Yahoo Finance iOS Hidden Feature: Expanded Control Center
When Apple released iOS 10, the latest system software for the iPhone/iPad,
it made a big deal out of the major features, like a redesigned Music app and contextual predictions in autocorrect.
But Apple’s engineer elves worked for a year to overhaul iOS 10, and they’ve planted lots of hidden gems.
Today, I’m happy to present another of the best iOS 10 features that Apple forgot to mention.
You know the Control Center? It’s that half-page of controls of essential settings that opens when you swipe upward from the bottom of the screen.
In iOS 10, you can hold your finger down on some of the icons to produce shortcut menus.
The Flashlight now lets you choose from three different brightness levels.
The Timer button offers presets for 1 minute, 5 minutes, 20 minutes, and so on.
The Camera button offers Take Photo, Record Slo-mo, Record Video, and Take Selfie.
That kind of thing.
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