iPhones come with apps

Your iPhone comes with apps

When you purchase a new or used iPhone, it comes with a set of apps designed by Apple to get you started, and to help you take advantage of your iPhone's features. Apple calls these built-in apps.

Built-in apps are already installed

Usually, apps need to be downloaded and installed from the App Store before you can use them. But the built-in apps are already on your iPhone and ready to use as soon as you finish setting up your device.

How to find the built-in apps

The built-in apps have icons on the iPhone's Home screen. You can tap any icon to launch that app.

Depending on your iPhone model, you may need to swipe left on the Home screen to see more of the built-in apps.

eSafety tip

The iPad has different operating software to the iPhone, and as well as icons on the Home screen, there are icons in the dock at the bottom of the screen. The iPad also has a different set of built-in apps, and some may appear on the dock rather than the Home screen.

The built-in apps

A list of important built-in apps on the iPhone includes:

• App Store
• Camera
• Clock
• Find My
• Health
• Messages
• Photos
• Safari
• Wallet.

You can learn about these apps in more detail in later activities in this course.

Keeping the built-in apps up to date

It's important to keep your iPhone's built-in apps up to date, to keep them secure and to get the latest features. Your iPhone can update these apps automatically. To do this:

1. Tap the Settings app from the Home screen. It looks like a cog wheel.
2. From the menu, find and tap App Store
3. Find and tap Automatic Downloads, and then App Updates.
4. Tap the switch next to App Updates to turn it on and enable automatic downloads.

How to check an app is up to date

To check apps yourself:

1. Open the App Store by tapping its icon on the Home screen.
2. Search for the app you want to update, e.g., Safari.
3. Tap Safari in the search results to open its App Store page. If an update is available, you'll see an Update button at the top of the screen.
4. Tap Update and your iPhone will install the latest version of the app.

If you can only see an Open button, that means the app is already up to date and you don't need to do anything.

Advantages of using the built-in apps

Your iPhone's built-in apps are kept up to date by Apple and are used by millions of iPhone users around the world. They are reliable and safe to use, and there's lots of information available online about how to use them.

In the following activities, you'll learn more about how some of the built-in iPhone apps work and how they can be useful to you.

Well done!

This is the end of the iPhones come with apps activity. You've learned about the built-in apps that come with an iPhone, and how to keep them up to date.

Up next, you will learn about Apple apps for everyday life and how they can help with such things as making payments, taking notes, and even staying up to date with the weather.