Apple iPhone 12 Pro secret functions

OS: iOS v14

CPU: Hexa Core (3.1 GHz, Dual core, Firestorm 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Icestorm)

RAM: 6 GB

Display: 6.1 inches (15.49 cm)

Battery: 2815 mAh

1. Scanning and signing documents
2. Hide photo
3. Shooting video and photos at the same time
4. Translation of text in Safari
5. Built-in Shazam

1. Scanning and signing documents
With the iPhone camera, you can scan documents in good quality. You can also sign them without having to print them. This is convenient if you need to email a copy of a document or form you signed.

To scan a document:
open «Notes» and create a new one;
click on the camera icon --> Scan Documents;
point the camera at the page and take a picture;
if necessary, edit the borders of the document. To do this, click on the photo thumbnail in the lower left corner and select the crop tool.
Customize borders by dragging markers;
click «Save».

To sign a document:
open the scanned document in your notes and click the «Share» --> «Markup» icon;
click on the plus and select «Signature» and then create it. After that, you will be asked to choose the size of the field for the signature and place it anywhere on the page;
click Done.

2. Hide photo
Another useful feature of the iPhone is the ability to hide photos. It will help if you, for example, want to hide some of the vacation photos on your phone.

To hide photos on iPhone:

select one or more pictures and click the «Share» icon;

scroll down to «Hide» and select it.
After that, the photos will fall into the «Hidden» folder. If desired, it can also be hidden from prying eyes. To do this, in your phone settings, go to Photos > «Hidden» album and turn off the slider. And then, to bring back the visibility of the album, turn it back on.

3. Shooting video and photos at the same time
There are situations when you want to shoot a video and take a photo at the same time. On the iPhone, you can do both at the same time. For this: Start recording video in the Camera app. Next to the shutter button, you will see a round icon (in earlier iPhones, the camera). Click on this icon;

look for the received videos and photos in the Photos app.
Important: The resolution of pictures taken during video will be slightly lower than in Photo mode.

4. Translation of text in Safari
You can instantly translate a web page into your native language, as long as it is set as the system language on your iPhone. Without using third-party applications and installing plugins. For this:
You can instantly translate a web page into your native language, which is installed on your iPhone as a system language. Without using third-party applications and installing plugins. For this:

open the site to be translated;
click on the «aA» icon (in iOS 15 it is located in the lower right corner, in the URL bar);
click «Translate to English».
The feature works on iPhone and iPad with iOS 14 and later.

5. Built-in Shazam
Shazam is a popular music recognition service. Previously, the application had to be downloaded from the App Store, but in 2020, Apple built it into iOS.
Now, to find out what song is playing in a store or in a taxi, you just need to swipe «Control Center» and click on the Shazam icon. After a few seconds, a notification will pop up on the screen indicating the author and the name of the song.

Important: Shazam is not initially enabled in «Control Center». To add it there:

go to «Settings» --> «Control Center»;
click on the green plus sign next to the «Music Recognition» section.
The feature works with iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 and newer versions.

Thomas Nilan
Smartphone Expert

Thomas Nilan is a mobile phone expert with in-depth knowledge of the Android and iOS operating systems, who understands the settings of various hidden features that allow you to expand the capabilities of your smartphone, as well as get information about what is going on inside the phone for future repairs. He is an authority in his field, which has allowed him to become a ghostwriter for several technology publications, and he enjoys writing small mobile applications for testing smartphones.