15

Working with Other Useful iPhone Apps and Features

In this chapter, you learn about some other really useful apps and iPhone functionality. Topics include the following:

→ Getting started

→ Touring other cool iPhone apps

→ Listening to music with the Music app

→ Finding your way with Maps

→ Managing your health information with the Health app

→ Using Bluetooth to connect to other devices

→ Connecting your iPhone to other iPhones, iPod touches, or iPads

→ Working with the Wallet app and Apple Pay

→ Working seamlessly across your devices

An iPhone can truly become your iPhone over time as you use the apps and features that you find to be useful for living your daily life, traveling, communicating, and so on. The great thing about iPhone apps is that there are so many to choose from, and because many of them are free, you can try lots of apps. Keep and use the ones you like, delete the ones you don’t. Over time, you’ll develop a group of core apps that you use constantly and a few that you use just occasionally. The rest you can just delete to get rid of them or move them out of the way.

Don’t be hesitant to try apps. Apple maintains extremely tight control over the apps that make it into the App Store, so there’s virtually no chance that an app you download and install can put you or your information at any risk. It usually takes only a few minutes of using an app to determine if it will be useful to you, so you’re not risking much of your time either.

In this chapter, you also learn how you can connect your iPhone to other devices in several ways. You can use Bluetooth to connect to speakers, headphones, fitness trackers, keyboards, and more. You can connect to other iPhones, iPads, and Macs using AirDrop, so you can quickly and easily share files across those devices.

You’ll also see how Apple Pay enables you to safely and easily pay for purchases in online stores or in the “real world.” You can store credit or debit cards in the Wallet app and then use them to pay for purchases with a wave of your phone or tap of a button.

And, you learn how the iOS Handoff feature makes it easy to work on the same tasks on Macs, iPhones, and iPads. For example, you can create an email on a Mac, and work on the same email on an iPad and your iPhone, too. When a phone call comes in to your iPhone, you can choose to answer it on your Mac or iPad.

Icon	App	Description
	Calculator	In portrait orientation, the Calculator is the equivalent of one you would get at the local dollar store. Rotate the iPhone to access scientific calculator options. You can get to the Calculator quickly by opening the Control Center; then, tap the Calculator icon. You can also tap the Calculator icon on a Home screen to launch the app.
	Clock	Get the current time in multiple locations around the world, set alarms, set a consistent time to sleep every day, use a stopwatch, or count down time with a timer. You can launch the Clock app from the Control Center or a Home screen.
	Compass (Extras folder)	Transform your iPhone into a compass. Using this app, you can see your current location on the analog-looking compass and with your exact position shown in latitude and longitude.
	Files	When you enable the iCloud Drive under your iCloud account, use the Files app to access the documents stored there. (See Chapter 3, “Setting Up and Using an Apple ID, iCloud, and Other Online Accounts,” for information on configuring your iCloud account.)
	Find Friends (Extras folder)	See the current location of “friends” who are part of your Family Sharing group or who you add to the app manually. You can also share your location with others.
	Find iPhone (Extras folder)	Use this app to locate other iPhones, iPads, or Macs that have enabled Find My iPhone using the same iCloud account. (Learn about Find My iPhone in Chapter 16, “Maintaining and Protecting Your iPhone and Solving Problems.”)
	Flashlight (Control Center, Lock screen [X models])	Use your iPhone’s flash as a flashlight. Open the Control Center and tap the Flashlight icon to turn the light on; tap it again to turn it off. Press and hold on the icon to pop up the brightness slider; drag the slider up to increase the brightness or down to decrease it. On iPhone X models, you can use the Flashlight by briefly pressing on the Flashlight icon on the Lock screen. This is a very simple app, but also happens to be extremely useful.
	Home	After you configure it to work with your home automation devices, use the Home app to control those devices.
	iBooks	Access and organize books and PDFs so that you always have something to read. The app enables you to change how the books appear on the screen, such as making the font larger or smaller. iBooks syncs across your devices so that you can read something on your iPhone and then pick it up later at the same spot on an iPad.
	iTunes Store	The iTunes Store enables you to browse or search for music, TV shows, movies, and other content. When you find something you want to listen to or watch, you can easily download it to your iPhone. You access the iTunes Store using your Apple ID; any purchases you make are completed using the purchase information associated with that account. Content you download to your iPhone is available in the associated app; for example, when you download music, you listen to that music using the Music app. This app works very similarly to the App Store app, which is covered in Chapter 4, “Customizing How Your iPhone Works.”
	Measure	With this app, you can tap the Measure icon to measure distances and surface areas using the iPhone’s camera. You can tap the Level icon to measure angles as you do with a physical level.
	News	Read news from a variety of sources. You can search news and save items of interest to you. You can also choose your favorite news sources so that you can focus more on what you care about and avoid what you don’t have any interest in.
	Notes	Capture different kinds of information, including text notes, lists, photos, maps, and more. You can also draw in the app and attach different types of objects to notes, and then use the Attachment Manager to view them. Using online accounts with the Notes app, such as iCloud, means that your notes are available on all your devices. If you want to share a note, tap the Share icon and choose how you want to share it.
	Podcasts	This app enables you to subscribe to and then listen to podcasts on a wide variety of topics. Episodes of podcasts to which you are subscribed download to your iPhone automatically. You can configure how many episodes are saved on your phone globally and for individual podcasts. There are podcasts on any topic you can imagine so it’s very likely you can find podcasts that are of interest to you. You can search for specific podcasts or browse for them based on category and topic.
	Reminders	Create reminders for just about anything you can imagine, such as to-do lists, items you need to purchase, etc. You can configure alarms for reminders that trigger notifications based on date and time or by location. You can set up repeating reminders, too. If that isn’t enough, you can also create multiple lists of reminders, such as one for work and one for personal items. Like other apps, you can store your reminders on the cloud so that you can access them from multiple devices.
	Stocks	Use this app to track stocks in which you are interested. You can add any index, stock, or mutual fund as long as you know the symbol for it, and you can even use the application to find a symbol if you don’t know it. You can see current performance and view historical performance for various time periods. Rotate the iPhone to see a more in-depth view when you are examining a specific stock. You can see the current “ticker” for the items you are tracking by opening the Widget screen and swiping up or down until you see the Stocks widget.
	Tips (Extras folder)	Use this app to get a few pointers about working with your iPhone. Of course, because you have this book, you are way ahead of the game.
	TV	Use this app to watch TV shows and movies. You can sign in to a cable provider to watch TV content and you can subscribe to video services, such as HBO Now. Movies or TV shows you purchase or rent using the iTunes Store app are added to this app so you can watch them.
	Voice Memos (Extras folder)	Record audio notes using the Voice Memos app. Play them back, and, through syncing, move them onto your computer, or share them by tapping the Share icon. You can record through the iPhone’s microphone or via the mic on the earbud headset.
	Watch	Use this app to pair and configure your iPhone with an Apple Watch. Once paired with your iPhone, you can configure how your Apple Watch accesses content from your iPhone’s apps such as Mail, Calendar, Messages, Phone, Contacts, Photos, Music, Reminders, and more.
	Weather	See current weather conditions and a high-level forecast for any number of locations. You can use the default locations, and if you tap the List icon in the lower-right corner of the screen, you can add, remove, and organize the locations you want to track. Swipe through the screens to see each location’s forecast.

