Secret iPhone ‘eye setting’ warns you for holding phone dangerously close to your face – why you shouldn’t ignore it

A LITTLE-KNOWN iPhone mounting tin prevention you from holding it dangerously adjacent to your face.

There's nary outgo to turning it connected and it doesn't necessitate immoderate peculiar downloads.

That's due to the fact that it's a modular Apple diagnostic that was added to the iPhone with iOS 17 past year.

It's called Screen Distance and it's turned disconnected by default – unless you're a kid nether 13 successful a Family Sharing group.

Apple says that the diagnostic is designed to support your eyes.

"Viewing thing similar a instrumentality oregon publication excessively intimately for an extended play of clip tin summation oculus strain and the hazard of myopia," the tech elephantine explained.

"The Screen Distance diagnostic successful Screen Time uses the TrueDepth camera to observe erstwhile you clasp your iPhone person than 12 inches for an extended period, and encourages you to determination it farther away."

Apple added: "Screen Distance tin assistance children prosecute successful steadfast viewing habits that tin little their hazard of myopia.

"And tin springiness radical of each ages the accidental to trim integer eyestrain."

HOW TO USE SCREEN DISTANCE

First, you'll request to marque definite that you've got iOS 17 oregon later.

We're already connected iOS 18, truthful there's a bully accidental that your iPhone is already prepared.

To check, spell to Settings > General > Software Update.

You besides request to marque definite that you person an iPhone with a TrueDepth camera – that's what's utilized for Face ID, arsenic good arsenic Screen Distance.

Once you've got the latest bundle (and a close iPhone model), spell to Settings > Screen Time.

Then pat connected Screen Distance, and toggle the mounting on.

Then conscionable usage your iPhone arsenic normal, and you'll person an alert if you're holding it excessively close.

Be alert that it won't popular up arsenic soon arsenic you bring your iPhone adjacent to your face.

It takes a small clip earlier the alert is triggered – truthful that the diagnostic doesn't go annoying.

When the pop-up does appear, your surface volition beryllium covered. This stops you from doing thing until you wide it.

To get escaped of it, determination your iPhone much than 12 inches from your look and past pat connected Continue.

If you alteration your caput astir the diagnostic – oregon find it precise annoying – past you tin crook it disconnected astatine immoderate time.

Just spell backmost into Settings > Screen Time and past toggle the diagnostic off.