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Smartphones have replaced several kinds of everyday electronics over the years. This includes gadgets like radios, dedicated digital cameras, and calculators. You can even use your iPhone as a spirit level<\/a> through the pre-installed Measure app. For all the fancy and complex tasks that our smartphones can now accomplish, we continue to use perhaps their simplest hardware features the\u00a0most on a daily basis \u2014 the flashlight.\u00a0<\/p>\n Even if additions like night mode photography on the iPhone<\/a>\u00a0have generally diminished the role of the built-in flash, it’s a tool of immense convenience when you’re wandering around a dark hallway or looking for your AirPods under the bed. Typically, the quickest way you can turn your iPhone’s flashlight on is by tapping and holding the torch shortcut on the lock screen. On newer models, you can remap the Action button<\/a> to toggle the flashlight for quicker access.<\/p>\n In case your hands are full or dirty and you feel the need to summon your iPhone’s flashlight anyway, you can turn it on completely hands-free using a staple iOS feature that you may have forgotten about \u2014 Siri. Simply say, “Hey Siri, turn on the flashlight,” and your iPhone will follow through with the instruction. Turning it off is just as easy \u2014 just say, “Siri, turn off the flashlight.” You can also use variations of the term “flashlight,” like “torch,” or “flash.” Potterheads have it easier and can control the flash simply by uttering the “Lumos” or “Nox” spells.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Unable to activate Siri on your iPhone?<\/p>\n
Adnan Ahmed\/SlashGear<\/p>\n With all the Apple Intelligence feature delays, Siri hasn’t exactly been having a good few years in the press. In some cases, it’s actually devolved into feeling less capable than before, with the assistant offloading even simple tasks to ChatGPT. However, for device operation and smart home control, it continues to be the fastest and most effortless way to perform hands-free actions. In case you’ve been having trouble activating Siri using your voice, it’s worth diving into the Settings app to see if everything’s properly configured.<\/p>\n
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