Other Useful Apps Not Installed by Default

Icon	App	Description
	AARP Now	You can get information provided by AARP by reading articles and watching videos. You can also get information about your AARP benefits and access your AARP account.
	Airline apps	All the major airlines have apps you can use to make reservations, check flight status, and more. The best of these apps also enable you to check in for flights and provide an electronic boarding pass through the Wallet app.
	AroundMe	Use the app to locate “things” that are around you. You can find hospitals, restaurants, gas stations, hotels, and much more. This app is really useful when you are in a new area because you can quickly find and get to places of interest.
	Food ordering and delivery apps	There are a number of apps that enable you to order and get food delivered to you. Examples of these apps include GrubHub, BeyondMenu, UberEATS, and Foodler. You can use these apps to search for restaurants near your present location. You can choose the type of food you want and then view menus and make orders for delivery in many cases. These apps are especially useful when you travel, but you should also try them at home to see what local restaurants participate in these services.
	GateGuru	This app helps you make airline travel better by providing information about the airports you visit along the way. You can find amenities, see maps, and get flight information.
	Ride sharing apps	These apps, prime examples of which are Uber and Lyft, enable you to request a ride from your current location to wherever you want to go. When you submit a request and a driver accepts it, you see exactly when your ride will arrive. You can use the app to communicate with your driver in case you need to clarify the pickup location. You also get fare information and the app handles all payments for you automatically, so, when you arrive at your destination, you can just get out of the car and go. These services generally provide better service, are easier to use, and are less expensive than taxis. You can also request a ride with a ride-sharing service through the Maps app as you’ll see in “Finding Your Way with Maps” later in this chapter.
	TripIt	This is a great app if you travel frequently because it consolidates your travel plans in one place. When you book a trip, you email your itinerary to the TripIt address. The details are extracted and a TripIt itinerary is created. The app then tracks the status of flights and other information and it keeps you informed of any changes. For example, if a flight gets delayed, you see a notification and your itinerary is automatically updated.
	WebMD	You can use this one to look up symptoms of health problems to help you identify potential causes and treatment. You can also look up medical terms, get information about tests and treatments, and access other medical information.
	Yelp	This is another app you can use to find places of interest to you, including shopping, restaurants, gas stations, and more. You can also get deals at participating organizations and read reviews posted by other Yelp users.

There are different sources of music to which you can listen. These include the following sources:

• Music you own—You can purchase music using the iTunes Store app; this music immediately becomes available in the Music app. You can buy individual songs or collections of songs. Once purchased, you can download this music onto any of your devices using the same Apple ID as was used for the purchase.

