Display and appearance

One slider changes text size across the system and every app that uses Dynamic Type, and Accessibility offers larger sizes still.

Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Larger Text

Dark Mode switches the system and supporting apps to a dark colour scheme, and can follow a schedule such as sunset to sunrise.

Settings > Display & Brightness > Appearance

Your iPhone uses its motion sensors to notice when you lift it and turns the screen on without you pressing anything.

Settings > Display & Brightness > Raise to Wake

The brightness slider sets the base level of the display, and everything else the phone does adjusts around it.

Settings > Display & Brightness > Brightness

Auto-Lock decides how many seconds of no touching pass before the screen turns off and the phone locks.

Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock

The ambient light sensor raises and lowers screen brightness to match your surroundings, and the switch lives under Accessibility rather than Display.

Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Auto-Brightness

Instead of going black, the Lock Screen dims to a very low refresh rate and keeps showing the time, your wallpaper and your widgets.

Settings > Display & Brightness > Always On Display

Night Shift shifts the display towards warmer colours on a schedule, usually from sunset to sunrise.

Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift

Sensors measure the colour of the light around you and adjust the display's white point so white looks like paper rather than a screen.

Settings > Display & Brightness > True Tone

Put your iPhone on charge on its side and it turns into a full screen clock, photo frame or widget display.

Settings > StandBy

Display Zoom scales the entire interface, so you can choose between larger controls or more content on the screen.

Settings > Display & Brightness > Display Zoom

A single tap anywhere on a dark screen wakes the iPhone, with no button needed.

Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Tap to Wake