You can mute an iPhone in two ways, and we recommend doing both when you need quiet. Here's how to turn on silent mode and lower volume on an iPhone.

There are plenty of reasons you may want to temporarily mute notifications on your iPhone, like if you're in an important meeting or just need a screen time break. There are two easy ways to go about ...

You have to turn off Silent mode on your iPhone to unmute any ringtones and notification alerts you need to hear.

To receive important calls even when your iPhone is on Silent or Focus mode, you can use the “Emergency Bypass” feature. Go to the contact, tap “Edit,” select “Ringtone,” and enable Emergency Bypass.

Next up is the action button, up on the left-hand side as you look at the iPhone, which has replaced the old ring / silent ...

As consistent as Apple tries to make the iPhone experience, its smartphones are not immune to the occasional random issue or bug. And with the increased complexity of electronics comes a greater ...