  You can also add music you own on audio CDs or in a digital format by first adding that music to the iTunes app and then syncing that music onto your iPhone. If you already own music like this, there is no additional cost to add it to your iPhone, but it does require some time and effort along with the use of the iTunes app on a computer.

• Apple Music—This subscription service from Apple enables you to access its huge music library. You use Apple Music to stream music onto your phone. You can also download it to the phone so that you can listen to it when your phone isn’t connected to the Internet or if you want to avoid using cellular data to stream music.

  The benefit of Apple Music is that the amount of music available to you is both enormous and extremely diverse. Unless you have very niche musical tastes, you are likely to find any music you want to listen to in Apple Music. You can also access Apple Music on any of your compatible devices, such as an iPad or a Mac, at no additional charge.

  The downside of Apple Music is that it requires a monthly subscription fee. And you are only “renting” the music. If you let your Apple Music membership expire, you lose access to all of its music.

• iTunes Radio—This source, which is free to use, consists of streamed music organized in “stations.” You can listen to existing stations or you can create your own stations based on songs or playlists that you like. You must have your phone connected to the Internet to be able to listen to iTunes Radio.

Of course, you can mix and match these sources. For example, you may already own music and also use Apple Music and iTunes Radio to expand the music available to you. Understanding which type of music you are working with is important because the source can change what you can do with that music. For example, you have to download Apple Music onto your phone to be able to listen to it when you aren’t connected to the Internet.

There are lots of ways to use the Music app; the following tasks show you how to find and listen to music in your library and Apple Music. Working with iTunes Radio is similar.

Open the Music app.

Tap Library. (Like other apps, Music remembers where you left off. If you don’t move directly to the main Library page, tap the Back icon (<) located in the upper-left corner of the screen until you move to that page.)

Tap Artists.

Swipe up or down the list of artists to find the one you are interested in or tap the first letter of the artist’s name on the index (tap # for artists whose name starts with a number).

Tap the artist whose music you want to explore.

Swipe up or down the screen to browse the artist’s music.

Tap an album to see its contents.

Review and play the music you see (see “Playing Music” later in this chapter for details).

Open the Music app.

Tap Library. (Like other apps, Music remembers where you left off. If you don’t move directly to the main Library page, tap the Back icon (<) located in the upper-left corner of the screen until you move to that page.)

Tap Songs. On the Songs screen, you see a list of all the songs in your library organized by artist and song title.

Tap Sort.

Tap Title to have the songs sorted by title, Artist to have them sorted by the artist’s name, or Recently Added to put songs you’ve recently added at the top of the list. This example shows the Title option selected.

Swipe up or down the screen to browse songs.

To find a song by its title, tap the index on the first letter of the song’s or artist’s name and then swipe up or down the screen to find the song you want to hear.

Tap the song you want to hear (see “Playing Music” later in this chapter for details).

Apple Music provides suggestions to you for music you might enjoy based on the music you listen to, or search for, and based on music you indicate that you like by tapping the heart icon while you view or listen to it. Over time, these suggestions get more specific to your musical tastes so that Apple Music’s recommendations should help you discover and enjoy new music.

Apple Music is accessible on your iPhone, other iOS devices (such as an iPad), and any computer with the iTunes software on it. (Note that with a single membership, you can play Apple Music on only one device at a time.)

To access Apple Music, you must subscribe to the service.

Open the Music app.

Tap For You.

Tap Try It Now.

Tap the type of account you want to create (Individual, Family, or College Student).

Tap Start Trial.

Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the process by first selecting an existing Apple ID to use or creating a new one. After you’ve completed the process, Apple Music is enabled in the Music app and you see its options on the Dock at the bottom of the screen. (These steps are not shown in figures.)

Open the Music app and tap For You. On the For You screen, you see a collection of playlists, albums, and songs that Apple Music recommends based on music you’ve listened to or that you indicated you like.

Swipe up and down the screen to browse the selected music. It is organized in different categories, and the content of each category changes over time. The Recently Played section makes it easy to get back to music you’ve listened to recently.

Explore the contents of a playlist or album by tapping its artwork. You see the list of songs in the collection you tapped.

Review and play the music you see (see “Playing Music” later in this chapter for details).

Tap Back (<) to return to the For You screen to browse for other music.

Tap Browse.

Tap a category of music you want to browse, such as Genres.

Swipe up and down to browse all the genres.

Tap a genre to explore its contents.

Swipe up and down and left and right to browse all the content available.

Tap a playlist, album, or other grouping to see the music it contains.

Review and play the music you see (see “Playing Music” later in this chapter for details).

Using the information in the previous tasks, find Apple Music you want to add to your library.

To add all the songs you see to your Library, tap + ADD or to add an individual song to your library, tap Add (+). You see the Added confirmation pop up briefly and then all of the songs in the current collection or the individual songs download to your iPhone. When the process is complete, you see DOWNLOADED at the top of the screen.

Open the Music app.

Tap Search.

Tap a recent search to repeat that same search, and move to step 6.

Tap a trending search (one that other people are performing) to perform that search, and move to step 6.

