The camera LED flash on the iPhone doubles as a flashlight and may come in handy in your everyday life. You can use the flashlight or torch on your iPhone to illuminate a dark area or a room with low lighting. Whatever the use case may be, the flashlight on iPhone is bright enough to help you in most situations. Perhaps, if you have just got a new iPhone then do check this guide to use the flashlight on iPhone 12. Show
There are different ways to turn the flashlight on or off on the iPhone 12, 12 Mini, or 12 Pro. Besides iPhone 12 series, you can use the below methods on iPhones with Face ID support including iPhone 11, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone X, or an iPad Pro. Let’s get started. Using the Control Center
TIP: You can also adjust the brightness of the flashlight if needed. To do so, press and hold the Flashlight button in Control Center and drag the brightness slider up or down. From Lock ScreenA relatively easier way is to access the flashlight from the lock screen itself. This way you can directly turn on the flashlight on iPhone 12 without the need to unlock the device either using Face ID or Passcode. To turn on the flashlight from the Lock Screen on iPhone 12, follow the steps below.
To turn off the flashlight, simply tap and hold the flashlight button in the same manner. TIP: If you have allowed access to Control Center on the iPhone Lock Screen, then you can open the Control Center to change the flashlight brightness. Unfortunately, even in iOS 14, there is no option to remove the flashlight from lock screen. I personally wish for this setting as at times the flashlight turns on by itself when the iPhone is in the pocket or by mistake. Using SiriRather than navigating across your iPhone, you can simply ask Siri to toggle the flashlight on or off. To get this working, first launch Siri either by saying “Hey Siri” or press the Side or Home button on your iPhone. Then use one of the below voice commands to get the task done with ease.
ALSO READ: How to turn off double tap on back in iOS 14 on iPhone Add Flashlight to Home Screen on iPhoneiOS has a built-in Flashlight app, however, this is no way to control the flashlight directly from the home screen. Thankfully, you can put the flashlight on your iPhone Home Screen using the Shortcuts app in iOS 14 and without using a third-party app. Here’s how you can add a Flashlight shortcut on iPhone running iOS 14.
To shut on or off the flashlight, just tap the Flashlight shortcut icon from the Home Screen. How to add Flashlight widget to iPhone on iOS 14If you like using widgets in iOS 14, then you may add a torch widget on iPhone. The main advantage of using a widget over the home screen icon is that the widget won’t show a banner notification at the top whenever you run the shortcut.
Voila! Now tap the Flashlight widget to quickly toggle the LED flash on or off without opening the Control Center. Flashlight widget on iPhone 12TIP: You can drag-and-drop the widget and add it to an existing or a Smart Stack widget. Using Back Tap in iOS 14 (Double or Triple Tap)The “Back Tap” functionality (an accessibility feature) is an interesting and useful addition seen in iOS 14. With the Back Tap shortcut, you can take a screenshot, lock the screen, open the Control Center, bring up Siri, open a Shortcut, and more. Let’s see how you can turn on the flashlight by tapping the back of your iPhone.
NOTE: The Back Tap feature only works when the device is in an unlocked state. Do let us know your favorite method to use the flashlight in the comments section. RELATED: 2 Ways to Enter and Exit Recovery Mode on iPhone 12 |