Focus.

When you're connected Focus, your presumption volition automatically beryllium displayed successful your Messages app truthful erstwhile radical effort to nonstop you a message, they'll spot that you've silenced your notifications, but they tin inactive take to notify you if it's urgent.

Also, if you person an iPad oregon Apple Watch, oregon immoderate different Apple instrumentality acceptable up, Focus volition automatically beryllium applied crossed each your Apple devices that are signed successful with the aforesaid Apple ID.

There are immoderate caller chill fastener screens connected the iPhone 14.

To alteration up your fastener screen:

• Touch and clasp the fastener surface until the Customize fastener appears astatine the bottommost of your screen.
• Tap Customize.
• Tap Add Widgets to adhd views of your favourite apps, specified arsenic upcoming calendar events, your Apple Watch artillery life, the weather, the news, a countdown, oregon your upcoming alarms.

Dynamic Island is the coolest diagnostic Apple introduced this year. Instead of that blank notch that utilized to location the selfie camera and microphone, there's a caller interactive pill show that has the quality to shape-shift connected the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Let's accidental you're speechmaking an article. You tin besides power the euphony you're listening to by tapping Dynamic Island alternatively of switching applications. It's useful.

The abstraction tin beryllium utilized to amusement different things, specified arsenic directions, AirPod transportation presumption and artillery life, oregon a timer. It tin adjacent divided into 2 abstracted cutouts, truthful you tin spot a timer connected 1 broadside and way the accomplishment clip of your Lyft simultaneously, for example.

The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max person a diagnostic called an always-on display, which Android phones person had for years. The vantage is that you tin spot your widgets, specified arsenic the day and the weather, arsenic good arsenic the time, successful a low-light mode erstwhile your telephone is locked. The diagnostic isn't expected to beryllium a drain connected your battery.

But, if you're similar maine and privation much bid and quiescent without the impulse to look implicit astatine your phone, here's however to crook disconnected the always-on display.

• Open Settings.
• Tap Display & Brightness.
• Scroll down to Always On and toggle it disconnected to deactivate the feature.