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iPhone 16 Tips & Tricks: How to Get The Most Out of Your Phone

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Earth-shattering or incremental. However you view Apple’s latest iPhone 16 family, there’s no denying the fact that they remain some of the most capable and sought-after phones on the market.
Hardware additions like Camera Control and software improvements brought on by iOS 18 make today’s iPhone experience more customisable and feature-packed than ever before. So much so, in fact, that if you’re not aware of every new addition, there’s a chance you might miss something.
So, whether you’ve opted for the smaller iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro, or the sizeable iPhone 16 Plus or iPhone 16 Pro Max, these 16 tips and tricks are designed to help you get the most out of your new Apple phone.
Protecting battery health
Battery life was one of the big sticking points with the iPhone 15 series. Not so much how long they’d last on a single charge, but how quickly battery health seemed to deteriorate over time.
Apple did add a feature to limit charging to 80% capacity to better maintain battery health (lithium-ion batteries like those inside your iPhone are happiest when they remain charged between 20% and 80%), but with the iPhone 16 series, you have a lot more control over this functionality.
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HOW? Open the Settings app and tap on Battery. In the Battery menu, tap on Charging and you’ll then be presented with a slider, divided into 5% increments from 80% to 100%. Move the slider to the peak capacity of your choosing and your iPhone’s battery will never charge past that set percentage. You’re essentially sacrificing battery life per charge for long-lasting battery life over time. Ideal if you tend to keep hold of the same iPhone for two years or more.
Note: The Charging menu also includes a toggle for ‘Optimised battery charging’ which will learn your usage patterns and hold your phone’s charge at 80% while you’re sleeping, only filling the phone to 100% just before you wake up (this is less damaging that holding the charge at 100% all the time).
Background app refresh
Another power setting worth toying with is Background App Refresh. A lot of apps need to perform actions in the background in order to function properly, even when you’re using another app or your phone’s locked and in your pocket.
For example, Maps needs to keep tabs on your whereabouts while following a route and WhatsApp needs to check for new messages and download media. All of these background tasks require additional power.

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Although plenty of the apps on your phone may perform background tasks, not every app necessarily needs to. You’ll likely have a clear idea of which you really need to stay active and which can be kept dormant until you actually open them. Thankfully, the Background App Refresh menu lets you toggle which apps can perform background activities and which can’t.
HOW? Open the Settings app, tap on General and scroll down to Background App Refresh. Tap to open and then simply toggle which apps you want to allow or disallow the ability to refresh in the background. The more you disable, the more power you’ll save.
Lock screen lockdown
Even when your phone is locked, there are still a fair few features that remain accessible. Control Centre and Notification Centre are the obvious ones, but smart home controls, Live Activities and much more are shown on the display.
Whether you want to keep your lock screen clear to better enjoy that all-important photo of your cute cat or you’re worried about the security of privacy risks and unaltered iPhone lock screen poses, there’s a way to pair back just how unlocked your lock screen feels.

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HOW? Once again, head to the Settings app and open up the Face ID & Passcode page, then enter your passcode and then, on the subsequent screen, scroll down to the Allow Access When Locked section. Here, you’ll find all the features that can be accessed from your iPhone’s lock screen and all you need do is toggle on or off the features you do or don’t want available.
Lock screen shortcut controls
For a while now, iOS has offered two shortcuts in the bottom corners of the lock screen: the flashlight and the camera. But wouldn’t it be nice to change up those lock screen shortcuts for some other feature you turn to on the regular? Thankfully, you can.

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HOW? Make sure your phone is unlocked but that you’re still on the lock screen. Next, long-press in any blank area to access the customisation menu. Tap the Customise button at the bottom of the screen and then tap the Lock Screen option on the left.
You’ll then see that each existing shortcut (the torch and camera by default) has a minus (-) symbol in the corner. Tap the existing shortcut to remove it and then tap the plus (+) icon that’s left in its wake to add a new shortcut.
You’ll then be presented with all of the available shortcut controls from first and third-party apps installed on your iPhone. There’s also a search field at the top to search for specific controls you might want. Just select the shortcut you want by tapping on it when you’re finished, tap the blue Done button in the top right of the screen.
You’ll be brought back to the top layer of the Lock Screen customisation menu; simply tap in the centre of your lock screen to exit back to your standard lock screen, complete with your newly-selected shortcut controls.
Customise your icons
If it isn’t already obvious, iOS on the iPhone 16 gives you a ton more control over the look and feel of user experience than any previous release, and nowhere is that more prominent than with icon customisation. Not only can you place icons anywhere within your home screen grid, but you can also now change the look of all of your app icons with only a few taps.

