Apple iPhone 13 SE secret functions

OS: iOS v14

CPU: Apple A14 Bionic (7 nm)

RAM: 6 GB

Display: 6.5 inches

Battery: 3400 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
6. Recognition of text on a photo - Live Text

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 may be necessary if, for example, you do not want to accidentally show some of the photos from the party to your colleagues or friends.

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
On iPhone, you can record a video and take a photo of a moment 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 translate the web page on your phone screen into your native language, which is set as the system language on your iPhone, without using third-party applications. 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 service for recognizing music broadcast on the radio, for example. The app used to be available on 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.

6. Recognition of text on a photo - Live Text
This feature is called 'Live Text' and can extract text from a photo. And also recognize text when pointing the camera at an object. This iPhone feature is only available in iOS 15. This is a new iPhone feature that's only available in iOS 15. It's called Live Text and it can extract text from a photo in the gallery. And also recognize it in the overall picture when you just point the camera at the object.

Why is this needed? For example, a colleague sent you a photo of his bank card so that you transfer money for lunch to him. You can copy his card number directly from the photo without overwriting it. And also point the camera at the advertisement and call the phone number indicated on it. Minimum action, maximum benefit.

To activate the feature:

go to «Settings» --> «General» --> «Language and Region»;

turn on the Live Text feature;

click on «Add language» --> «French».
Ready. Now, when you take a photo of an object with text, a special icon will pop up. It will also appear in the Photos app when you open a photo with text. To start working with it, click on the indicator. Ready. Now, when you take a picture of a picture with text or numbers, a special icon will pop up. It will also appear in the Photos app when you open a photo with text. To start working with it, click on the indicator.

Live Text is available on iPhone XR and newer with iOS 15.

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.