30 Exciting New iOS 11 Features You Didn’t Know About

21 Hide Apps from Your Notifications History

If there are certain apps which you don’t want to appear in your list of pending notifications, then you can easily block them in iOS 11. Go to Settings > Notifications, tap on the app which you want to hide, then toggle off Show in History. Now whenever you view your list of recent notifications (previously called Notification Center), the app’s notifications won’t be displayed. However, new notifications from the app will appear on your Lock screen or as a banner at the top of the screen.

22 Disable Cross-Site Tracking

If you’re concerned about your privacy when browsing the internet, Safari offers a new feature in iOS 11 that tackles this issue to some extent. It can prevent websites from tracking your internet usage by identifying trackers and segregating the cross-site scripting data. These trackers are usually used by ad networks to collect your usage data to show the most relevant ads, which can actually be a good thing depending on your viewpoint. Cross-site tracking is enabled by default in iOS 11, but if you wish to disable it, you can do so from Settings > Safari > Toggle off Prevent Cross-Site Tracking.

23 Prevent Websites from Accessing Camera & Microphone

While on the subject of securing your privacy on the internet, you can prevent websites from accessing your camera & microphone in Safari. This can be done from Settings > Safari > Camera & Microphone Access.

24 Pin Your Important Notes to the Top of Notes App

If there are specific notes that you access frequently on your iPhone, then you can pin them to the top of the Notes app in iOS 11. This is extremely useful when you have a long list of notes and the important ones get lost amongst this list. To pin a particular note, swipe it to the right while in the list mode, and tap on the orange pin icon.

25 Storage Management Recommendations

If you’re running into storage issues on your iPhone, iOS 11 has an interesting new feature that will help you save space. The storage management section in Settings provides a number of recommendations that will help you free up space on your iPhone, such as uploading photos to the iCloud library, auto-deleting old conversations, offloading unused apps, and so on. To view these recommendations, go to Settings > Storage > iPhone Storage.

26 Add Tables and Drawings to Your Notes

A lot of new features have been added to the Notes app in iOS 11, including the ability to draw visual notes inline as well as add custom tables. Open a specific note and tap anywhere to bring up the keyboard. Press the + button to unhide the toolbar above the keyboard. From the set of icons that appear, the first icon allows you to add a table to the note whereas the pen icon lets you add inline drawings without leaving the note.

27 Convert Safari Web Pages to PDFs

iOS 11 makes it very easy to convert web pages in Safari to PDFs. From the Share Sheet menu, tap on Create PDF. Safari will then convert the web page to a PDF file and display it. You can also annotate anything on the PDF file before sharing it with other apps.

28 New Method to Shut Down

Normally, you can shut down your iPhone by holding the Power button and swiping the ‘slide to power off’ option. In iOS 11, Apple has added a new option in Settings that will allow you to switch off your iPhone. It comes in handy when the Power button doesn’t work properly. To shut down your iPhone from Settings, go to General and scroll all the way to the bottom. Tap on Shut Down, then swipe the ‘slide to power off‘ option to switch off your device.

29 Answer Phone Calls Automatically

There are times when you cannot reach out to your iPhone to answer the incoming call, such as when you’re driving. iOS 11 now allows you to answer phone calls automatically so that you don’t miss out on important calls again. Open the Settings app and go to General > Accessibility > Call Audio Routing. Tap Auto-Answer Calls and toggle it on. You can also set the amount of time to wait before the incoming phone call is answered automatically. This gives you some time to decide whether you want to reject the call or not.

30 Type to Siri

If Siri is unable to understand your accent, or you are in a place where you can’t speak, then iOS 11 has a solution for you. Instead of speaking, you can now type your questions to Siri and it will reply back with the answer. To enable this feature, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Siri, then toggle on Type to Siri. Now when you invoke Siri, it will display a keyboard for entering your question.