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HOW? Long-press on any blank space on your home screen, tap the Edit button which appears in the top-left of the screen and then tap customise on the subsequent pop-up menu. You’ll then see a card at the bottom, letting you set icon sizing (as well as enlarging app icons, ‘Large’ removes the text under apps and folders), whether they should be light or dark-themed, switch automatically or tinted. Tinted gives you the most control, letting you set the colour of every app icon.
You can also use the eye-dropper tool in the top right of the card to pull a colour from your current home screen wallpaper. Once you’ve tweaked your icons accordingly, just tap anywhere outside of the customisation card to exit back to your home screen, now with your newly-styled icons in tow.
Lock or hide apps
While you might be happy handing your phone around to family and friends, there’s a chance you might want to keep some sensitive apps locked or hidden away, while keeping the rest of your phone accessible. You can do both on the iPhone 16 series.

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HOW? Long-press on an app on your home screen and you’ll see the option to Require Face ID on the resultant pop-up menu. Tapping this brings up a secondary menu, where you can choose between Require Face ID or Hide and Require Face ID.
While the former just prompts Face ID authentication any time you try and open the app, Hide and Require Face ID removes the app icon from your home screen and stores it in a folder called Hidden, at the bottom of your App Library (all the way to the right). Tapping on this Hidden folder prompts Face ID authentication, before making its contents visible and accessible.
Hide ads on Safari
If you like the idea of being able to hide apps, just wait until you hear about Safari’s Distraction Control. While great for hiding ads, Distraction Control actually lets you hide any UI element on a web page that doesn’t appeal.
Better yet, Safari remembers which elements you’ve hidden, so if you navigate back to a particular website in a separate session or reload the page, those elements remain hidden.

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HOW? Open Safari and navigate to a page with ads or other elements you want to hide. Tap on the Distraction Control icon on the left of the URL bar/search field and then tap Hide Distracting Items. Next drag your finger over the element you want to hide, release and then tap the selected element to remove it.
The element you’re hiding will animate into particles as if Thanos himself just snapped his fingers. Once you’ve hidden all the elements you want to, tap Done in the bottom-right. Now you can navigate our page ad-(or whatever your chosen UI elements were) free.
You can also unhide everything you’ve hidden on a page by tapping the Distraction Control icon again and selecting Show Hidden Items.
Note: Some hidden dynamic elements that naturally refresh regularly may reappear of their own volition.
Stealth Silent Mode
If, like many, your iPhone is chronically set to Silent, then you’ll be all-too-familiar with the struck-through bell icon that lives next to the clock in the top-left of your home and lock screen. If you mistake this little cluster of pixels for some other notifier from time to time, or you just don’t need to be reminded that your phone’s on silent because ‘of course it is’ then you’ll be pleased to learn, there’s now a way to hide it.

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HOW? Open Settings and scroll down to Sound & Haptics. Tap to open it up and under the Silent Mode toggle, you’ll see a field called Show in Status Bar, which itself can be toggled off or on.
Customise the Action Button
This is something carried over from iPhone 15 Pro line, though it now benefits the entirety of the iPhone 16 line too.
The Action button can be used for so much more than just flipping Silent mode on or off. Since the hardware’s introduction in 2023. the iPhone community has worked hard to create all sorts of fun and useful new ways to put the Action Button to work, primarily through its support for Apple’s Shortcuts app.

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HOW? Open Settings and scroll down to Action Button, and tap to open. You’ll then see the Action Button’s flashy 3D interface, where you can swipe through the various preset options Apple has already made – like torch or translate, but you also have the option to specify a control, like you’d find in Control Centre or a Shortcut.
If you opt for the latter, as an example, next tap the Choose a Shortcut button and then create or select a shortcut as desired.
Note: Check out the ‘My Super Action Button’ Shortcut recipe we found (via Reddit), it integrates a ton of functionality, all from a simple long-press of the Action Button.
Customise Control Centre
Just as you can tweak the look of your home screen, the newly revamped Control Centre offers a lot more… control over its look and feel now too. You can resize widgets (from 1×1 to 1×2 or 2×2) and even create full-screen widgets, which you can swipe up and down between.

