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Unwrapped a New iPhone? Change These 8 Settings in iOS 18.2 First

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With iOS 18.2 you're getting a bunch of new features, including Genmoji and Image Wand .

In iOS 18 , you can finally replace the flashlight and camera buttons with other buttons.

The Action button on the iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro replaced the dedicated mute switch found on every earlier iPhone model with a configurable control.

iOS 18 includes a new Dark mode option for the home and lock screens.

Control Center is now a configurable playground for users.

You can position controls where you want, resize many to reveal more information.

Tinted icons are a new and different option to tint all of the app icons.

iOS 18 adds the ability to lock and hide apps.

Hidden apps can only be locked and cannot be hidden at all.

Videos automatically replay when you watch them until you tap the Pause button.

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