Even Your IPhone Has A Flashlight Now

You’re hiking with your friends and it’s getting dark.

If you only had a flashlight, but wait, you do.

You pull out your phone use the flashlight and light the way for everyone.

What Happened To My Flashlight App

Remember when the App Store used to be filled with flashlight apps?

Flashlight apps were easy for amateur software developers to make because they only did one thing turning on the LED that

your iPhone uses as a flash when you take a picture.

Flashlight apps were buggy because they weren’t programmed by professionals.

They were filled with ads and usually designed to make the developer a quick

buck.

Apple realized the flashlight needed to be easy to access at any time, so they added it

to your iPhone’s Control Center.

A few years ago, Apple decided enough was enough.

They pulled every flashlight app from the App Store and built a flashlight directly into

iOS, the iPhone’s operating system.

(Since then, they’ve allowed apps with extra features back into the App Store.

When you tap the power button to put your iPhone to sleep, the flashlight turns off,

right? Wrong.

People walk around with illuminated packets because they don’t know they have to go

back to the Control Center and turn off their flashlight after they finish using it.

The iPhone’s flashlight, only turns itself off when you power off your iPhone or it runs

out of battery.

What’s The Control Center And How Do I Turn On My iPhone’s Flashlight

Control Center is designed to give you easy access to important features of your iPhone.

You can open the Control Center from any screen as long as your iPhone is awake – you

don’t even need to enter your passcode.

To open Control Center, use your finger to swipe up from the very bottom of the screen.

A box with several icons and sliders will appear.

Take a look in the bottom left hand corner of Control Center and you’ll see a small

flashlight icon.

Tap the flashlight icon to turn your flashlight on or off.

In this article, you learned how to turn your iPhone’s flashlight on or off using the Control

Center.

Whether it’s a real emergency or the restaurant’s too dark to read the menu, the flashlight on your iPhone can be a life-saver.