Popsugar Tech Tech Tips How to Control iPhone Flashlight Brightness Why Did No One Tell Me There's a Hidden Way to Control Your iPhone's Blinding Flashlight? 25 February 2019 by Victoria Messina Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Sheila Gim We've likely all been in the following situation at one point: the clock just struck 1 a.m. and you're ready to pass out, but you desperately need to plug in your phone to charge it first. The only problem? Your lights are off, and despite your haphazard floundering, you can't find that dadgum cord to bring your precious device back to life overnight. Naturally, you turn to your phone's built-in flashlight to illuminate said dark room, only for your retinas to beg for mercy due to the harsh, sudden beam of light. Sound familiar? Luckily, there's a little-known way to adjust the intensity of your iPhone's flashlight, and I'm honestly wondering how I've made it to this point in my life without using it. All you have to do is swipe up (or down, depending on what iPhone model you have) to access the Control Centre, then press and hold the flashlight icon. This makes a toggle switch pop up, allowing you to either decrease or increase the brightness, with four different levels of varying intensity to choose from. Easy-peasy! Did you know you can adjust the brightness on your iPhone flashlight??? pic.twitter.com/61DR886scV — 📿🧘🏾♀️DL🧘🏾♀️📿 (@Dannichka) February 19, 2019 Now, I'm sure all you Apple pros out there are rolling your eyes because this feature isn't new, as any iPhone with iOS 11 or later has the capability to control flashlight brightness, but I'm actually not the only user who's recently discovered the life-changing hack. Much to my relief, a quick Twitter search reveals that plenty of other people are just now finding out about the somewhat hidden feature, too. Between this and that nifty trick for closing all Safari tabs at the same time, I'm over here wondering what other helpful features are hiding behind my iPhone screen. Here's a Video of the Eyeball-Saving Feature in Action Do people still not know you can control the brightness of flashlight on iPhone? pic.twitter.com/YnwEOFycu8— Tommie Kenny (@Squirrelbawls) January 29, 2019 1 / 11 And Here Are Some Tweets From People Whose Minds Were Also Recently Blown by It I was today years old when I found out you can adjust the flashlight brightness on your #iPhone pic.twitter.com/vjHRMqVTPq— Michael Lee (@MichaelLeeNews) January 25, 2019 2 / 11 Been using iPhone for several years. I just found out you can adjust the brightness of the flashlight. Accidentally.— ooklaⓋ13-Thunderfuck McPickuptruck (@ookla13) February 14, 2019 3 / 11 Just figured out, if you hold down the flashlight setting on your iPhone it lets you adjust the brightness.... 2019 is wild pic.twitter.com/zzmh6KoFXa— Britt Deise (@brittdeise) January 23, 2019 4 / 11 Did you know you can adjust the brightness on your iPhone flashlight?? Neither did I...— AK (@Alex23king) February 3, 2019 5 / 11 I don’t know if I’m just late to the game on this trick, but you can adjust the brightness of your iPhone flashlight by pressing and holding the flashlight button in the Control Center!— Josh Stone (@jstoneyy) February 1, 2019 6 / 11 iPhone users. Prepare to have your mind blown. If you hold the flashlight button down, you can adjust the level of the light. I had no idea. No more blinding lights in dark restaurants trying to read the menu! #Genius #iPhone pic.twitter.com/z7OWXKg9cI— Todd Carruth (@toddcarruth) January 28, 2019 7 / 11 TIL that you can adjust your iPhone’s flashlight brightness by holding down the button?! pic.twitter.com/tersrFpKuh— Katie Camlin (@katie_cammm) January 9, 2019 8 / 11 iphone folks..if you hold down the flashlight button you can adjust the brightness of the light..like there’s actual levels to the shit..wow— brooklyn (@artsySFvibe) December 22, 2018 9 / 11 Soooo... no one told me I could adjust the brightness of my flashlight on the iPhone? 😒🔦— DatGurlNae (@Ahjinae) January 3, 2019 10 / 11 So was it common knowledge to everyone that you could adjust the brightness of your iPhone flashlight pic.twitter.com/HOigSW5U86— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) December 1, 2018 11 / 11 Tech TipsiPhoneTech NewsDigital Life