iOS 15 is Apple’s latest operating system for its iPhone line of devices that was launched back on 20^th September, 2021. Similarly, the Latest iOS update brings many new features with many quality-of-life improvements for all the supported devices. If you’ve just upgraded your device or bought a new one with iOS 15 installed but can’t use it very well, then this Complete Beginners Guide is just for you. Stick till the end to perfectly use all the new features of iOS 15 on your device.

iOS 15 Complete Beginners Guide: What’s New?

1. Focus Mode

Focus Mode is basically the revamped Do not Disturb feature that has been added with new features and functionalities. Basically, users can now create various “Focusses (Plans)” for various activities like studying, exercising, working etc. that blocks certain apps from intruding during those periods. Similarly, you can add as many focusses as you like and filter apps to show notifications accordingly. Users can access Focus mode through Settings> Focus easily.

2. Email Privacy Protection

You might not know it but Newsletters, Marketing Emails, Email Clients etc. set up various invisible tracking’s in their emails to know if you’ve opened them or not. Clearly this is a violation of our privacy. And, Apple has introduced a new feature in iOS 15 to stop just that. Here, the feature is named Email privacy Protection and it blocks such malicious mails from keeping track of our activities. This handy feature is accessible through Settings> Mail> Privacy Protection> Protect Mail Activity easily.

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3. Health App Check list

Apple also introduced a new “Health Checklist” feature with iOS 15 to manage all health-related settings in your device at one place. In summary, this “checklist” contains features like walking steadiness, hand wash detection, fall detections and others. As such, it’s a great method of securing ourselves from any health-related issues that may eventually cause harm to us. Users can access this amazing feature from the Health App> Profile> Health Checklist easily.

4. Notification Summary

iOS 15 now brings a new notification feature to its users to reduce notification scams in their iPhones. Here, the feature is named Notification Summary and this allows the device to only deliver notifications at certain time frames in bulk. Also, users can choose either all or certain apps to be relegated in the Notification Summary. Alternatively, Apple has also built in new ‘Time Sensitive’ feature that informs users about critical alerts like calendar, messages etc. Lastly, Notification Summary feature is available at Settings> Notifications> Notification Summary.

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5. Safari Layouts

In case you didn’t like the new Safari’s look, Apple now lets users to change its overall appearance through Setting in iOS 15. For instance, users can move back the Address Bar back at the top of the screen, new Tabs bar etc. All of these new features are easily accessible through Settings> Safari easily. Users can either embrace the new look or revert the changes to keep similar layout with that of iOS 14.

6. Find My

Apple has always tried to improve the Find My App experience in the iPhone since its initial launch back in 19^th September, 2019. In iOS 15, Apple is finally bringing some much-needed improvements and feature updates to the Find My app on our iPhones. Now, the Find My app is capable enough to track our devices even when it’s turned off or erased. Likewise, it also offers features like live locations, Separation Alerts, widgets etc. All of these features are easily accessible through the Find My app pre-installed in our iPhones.