iPhone User Guide
- iPhone User Guide
- What’s new in iOS 13
- Supported iPhone models
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- Wake and unlock
- Adjust the volume
- Change sounds and vibrations
- Access features from the Lock screen
- Open apps on the Home screen
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- Change or lock the screen orientation
- Change the wallpaper
- Make screen items more reachable
- Search with iPhone
- Use AirDrop to send items
- Perform quick actions
- Use and customize Control Center
- View and organize Today View
- Charge and monitor the battery
- Learn the meaning of the status icons
- Travel with iPhone
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- Calculator
- Compass
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- View photos and videos
- Edit photos and videos
- Edit Live Photos
- Edit Portrait mode photos
- Organize photos in albums
- Search in Photos
- Share photos and videos
- View Memories
- Find people in Photos
- Browse photos by location
- Use iCloud Photos
- Share photos with iCloud Shared Albums
- Use My Photo Stream
- Import photos and videos
- Print photos
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- Weather
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- Intro to CarPlay
- Connect to CarPlay
- Use Siri
- Use your car’s built-in controls
- Get turn-by-turn directions
- Change the map view
- Make phone calls
- Play music
- View your calendar
- Send and receive text messages
- Play podcasts
- Play audiobooks
- Listen to news stories
- Control your home
- Use other apps with CarPlay
- Rearrange icons on CarPlay Home
- Change settings in CarPlay
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- Restart iPhone
- Force restart iPhone
- Update iOS
- Back up iPhone
- Return iPhone settings to their defaults
- Restore all content from a backup
- Restore purchased and deleted items
- Sell or give away your iPhone
- Erase all content and settings
- Restore iPhone to factory settings
- Install or remove configuration profiles
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- Get started with accessibility features
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- Turn on and practice VoiceOver
- Change your VoiceOver settings
- Learn VoiceOver gestures
- Operate iPhone using VoiceOver gestures
- Control VoiceOver using the rotor
- Use the onscreen keyboard
- Write with your finger
- Use VoiceOver with Magic Keyboard
- Type onscreen braille using VoiceOver
- Use a braille display
- Customize gestures and keyboard shortcuts
- Use VoiceOver with a pointer device
- Use VoiceOver in apps
- Zoom
- Magnifier
- Display & Text Size
- Motion
- Spoken Content
- Audio Descriptions
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Get information about your iPhone
- View or change cellular settings
- Find more resources for software and service
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Class 1 Laser information
- Apple and the environment
- Disposal and recycling information
- Copyright
Make and receive FaceTime calls on iPhone
With an Internet connection and an Apple ID, you can make and receive calls in the FaceTime app (first sign in with your Apple ID, or create an Apple ID, if you don’t have one). See Manage Apple ID and iCloud settings on iPhone.
You can also make FaceTime calls over a cellular data connection, which may incur additional charges. To turn this feature off, go to Settings > Cellular, then turn off FaceTime. See View or change cellular settings on iPhone.
![The FaceTime screen showing a call in progress. Your image appears in a small rectangle in the upper right, and the image of the other person fills the rest of the screen. Across the bottom of the screen are the Effects, Mute, Flip, and End buttons. The button for taking a Live Photo is above them.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FE0946226D7189D62A/en_US/c40488c4ac215b1c319485f2356be424.png)
Make a FaceTime call
Ask Siri. Say something like: “Make a FaceTime call.” Learn how to ask Siri.
In FaceTime, tap
at the top right.
Type the name or number you want to call in the entry field at the top, then tap Video
to make a video call or tap Audio
to make a FaceTime audio call (not available in all countries or regions).
You can also tap
to open Contacts and start your call from there, or tap a contact in your list of FaceTime calls to quickly make a call.
Tip: To see more during a FaceTime video call, rotate iPhone to use landscape orientation. See Change or lock the screen orientation on iPhone.
To call multiple people, see Make a Group FaceTime call on iPhone.
Leave a message
If no one answers your FaceTime call, do one of the following:
Tap Leave a Message.
Tap Cancel to cancel the call.
Tap Call Back to try calling back.
Start a FaceTime call from a Messages conversation
In a Messages conversation, you can start a FaceTime call with the person you’re chatting with.
In the Messages conversation, tap the profile picture,
, or the name at the top of the conversation.
Tap FaceTime.
Call again
In your call history, tap the name or number, or tap to choose a name or number in Contacts and start your call from there.
Receive a FaceTime call
When a FaceTime call comes in, tap any of the following:
Accept: Take the call.
Decline: Decline the call.
Remind Me: Set a reminder to call back.
Message: Send a text message to the caller.
![The incoming call screen. At the bottom of the screen, in the top row, from left to right, are the Remind Me and Message buttons. In the bottom row, from left to right, are the Decline and Accept buttons.](https://help.apple.com/assets/5F1904F50946226D7189D604/5F1904FE0946226D7189D62A/en_US/f888aede16e25e54fff683d7b33203c2.png)
If you’re on another call when a FaceTime call comes in, you can tap End & Accept or Hold & Accept.
Delete a call from your call history
In FaceTime, swipe left over the call in your call history, then tap Delete.