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HOW? Simply swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen to access Control Centre, then either tap the plus (+) icon in the top-left or long-press on any blank area to access the edit menu.
From here you can move controls around anywhere within the on-screen grid, resize any controls with a grab handle in the bottom-right of their icon, or add a new control altogether by tapping the Add a Control button at the bottom of the screen and searching for a control you’d like access to. When done, just tap in any blank area of Control Centre to exit the edit menu.
Camera Control-cum-Action Button
The Action Button isn’t the only shiny new hardware the entirety of the iPhone 16 series benefits from. Camera Control adds pressure, swipe and press-based physical interaction to the shooting experience on the latest iPhones.
By default, a full-press quick-launches the iPhone’s native Camera app, but you can actually choose any app with native camera support, if you’d rather jump straight into the QR code scanner or Instagram’s camera experience, for example.

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HOW? Open Settings, open the Camera menu and under System Settings at the top, you’ll see the option for Camera Control. From here, you’ll see on the lower half of the screen, all the apps that use your iPhone’s camera that can be set to quick-launch when you full-press the Camera Control button in place of the native Camera app.
Use the force
As convenient as the new Camera Control tries to be, time and again users have reported how difficult it can be to actually press it with enough force to grab a snap or change a setting, without requiring so much force that their iPhone starts to shake in their hands, potentially ruining the shot they’re trying to capture.
Luckily, there’s an option to alter the default pressure required by Camera Control, making it much easier to use.

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HOW? Open Settings, head to Accessibility, then open up the subsequent Camera Control menu. Here, you can alter Light-Press Force, with the options of Lighter, Default and Firmer. We’d recommend Lighter, for ease of use.
Full-resolution ultrawide
Not only has Apple unified the telephoto sensors across the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max, but it’s also upgraded the ultrawide to a new 48Mp sensor, however, the phone still captures ultrawide shots at 12Mp by default.

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HOW? To capture higher-detail ultra-wide photos at the sensor’s native 48MP resolution, open the Settings menu and head to the Camera sub-menu. Look for and tap on Formats before toggling on ProRAW & Resolution Control.
Then, within the Pro Default option that appears underneath, tap on it and select HEIF Max (up to 48 MP).
Now, just head back to the Camera app and whichever lens you shoot with – including the ultra-wide – you’ll now be able to tap the new HEIF Max icon in the top-right of the viewfinder, to enable full-resolution capture.
Note: As you might expect, shooting at a high resolution makes the files a lot larger than the 12Mp defaults, so keep that in mind, relative to the amount of storage you have available on your iPhone.
“Fixing” the Photos app
iOS 18’s native Photos app looks quite different to the version that preceded it. Whether you don’t like the changes or just want to tinker with the layout of the Gallery to suit your tastes, there are tools to tweak it all.

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HOW? Open the native Photos app and scroll to the bottom, where you’ll find a Customise & Reorder button. Tap this and you can then tick or untick sections you do or don’t want to appear in the Photo interface (like Memories, Trips, Albums etc.), along with drag controls along the right side to reorder where each section will appear in the Photos app.
When you’re done, tap the ‘x’ icon in the top right to return to the main Photos app interface, which should now look and feel much more in keeping with your tastes.
All Photos Data
Whether you added a particular Photographic Style to a killer portrait shot or slowed a 4K 120fps video clip down to 25% of its original speed, your iPhone lets you choose the version you send. Either a hard-baked version of the clip you edited, or a non-destructive version that the recipient can then reverse the alterations made to it if they so choose.
This is great for those times when you’re collaborating on a creative project together, the recipient wants to try their hand at editing a photo or video you’ve captured, or you just want to send a certain style of photo or speed of video without the recipient being able to unpick your edits.

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HOW? Take a shot and make edits as desired at or after capture. Within the Photos app (or accessing your media from the gallery shortcut in the bottom-left of the Camera app’s viewfinder), tap the share button (a box with an arrow pointing out of the top of it), in the bottom-left of the screen.
Select all the media you want to share and then tap the Options button near the top of the screen. Near the bottom on the subsequent Options screen, under AirDrop & iCloud Links Only, toggle All Photos Data on. Then tap Done in the top-right. Finally, share your image via AirDrop or an iCloud Link.
Note: iCloud links only last for 30 days. How much data you can send may be limited by your service carrier. The Options menu also lets you toggle whether your media is sent with location data attached or not.
Write now, Send Later
One smart trick exclusive to iMessage users (sorry, green bubbles) is the addition of scheduled messaging, called Send Later. The feature lets you compose a message to a contact as usual, but then schedule the date and time it’ll be sent; ideal for those worried about forgetting to wish someone a Happy Birthday, for example.