Tap in the Search bar to perform a new search.

Search the music in your library by tapping Your Library, or search Apple Music by tapping Apple Music.

Type the term for which you want to search; this can be an artist’s name, song title, album title, lyrics, and so on. As you type, the results that meet your search term appear under the tabs.

Swipe up and down the screen to review the results of your search.

When you find something of interest, tap it. You move to that content’s page. What this contains depends on what you tapped on. For example, if you tap an album, you move to the album’s page. If you tap an artist, you move to a screen showing sections for top results, albums, songs, videos, and so on.

Browse the content of what you tapped in step 9.

Tap See All to see all the items in a group, such as all albums (not shown in the figure).

Tap an album, song, or other item to view it.

If you tapped an album, browse the songs it contains.

Tap a song to play it.

While the Miniplayer appears, you can use the upper part of the Music app’s screen to find other music to listen to, to download more music, and so on. The Miniplayer remains on the screen as long as music plays so you can control what is playing while you are doing other things with the app.

To have more control over the music and to see other options, tap the Miniplayer. The Now Playing screen opens.

• Timeline—Just below the art, you see the timeline. The elapsed time is on the left side, and the remaining time is on the right. The Playhead shows you where you are in the song. You can drag this to the left to move back in the song or to the right to move ahead.

• Song information—Below the timeline is the song’s name (in larger, bold font). Under that is the artist and album title. If any of this information is too large to fit on the screen, it scrolls across the screen to display it all.

• Previous/Rewind—If the current song has been playing for more than a second or two, tap this icon once to move to the beginning of the current song. If you are at the beginning of the current song, tap it to move to the previous song in the current source (album, artist, and so on). Tap and hold to rewind in the current song.

• Pause/Play—Tap Pause to pause the song. Tap Play to play it again.

• Next/Fast-Forward—Tap once to move to the next song on the list (or the next randomly selected song, if you are shuffling). Tap and hold to fast-forward in the current song.

• Volume—Drag the slider to the left to lower the volume or to the right to increase it.

• Output device—Tap this icon to change where music is playing. When you tap this, a menu showing all the options appears. For example, if you have Bluetooth speakers paired with your iPhone, you can tap them to play the music there. If you have devices connected via AirPlay, such as an Apple TV, you can tap them to use them to listen to music. If you have EarPods connected to your iPhone, you can choose to play music over them. To return playback to the iPhone’s speakers, tap iPhone.

• Options (…)—Whenever you see the Options icon (…), you can tap it to open a menu of commands as described in the following text and figure.

When you open an item’s menu by tapping the Options (…) icon, you see a menu of commands for that item. The commands you see depend on the item you are viewing at the time. For example, you see a different set of commands for an album than you do for an iTunes radio station. Also, the status of the item affects the commands you see. If you are viewing Apple Music that has been added to your library, you see the Remove command, which enables you to remove the music; if you are viewing music that hasn’t been added, you see the Add to Library command instead.

Following is an example of this menu for an album that is part of my library. If you tap an action on the menu, it is performed. If you don’t want to take an action, tap Cancel, and you move back to the prior screen.

To collapse the Now Playing screen, swipe down from or tap the top of the Now Playing screen. You return to the Miniplayer.

When you wake your phone, you see the Lock screen that displays information about and controls for the music currently playing. Use the controls you see; these work like they do in the Music app.

When you’re done controlling the tunes, press the Side button to put your phone to sleep again to prevent the controls from being on the screen (so that they don’t accidentally get activated if you put your iPhone back in your pocket, for example).

If your phone is unlocked, you can open the same tool by swiping down from the top of the screen. You see the same music controls as on the Lock screen. The Notification Center is under those controls; you can swipe up and down the list of notifications to review them. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to return to the previous screen.

When you press on the Music app’s icon, you see the Quick Actions menu. At the bottom of this menu, you see the Music widget displaying music you have played recently; tap an album cover or playlist art to play its music. You can tap Play Beats 1 to play that music or tap Search to jump to the search screen.

When you are browsing music, press on music in which you are interested to perform a Peek on it. In the Peek window, you view the music on which you pressed and you see a menu of commands. Tap a command to perform it. For example, tap the Play icon to play the music you are viewing.

Generating directions with the Maps app is easy and quick to do as the following steps demonstrate:

On the Home screen, tap Maps.

Tap in the Search bar.

Type in the location you want to find. You can type in an address, a place name (such as Indianapolis Executive Airport), or even a description of what you are looking for (for example, coffee). As you type, the app presents a list of locations that meet your search. Keep typing until you see the location you want to find on the list; if it isn’t a public location, such as somebody’s home or a business, you will probably have to type the entire address.

Tap the location you want to see on the map. The map appears and the location, or locations (if you do a more general search), for which you searched are marked with a pushpin. (If you found multiple locations, tap the one to which you want to navigate.)

To get directions to the selected location, tap Directions.

Tap how you want to travel to the destination, such as Drive, Walk, and so on. The options you see depend on where you are going and where you are. The app generates alternative paths when possible. The primary or default path is shown in dark blue; alternative paths are in light blue. You see a time estimate for each path.

