iOS 18 Beta: This Hidden Feature Lets You Customize Your iPhone’s Controls

Apple released the sixth public beta of iOS 18 on August 29, a few days after the tech giant announced that its iPhone launch event would take place on Monday, September 9.

The update brings many new features to developers and beta testers’ iPhones, such as the ability to lock and hide certain apps on your iPhone and more ways to lock screen And Control Center. And one feature that lets you fully customize these features is a control called Open App.

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I recommend only downloading a beta on something other than your primary device. Since this isn’t the final version of iOS 18, the update may be buggy and your battery life may be short. It’s best to keep those issues on a secondary device.

Because the beta isn’t the final version of iOS 18, there may be more features landing on your iPhone when iOS 18 launches. Apple has said iOS 18 will be released to the public this fall, but no firm date has been set.

Here’s what you need to know about Open App and how to access it.

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What is Open App?

Open App is a pre-built shortcut that lets you open any app. It lets you create new controls for your Control Center and lock screen that aren’t included in the Controls library. That means you can create a control to launch your favorite game, social media platform, or other app from your lock screen or from your Control Center.

How to use Open App for your lock screen

1. Open Settings.
2. Crane Wallpaper.
3. Tap the screen you want to customize. Your lock screen is always on the left.
4. Tap the minus sign (–) sign next to the control you want to remove at the bottom of the screen. You can only replace these two controls, you can’t add more.
5. Tap the plus (+) sign in the newly vacated space.
6. Crane Open app.
7. Crane To elect in the shortcut menu.
8. Tap the app you want to create a shortcut for.
9. Tap a space around the shortcut menu.
10. Crane Finished in the top right corner of your screen.

Now, you can access any app you want from your lock screen as soon as you enter your FaceID or passcode. So if you get a lot of emails sent to your phone for work or otherwise, you can jump straight into your Mail app from your lock screen without the distraction of another app.

How to use Open App in your Control Center

1. Swipe down from the top-right corner of your iPhone to open the Control Center.
2. Tap the plus (+) symbol in the top left corner of your screen.
3. Crane Add a control at the bottom of your screen.
4. Crane Open app. You can find it under Shortcuts or search for it in the search bar at the top of your screen.
5. Crane To elect in the shortcut menu.
6. Tap the app you want to create a control for.
7. Tap a space around the shortcut menu.
8. Hold down the new control to move it to the desired location.
9. Tap an empty space in your Control Center or lock your screen to finish.

Now you don’t have to swipe and search through your phone anymore NBA 2K24 Arcade Editionyou can quickly find this in your Control Center.

For more information on iOS 18, here’s my hands-on experience with the iOS 18 beta, a hidden feature in your phone app and our iOS 18 cheat sheetAlso check out what we’ll see at Apple’s iPhone event in September.

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