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HOW? Open Messages and write a message to a contact you know uses iMessage (their number or contact name will appear in blue on the ‘to:’ field near the top of the message). Once written, tap the plus (+) icon, to the left of the text entry field, where you wrote your message.
On the subsequent menu, scroll down until you find the Send Later option. Tapping this will bring up familiar iOS date and time controls, set the date and time you want your message to send, and when you’re happy, tap the send button (upward blue arrow to the right of the text entry field).
Note: You can also long-press on your message after hitting send and edit or delete it before its scheduled send time, as desired.
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Após racismo em shopping, estudantes fazem manifestação com dança em SP; vídeo

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25 de abril de 2025
Estudantes do Colégio Equipe, em São Paulo, fizeram uma manifestação contra um caso de racismo no Shopping Pátio Higienópolis. Com danças, músicas e jograis, eles pediram justiça contra o preconceito sofrido por dois adolescentes pretos. Racistas não passarão!
Isaque e Giovana, alunos da escola, foram abordados por um segurança enquanto esperavam na fila da praça de alimentação. Eles estavam acompanhados de uma colega branca, que foi abordada pela segurança e questionada se os amigos a “incomodavam”.
Nesta terça-feira (23), estudantes, professores, familiares e movimentos sociais tomaram as ruas da região próxima ao shopping. Ao som de Ilê Aiyê, música de Paulo Camafeu, as crianças deram um show e mostraram que o preconceito não tem vez!
Ato de resistência
A resposta ao caso de racismo veio uma semana depois. Com o apoio de diversos movimentos, os estudantes organizaram a manifestação potente e simbólica.
Eles caminharam pelas ruas e avenidas da região até o Shopping. Lá, leram um manifesto emocionado, que foi repetido em jogral.
Dentro e fora do estabelecimento, o recado foi bem claro: basta de racismo! “Abaixo o racismo! Justiça para Isaque e Giovana”, disse o Colégio Equipe em uma postagem nas redes.
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Histórico de discriminação
Não foi a primeira vez que estudantes pretos do Colégio Equipe enfrentaram preconceito no Pátio Higienópolis.
Em 2022, outro aluno foi seguido por um segurança dentro de uma loja.
A escola afirmou que tentou dialogar com o shopping na época, mas sem sucesso.
Desta vez, a resposta foi outra: “Ao final, convidamos a direção do shopping para uma reunião no Colégio Equipe. A advogada que recebeu os representantes se comprometeu a encaminhar e responder ao convite.”
Internet apoia
Postado na internet, o vídeo do protesto teve milhares de visualizações e recebeu apoio dos internautas.
“Parabéns escola! Parabéns alunos! Me emocionei aqui! Fiquei até com vontade de mudar meu filho de escola”, disse a ativista Luisa Mell.
Outro exaltou o exemplo de cidadania dos pequenos.
“Cidadania na prática! Que orgulho de toda a equipe e pais. Que orgulho desses alunos que foram solidários. Incrível!”.
O racismo tem que acabar!
Veja como foi a manifestação dos estudantes:
O recado foi certeiro: não passarão!
Uma verdadeira festa da democracia:
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Cai preço dos seguros dos carros mais vendidos no Brasil; Top 10