You might also see paths or parts of paths in yellow or red. These colors indicate there is some kind of trouble along that route; red indicates a potentially longer slowdown than yellow. That trouble could be a slowdown due to an accident or heavy traffic. The length of the yellow or red segment can help you decide which route to take. If a route has large yellow or red segments, consider taking a different route.

If you want to follow an alternate path, tap it. Maps regenerates the route.

Tap Go. The app shows you the part of the route you are on and announces what you need to do.

Follow the verbal or onscreen directions to start your journey. Maps shows you where you are on your route and what is coming next. As you approach the next step, such as a turn, the app starts to make announcements about what you need to do.

Listen for the app’s instructions about the next step and follow the directions you hear.

To get more information or find interim locations (such as gas stations or restaurants), swipe up from the top of the gray section at the bottom of the screen (if you are using an X model and swipe up from the bottom of the screen, you move to a Home screen instead).

Tap the kind of service you need, such as Coffee (other options can include Gas Stations, Lunch, Breakfast, Dinner, or Restaurants depending on your location and time of day). Maps locates services of that type that are “convenient” to your path and presents options on the map and in the panel at the bottom of the screen.

Swipe up and down on the list of options to review how far away from you they are and how much time will be added to the trip if you go to those locations.

To navigate to one of the locations on the list, tap GO. Maps reroutes you to that location. (After you arrive at that location, Maps prompts you to resume your previous route.)

If you don’t want to choose one of the locations and just return to the directions to the original location, tap Done.

If you move out of the Maps app, you can tap the blue oval (X models) or bar (non-X models) at the top of the screen to return to it. When the next step in your path approaches, you see that step in a pop-up box on the screen.

Continue following the directions until you arrive at your destination.

Tap End Route to reset Maps.

You can also configure and use the Emergency SOS feature to get help quickly.

Open the Settings app.

Tap Emergency SOS.

Note how you activate an emergency call using the diagram at the top of the screen. This shows the specific buttons you push and the number of times you push them to place the emergency call. For example, on an X model, you press and hold the Side and either Volume button to activate an emergency call.

If you are using an X model, set the Call with Side button switch to on (green) if you want to be able to activate a call by quickly pressing the Side button five times.

Set the Auto Call switch to on (green). If you don’t do this, the emergency call won’t be automatically placed.

Tap Edit Emergency Contacts in Health to identify who you want to be notified when you place an emergency call. The details for this are provided in “Using the Health App to Create a Medical ID” later in this chapter.

Set the Countdown Sound switch to on (green) so you hear a warning sound before the call is placed. This can help prevent accidental emergency calls because you hear the alert before the call is made.

Press the button sequence to activate Emergency SOS that you noted in step 3 of the previous task. For example, on an iPhone 7 or earlier model, you press the Side button five times; on an iPhone 8, 8 Plus, or X you press the Side button and either Volume button or the Side button five times (if you enabled that option). The Emergency SOS feature activates, starts a timer, and plays the alert sound.

When the call is made, you are connected to your local emergency services just as if you placed the call manually. Notifications are also sent to your emergency contacts to inform them you have made an emergency call.

If you didn’t intend to place the call, tap the Stop icon before the timer finishes its countdown.

Tap Health to open the app.

Tap Create Medical ID. You see that your name and photo (if you added one) is filled in automatically based on other configurations, such as the photo set for your Apple ID. (If your name or photo isn’t entered automatically, enter at least your name; you should also add a photo so emergency workers can confirm your identity.)

Set the Show When Locked switch to on (green) so that you or others can access your medical information when your iPhone is locked. For example, if someone needs to provide you with medical treatment, they can get to this information without having to unlock your phone.

Tap in the Date of Birth area and use the wheels to set your date of birth.

Swipe up the screen on the Date of Birth area to close it.

Tap the next information you want to include.

Enter the information.

Tap in the next section and enter its information.

When you’re done entering the information in the text fields, swipe up the screen to close the keyboard.

Complete the other fields you see.

Tap add emergency contact.

Use the Contacts app to select the emergency contact (see Chapter 6, “Managing Contacts,” for help with this app).

Tap the relationship you have with the contact you selected in the prior step.

Continue adding information and emergency contacts until you’ve provided all the information you want to have available on your Medical ID.

When you’ve completed your Medical ID, tap Done.

If you enabled the Show When Locked feature in step 3 of the previous task, your Medical ID can be accessed while your iPhone is locked. This is especially useful for situations in which you are incapacitated and others need this information to treat you. To access this information while the phone is locked, wake up the phone, but don’t unlock it. (For example, if you are using Face ID, you need to point the screen away from you when you wake the phone, or it unlocks automatically. Of course, emergency responders won’t be able to unlock your phone, so undesired unlocking won’t be an issue for them.) Tap Emergency; then, tap Medical ID. Your information is displayed along with your emergency contacts who can be called by tapping their phone numbers.

If it isn’t open already from the previous task, open the Health app by tapping its icon on a Home screen (not shown on a figure).

