Hidden iPhone Features 2017: Top 4 Include Hiding Apps, Saving to PDF, Custom Vibrations & More [VIDEO]

By Charleston Lim

Apple usually embeds several functionalities into their operating system and smartphones without really outlining them to users. Some of the most useful tools and functions for the iPhone, for example, remains to be unknown to the majority of its users.

Each subsequent update to iOS brings with it different functions and features, while also retaining those that are the most useful for consumers, as per a report from Droid Report. Below is the 5 best hidden iPhone features in 2017 taken from a guide published on the website Beebom.

Guided Access

This particular feature is relatively unknown to most iPhone users, but it is also quite useful for those who value their privacy. The feature basically pins a particular app to the phone and does not allow any other user to navigate away from it without entering a passcode.

The feature also lets users control which buttons other users can press and access. To access the feature, go to settings, accessibility, and enable guided access. While inside any app, simply triple clicking the home button will start guided access.

Custom Vibrations for Contacts

iPhone users can enable this feature to identify a particular contact via a specific vibration pattern that is set when he or she is calling. To enable the feature, go to contacts, select the contact for the custom vibration, then select edit. On the contact's page, select ringtone, and then select vibrations.

Save Web Pages to PDF

Instead of downloading any third party app or performing a screenshot on a web page, users can actually use this feature that is already built into Safari. To use the feature, open Safari and browse to the web page that needs to be converted. Select the share button and then tap on print. On the preview page, pinch out of the preview, click the share button once again and then select either export to iCloud Drive or export to iBooks.

Hide Apps on iPhone

There is technically no way to hide app icons on iOS devices, but there is a trick that can be used to hide age-restricted apps such as Tinder. Tinder and other dating apps generally have a restriction of ages 17 and above. To hide the app, navigate to settings, general, restrictions and then to apps. Unchecking a particular age bracket will automatically hide any apps that are within its age restriction limit.