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Full screen callers

There are many hidden features and new tweaks that you can discover on your iPhone and while some are very minor, they do all add up to make your daily iPhone experience easier. One such change is the ability to make incoming calls dominate and fill the entire screen to ensure that you notice them.

1 A hidden setting?

Go to Settings > Phone and look for the ‘Incoming Calls’ option. It is not exactly hidden, but it’s not an obvious setting to look out for in daily use.

2 Go full screen

All you need to do is tap ‘Full Screen’ and all of your future calls will display that way. The banners are less obtrusive, but they can be missed when on silent.

3 A new look

Incoming calls will now take the place of whatever you were doing. With fewer calls being made, this is a logical step to ensure nothing important is missed.

Change app settings

There are many ways in which you can manipulate your third-party apps and for some, you can even make them the default option for specific uses such as email and web browsing. Apple

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