Tap Sources.

Tap the app you want to configure.

If you want all the data that the app can report to be reported into the Health app, tap Turn All Categories On.

To enable specific data to be reported in the Health app, set its switch to on (green) or to prevent that data from being reported, set its switch to off (white).

Tap the Back icon (<) and repeat steps 3 through 5 until you’ve configured all the apps whose data you want to access in the Health app.

To see your information, open the Health app and use the following pointers to get started:

• Tap Health Data. You see categories at the top of the screen, such as Activity and Nutrition. Tap a category to view the information it contains. For example, when you tap Activity, you see information about the workouts you’ve done, which have been reported by other apps or captured by the iPhone itself. You can see information for the current week or year. You also see apps related to exercise along with data that’s been collected for various kinds of exercise or by specific apps. Tap Health Data to get back to the Health Data screen.

  

• On the Health Data screen, swipe up to view different kinds of data, such as Body Measurements or Heart. For example, if you tap Heart, you see a chart of heart data including heart rate. At the bottom of the screen, you can access other data, such as for blood pressure, or set up notifications, for example, to receive a notification when the heart rate exceeds a threshold value.

  

• Tap Today. You see the information collected, such as for activities that happened on that day. You can tap an activity to see its details. You can swipe on the dates at the top of the screen to select other days to view.

To connect Bluetooth devices together, you pair them. In Bluetooth, pairing enables two Bluetooth devices to communicate with each other. The one constant requirement is that the devices can communicate with each other via Bluetooth. For devices to find and identify each other so they can communicate, one or both must be discoverable, which means they broadcast a Bluetooth signal other devices can detect and connect to.

There is also a “sometimes” requirement, which is a pairing code, passkey, or PIN. All those terms refer to the same thing, which is a series of numbers, letters, or both, entered on one or both devices being paired. Sometimes you enter this code on both devices, whereas for other devices you enter the first device’s code on the second device. Some devices, such as headphones or speakers, don’t require a pairing code at all.

When you have to pair devices, you’re prompted to do so, and you have to complete the actions required by the prompts to communicate via Bluetooth. This might be just tapping Connect, or you might have to enter a passcode on one or both devices to connect them.

Move to the Settings screen. The current status of Bluetooth on your iPhone is shown.

Tap Bluetooth.

If Bluetooth isn’t on (green), tap the Bluetooth switch to turn it on. If it isn’t running already, Bluetooth starts up. The iPhone immediately begins searching for Bluetooth devices. You also see the status Now Discoverable, which means other Bluetooth devices can discover the iPhone. In the MY DEVICES section, you see devices to which you’ve previously paired your iPhone; their current status is either Connected, meaning the device is currently communicating with your iPhone, or Not Connected, meaning the device is paired with your iPhone, but is not currently connected to it. In the OTHER DEVICES section, you see the devices that are discoverable to your iPhone but that are not paired with it.

If the device you want to use isn’t shown in the OTHER DEVICES section, put it into Discoverable mode. (Not shown; see the instructions provided with the device.) When it is discoverable, it appears in the OTHER DEVICES section.

Tap the device to which you want to connect. If the device isn’t currently paired with your iPhone, you might need to provide a passkey. If a passkey is required, you see a prompt to enter it on the device with which you are pairing; perform step 6. If no passkey is required, skip to step 7.

If it is required, input the pairing code, passkey, or PIN on the device (not shown in a figure), such as typing the passkey on a keyboard if you are pairing your iPhone with a Bluetooth keyboard.

If required, tap Connect (not shown in a figure)—some devices connect as soon as you select them or enter the passkey and you won’t need to do this. You see the device to which the iPhone is connected in the MY DEVICES section of the Bluetooth screen, and its status is Connected, indicating that your iPhone can communicate with and use the device.

To manage a device, tap its Info icon.

Tap the command you want to use; for example, to stop working with a device, tap Disconnect. The options you see depend on the device and its current status.

When your iPhone is paired with a device that supports audio, such as headphones, you can open the device menu (such as the one on the Audio controls panel) and tap the device on which you want to hear that audio.

If the app you want to use communicates over a Wi-Fi network, such as a network you use to access the Internet, all the devices with which you want to communicate must be on that same network. If the application uses Bluetooth, you must enable Bluetooth on each device and pair them (as described in the previous task) so they can communicate with one another.

The specific steps you use to connect to other iOS devices using a collaborative app depend on the specific app you are using. The general steps are typically as follows:

1. Ensure the devices can communicate with each other. If the app uses Wi-Fi, each device must be on the same Wi-Fi network. If the app uses Bluetooth, the devices must be paired.

2. Each person opens the app on his device.

3. Use the app’s controls to select the devices with which you’ll be collaborating. Usually, this involves a confirmation process in which one person selects another person’s device and that person confirms that the connection should be allowed.

4. Use the app’s features to collaborate. For example, if the app is a game, each person can interact with the group members. Or, you can directly collaborate on a document with all parties providing input into the document.