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25 de abril de 2025
Notícia boa para o consumidor. Enquanto tudo sobe, cai o preço dos seguros dos carros mais vendidos no Brasil. É o que revela um novo estudo divulgado esta semana.
Conduzida pela Agger, plataforma especializada no setor de seguros, a pesquisa mostrou que o custo médio para proteger os dez veículos com maior volume de vendas no país teve redução de 5,4%. Os dados foram analisados entre fevereiro de 2024 e fevereiro de 2025.
Dentre os modelos avaliados, o Renault Kwid se destacou ao apresentar a maior diminuição no valor, com queda de 12,5%. A queda nos preços reflete uma série de fatores, desde o perfil dos condutores até as estratégias adotadas pelas seguradoras para se manterem competitivas.
Carros com maiores descontos
Entre os modelos analisados, vários apresentaram queda no valor das apólices. Veja os destaques:
- Renault Kwid: queda de 12,5%
- Volkswagen T-Cross: queda de 11,22%
- Honda HR-V: queda de 8,29%
- Fiat Argo: queda de 7,73%
- Fiat Mobi: queda de 6,06%
- Hyundai Creta: queda de 5,88%
- Volkswagen Polo: queda de 1,27%
- Chevrolet Onix: queda de 0,43%
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Impacto para motoristas
Para quem está pensando em contratar ou renovar o seguro, a notícia é animadora.
Com os valores mais baixos, fica mais fácil encontrar um plano acessível e que tenha boa cobertura.
Segundo Gabriel Ronacher, CEO da Agger, “é essencial que os motoristas busquem a orientação de corretores especializados para garantir a melhor cobertura e custo-benefício”, disse em entrevista à Tupi FM.
Impacto nos preços
De acordo com o estudo publicado pela Agger, quatro fatores explicam o motivo dos preços de um seguro.
O histórico do motorista é o principal. Quem não se envolve em acidentes tende a pagar menos.
A idade e o valor do carro também interferem. Veículos mais caros ou com peças difíceis de achar têm seguros mais altos.
Proprietários que moram em regiões com mais roubos ou colisões também tendem a pagar mais.
Por último, o perfil do consumidor, como idade, gênero e até mesmo hábitos de direção.
O Renault Kwid teve uma redução de mais de 12% no preço do seguro. – Foto: Divulgação
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Estudantes de Medicina terão de fazer nova prova tipo “Exame da OAB”; entenda

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25 de abril de 2025
A partir de agora, é como com os bacharéis de Direito: se formou, será submetido a uma avaliação específica para verificar os conhecimentos. Os estudantes de medicina terão de obrigatoriamente fazer uma prova, no último ano do curso, tipo exame da OAB (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil).
O exame já será aplicado, em outubro de 2025, e mais de 42 mil alunos devem ser avaliados. Será um exame nacional e anual. Porém, diferentemente do que ocorre no Direito, o resultado não será uma exigência para o exercício da profissão. O Ministério da Educação (MEC) lançou o Exame Nacional de Avaliação da Formação Médica (Enamed) para avaliar a formação dos profissionais no país.
Para os ministros Camilo Santana (Educação) e Alexandre Padilha (Saúde), o exame vai elevar a qualidade da formação dos médicos no Brasil, assim como reforçar a humanização no tratamento dos pacientes.
Como vai funcionar
A nota poderá servir como meio de ingresso em programas de residência médica de acesso direto. A prova será anual. O exame vai verificar se os estudantes adquiriram as competências e habilidades exigidas para o exercício prático e efetivo da profissão.
Também há a expectativa de que, a partir dos resultados, seja possível aperfeiçoar os cursos já existentes, elevando a qualidade oferecida no país. Outra meta é unificar a avaliação para o ingresso na residência médica.
Há, ainda, a previsão de preparar os futuros médicos para o atendimento no SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde). Os médicos já formados, que tiverem interesse, poderão participar do processo seletivo de programas de residência médica de acesso direto.
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O que os resultados vão mudar
Os resultados poderão ser utilizados para acesso a programas de residência médica. Caberá ao estudante decidir se quer que a nota seja aplicada para a escolha do local onde fará residência.
A estimativa é de que 42 mil estudantes, no último ano do curso de Medicina, façam o exame. No total são 300 cursos no país, com aplicação das provas em 200 municípios.
O exame será conduzido pelo Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira (Inep) em colaboração com a Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares (Ebserh).
Segundo as autoridades, a ideia é unificar as matrizes de referência e os instrumentos de avaliação no âmbito do Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes (Enade) para os cursos e a prova objetiva de acesso direto do Exame Nacional de Residência (Enare).
Como fazer as inscrições
Os interessados deverão se inscrever a partir de julho. O exame é obrigatório para todos os estudantes concluintes de cursos de graduação em Medicina.
A aplicação da prova está prevista para outubro e a divulgação dos resultados individuais para dezembro.
Para utilizar os resultados do Enamed para o Exame Nacional de Residência, é necessário se inscrever no Enare e pagar uma taxa de inscrição (exceto casos de isenção previstos em edital).
Os estudantes que farão o Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes e que não pretendem utilizar os resultados da prova para ingressar na residência, pelo Enare, estarão isentos de taxa, segundo o MEC.
O exame será aplicado, em outubro de 2025, e cerca de 42 mil estudantes devem fazer a prova. Foto: Agência Brasil
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