Just ahead of the software being released to the public, we provided a guide on how to find some of the more hidden features in iOS 7 along with a few more we have discovered.
Deleting text messages
The old Edit button in the top right hand corner when reading messages has now disappeared.
In its place is a handy button that will let you call the person who sent the message or look at their contact details.
While this saves having to scroll through an entire conversation to reach the top where the button for contacts used to reside, it presents another problem - how to delete text messages.
For those wanting to delete an entire conversation, simply swipe to the left in the Messages screen.
However, if you want to keep some messages but delete others, this is less obvious.
Daisy Rojas tells us the solution: Hold down your finger on the message you want to delete and then a little speech bubble menu will pop up.
This gives you the option to either Copy the message or to select More
Tapping on More will bring up some circles on the left hand side.
Select the messages you want to delete so that a tick appears beside them and then tap the Trash Can in the bottom left hand corner.
You can also forward the messages using the arrow on the bottom right.
Time stamp on messages
While it has been possible to see a time and date for when messages were sent and received for some time, iOS 6 did not provide a time for every single message.
With iOS 7, at first this appears to be the same. Swipe your finger to the left on a message, however, and a time will appear beside every message in a conversation.
Removing recent contacts
Cameron Bell, from Ayr in Scotland, got in touch to tell us about a great little tip.
When typing the name of a contact in the To bar when writing an email or text message, a long list of recent contacts will often pop up alongside those who are listed in your contacts book.
While this can be helpful, it can also make it hard to find the right person when they are hidden in amongst a list of names that you only sent a message to once two months ago.
Now iOS 7 allows you to tackle that – simply tap the little i that appears next to the contact as you type.
You will be taken to a screen that allows you to add that person to your contacts book or Remove from Recents.
The Rain Falls Mainly on the Plain in Spain
Siri is terrible at pronunciation. It “rally rally” is. Particularly with places or names. Now you can give Siri an elocution lesson and train it to say them correctly.
Simply correct Siri with the words: “That’s not how you pronounce that.”
Siri will then ask you to say the name or word again and you can teach it to get it right.
Turning on location services
Some readers have found the GPS and location services for their apps have been automatically switched off, meaning services such as Google Maps are unable to find their location.
Turning this back on is not immediately obvious as there are two places it can be turned on.
First go to Settings, then select Privacy and then Location Servicesand turn on the switch. You can then select which apps you want to use your location.
You can also turn off location based adverts by selecting System Services in this menu too.
In some cases, users have been unable to switch on Location Serviceshere.
In this case, go to Settings, then select General Settings, tapRestrictions and scroll down to Location Services under Privacy.
Tap Allow Changes and flick the switch for Location Services to On.
New Vibrations
Although iOS 7 comes with a range of new ringtones and alerts, there is another neat little feature that allows you to tap out your own custom vibration alert.
Hidden inside the Sounds menu in Settings is a Create New Vibrationoption.
Select Sounds, then select Ringtone, scroll up and select Vibration and then scroll down to Custom.
Tap Create New Vibration and then tap out a funky beat. Hold your finger down to get a longer vibration.
Twitter links
Apple has hidden away this nice little feature too – this time in Safari’s Bookmarks menu. Click on the @ symbol inside Bookmarks and it will bring up a list of tweets from your Twitter feed that contain links.
Select one and you will be taken to whatever your Twitter buddies are sharing without having to read about what everyone else was having for dinner.
Happy Birthday
If you have entered your birthday into your profile along with your contact details, then your iPhone will wish you a Happy Birthday when the day arrives.
Entering your address will also allow Siri to remind you to do something when you get home. The Notification Centre will also give you traffic updates in the morning too.
They are watching you
Apple has been using a function called Ad Tracking to look at your browsing activity and location.
It is collected anonymously, but the more paranoid out there would prefer to have this switched off.
In iOS 6, you had to do this through the About menu under Settings. Now, in iOS 7, it can be found under Privacy and then Advertising. Just flick the switch called Limit Ad Tracking
Come round for dinner tonight
Chris O'Connell tells us that when writing a text message to ask a friend inviting them over for dinner, the words appeared as a hyperlink.
When he clicked on them, he was given the option to Create an Event in his calendar, to Show in Calendar or to Copy.
While iOS 6 could do this with email messages that had been received occasionally, this whole function appears to have been upgraded and improved.
Block those spam texts
Matt Taylor and Dan Welyk tell us how it is also possible to block numbers from calling or texting you.
While looking at a text message, select Contact in the top right hand corner, select the little i symbol, then scroll down and select Block.
Things that still baffle us
How to rescale a photo when it is used as wallpaper to see the whole of the image rather than a zoomed in version.
How to make the keyboard feel more substantial rather than with skinny keys.
Why weather sometimes appears in the Notification Centre and sometimes does not.
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