AirDrop can use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to share, but the nice thing about AirDrop is that it manages the details for you. You simply open the Share menu—which is available in most apps—tap AirDrop, and tap the people with whom you want to share.

When you activate AirDrop, you can select Everyone, which means you see anyone who has a Mac running OS X Yosemite or later, or an iOS device running version iOS 7 or newer and is on the same Wi-Fi network as you (or has a paired Bluetooth device); those people can see you, too. (You can decline any request to share with you via AirDrop so even if you choose Everyone, you can still decide which content is moved onto your iPhone.) Or, you can select Contacts Only, which means only people who are in your Contacts app are able to use AirDrop to communicate with you. In most cases, you should choose the Contacts Only option so you have more control over who uses AirDrop with you.

Open the General screen of the Settings app.

Tap AirDrop.

Tap Receiving Off if you don’t want to receive any content via AirDrop (you can still share your content with others), tap Contacts Only to allow only people in your Contacts app to be able to request to share content with you, or Everyone to allow anyone using a device running iOS 7 or later or a Mac running OS X Yosemite or later in your area to request to share content with you.

Open the content you want to share. This example shows sharing a photo using the Photos app (this app is covered in detail in Chapter 14, “Viewing and Editing Photos and Video with the Photos App”). The steps to share content from any other app are quite similar.

Tap the Share icon.

If the app you selected in step 1 supports it, you can swipe to preview other content and select it by tapping it. Each item you select is available for sharing. When marked with the check mark, the content will be shared.

Tap AirDrop (not shown on the figure) or just wait a couple of seconds. The AirDrop icon is replaced with icons for each person in your area who has AirDrop enabled that you have permission to access (such as being in her Contacts app if she is using the Contacts Only option).

Swipe to the left or right to browse all the people with whom you can share.

Tap the people with whom you want to share the content. A sharing request is sent to those people’s devices. Under their icons, the Waiting status is displayed. When a recipient accepts your content, the status changes to Sent. If a recipient rejects your content, the status changes to Declined.

If the app supports it, browse and select more content to share by tapping items that aren’t selected; tap items currently selected if you don’t want to send them again.

Tap the people with whom you want to share the content.

When you’re done sharing, tap Done.

Make sure you know the person attempting to share with you.

Make sure the content being shared with you is something you want. In this case, a photo is being shared.

To accept the content on your iPhone, tap Accept. To reject it, tap Decline.

Use the associated app to work with the accepted content. For example, the Photos app provides tools to edit and share photos that are shared with you. In some cases, such as saving a contact shared with you, you need to tap Save to save the content on your iPhone or Cancel to not save it. (Other apps provide different controls depending on the type of content and the app it opens in.)

You can also use the Wallet app to access your Apple Pay information to make payments when you are in a physical location, such as a store or hotel (Apple Pay is covered in detail in “Working with Apple Pay” later in this chapter). You can also use Apple Pay when you make purchases online using some apps on your iPhone.

To open your wallet, tap the Wallet icon on a Home screen or first open the Control Center and then tap the Wallet icon. The Wallet app opens. At the top, you see the Apple Pay section that shows the cards you’ve enabled for Apple Pay. In the Passes section, you see other cards, such as boarding passes and loyalty cards.

As you add cards and boarding passes to your Wallet, they “stack up” at the bottom of the screen. Tap the stack to see the list of items available in your Wallet. The cards expand so that you can see at least the top of each card; if you have a lot of cards installed, swipe up or down on the screen to view all of them.

To use a card in your Wallet, tap it. It becomes the active card and you can access its information. For example, you can quickly access a boarding pass by opening the Wallet app and tapping it. To board the plane, you scan the code on the boarding pass. Even better, boarding passes start appearing on the Lock screen a few hours before the take-off time. Press (3D Touch) or swipe to the right (non-3D Touch) on the boarding pass on the Lock screen and you jump directly to the boarding pass in the Wallet app (you don’t even need to unlock your phone).

Some passes enable you to share them or information about them by tapping the Share icon and using the standard sharing tools that appear.

Others are connected to an app; you can tap the icon on the pass or card to move into the associated app.

When you tap a card’s Options icon (…), you can use the controls on a card’s Configure screen to adjust certain aspects of how the card works. If you set the Suggest on Lock Screen switch to on (green), for a card that works based on a location, such as your favorite stores, the card automatically appears on your Lock screen at the appropriate times. And, some cards can be automatically refilled from your bank account or credit/debit card so that they always have a positive balance.

To delete a card from your Wallet (such as a boarding pass when the flight is finished), tap Info (i), tap Delete or Remove Pass, and then confirm that you want to delete or remove it. The pass or card is removed from your Wallet.

When you’re done configuring a card, tap Done. The Configure screen closes and you return to the card you were configuring.

There are a couple of ways to add cards to your Wallet. The most frequent way to add a card is by using the Add to Wallet command in the app associated with the card. In some cases, you might be able to scan the code on a card to add it.

Open the app for which you want to add a pass or card to your Wallet.

Tap Pay. (These steps are specific to the Starbucks app, but you can add other cards to your Wallet in similar ways. Look for the command that enables you to configure how you pay for purchases associated with that card.)

Tap the app’s command to manage its information; this command can be labeled with different names in different apps (it is the Details command in the Starbucks app), or it might be accessed with an icon or menu.

Tap Add to Apple Wallet.

Tap Add. The card or pass is added to your Wallet and is ready to use. (You might be prompted to do some additional configuration of the card, such as to indicate favorite locations.)

Open the Wallet app and swipe up until you reach the bottom of the screen.

Tap Edit Passes.

Tap Scan Code.

Use the iPhone’s camera to scan the bar code on the card by positioning the phone so that the white box encloses the bar code on the card (not shown on a figure). If the bar code is recognized and is available for the Wallet, the pass or card is added to the Wallet and is ready for use. If the bar code isn’t recognized or doesn’t support the Wallet, you see an error and you need to find an associated app for the card to use it with the Wallet.

When you use Apple Pay in a physical store, the steps to use Apple Pay are slightly different between X and non-X models.

Apple Pay on an X model is a great way to pay for transactions quickly and easily. You can just hold your iPhone near the scanner, activate Apple Pay, press the Side button twice, hold the phone near the register, and look at your phone.

If you are using Apple Pay on a non-X model, you can simply hold your iPhone up to a contactless reader connected to the cash register and tap your finger on the Touch ID button. The iPhone communicates the information required to complete the purchase.

Apple Pay also simplifies purchases made in online stores. When you use an app or a website that supports Apple Pay, you can tap Check Out with Apple Pay, Buy with Apple Pay, or a similar onscreen button to complete the purchase.

Apple Pay is actually more secure than using a credit or debit card because your card information is not passed to the device; instead, a unique code is passed that ties back to your card, but that can’t be used again. And, you never present your card so the number is not visible to anyone, either visually or digitally.

Open your Wallet by tapping its icon on the Home screen.

Tap Add (+) in the Apple Pay section at the top of the screen.

Tap Continue.

Position the iPhone so that the card is inside the white box. The app captures information from the card, which is highlighted in white on the screen. When it has captured all the information it can, you move to the Card Details screen.

Use the keyboard or keypad to enter any information that wasn’t captured or to correct any information that wasn’t captured correctly.

Tap Next.

Use the keyboard or keypad to enter any information that wasn’t captured or to correct any information that wasn’t captured correctly.

Tap Next.

Tap Agree. The information for the card is verified. If it can’t be verified, you see an error message. For example, if the card doesn’t support Apple Pay, you see a message saying so. If this happens, tap OK to close the message and then wait for your card to support Apple Pay or enter a different card’s information. When the card’s verification is complete, you see it in your Wallet. Once the card is activated, you are ready to use it with Apple Pay.

• Enable and configure Apple Pay Cash (see Go Further “Paying People with Apple Pay Cash”).

• Tap a card to configure it, such as to determine if notifications related to it are sent. You also see a list of recent transactions for the card.

• Add a new credit or debit card (tap Add Card and follow the prompts).

• Use the Double-Click Side Button switch (X models) or Double-Click Home Button switch (non-X models) to determine whether you can access the cards in your Wallet by pressing the Side button or the Touch ID/Home button twice. This makes using your Wallet even easier because you press the associated button twice and your cards appear; tap a card to use it and then use Face ID or Touch ID to complete the process.

• Set the Allow Payments on Mac switch to on (green) if you use a Mac computer and want to be able to use Apple Pay for online transactions.

• Set your default Apple Pay card. The default card is used automatically; you have to manually select other cards in the Wallet app to use one of them instead.

• Update your shipping address, email addresses, and phone numbers.

You should also make sure Apple Pay is set to use Face ID (X models) or Touch ID (non-X models) because this makes it much easier and faster. Open the Settings app, tap Face ID & Passcode (X models) or Touch ID & Passcode (non-X models), and then enter your passcode. Ensure that the Apple Pay switch is on (green). This enables you to complete Apple Pay transactions by looking at your phone (X models) or touching the Touch ID/Home button (non-X models). (See Chapter 4 for the steps to help you configure Touch ID.)

You can also take phone calls on iPads or Macs.

Ensure that Handoff is enabled on all the devices with which you want to use it. On iOS devices, enable Handoff by opening the Settings app, tapping General, and then tapping Handoff. Set the Handoff switch to on (green).

To enable handoff on a Mac running OS X Yosemite or later, open the System Preferences app, and then open the General pane. Ensure that the Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices check box is checked.

If you want to be able to take phone calls on other devices, open the Phone settings and tap Calls on Other Devices. Set the Allow Calls on Other Devices switch to on (green). Set the switch to on (green) for each device on which you want to be able to take calls.

Start an email on your iPhone (this only works for iCloud email).

To work on the email on another iOS device, swipe up on the Mail icon on its Lock screen and unlock the device or to work on a Mac, click the Handoff icon on the left end of the Dock.

Work on the email on the iOS device or Mac.