5 things to love in the new iPhone software

Here's how to enable some of the best new features in Apple's iPhone software iOS 11, including customizing the control center and marking up screenshots. Following is the text of the video.

Customize the Control Center: Go to Settings — Control Center — Customize Controls — You can add, remove, and rearrange various controls.

Disable In-App rating prompts (finally!): Go to Settings — iTunes & App Store — Disable "In-App Ratings & Reviews."

Emergency SOS: This will contact 911 if you press sleep/wake 5 times — Go to Settings — Emergency SOS — Enable "Auto Call" — Enable or disable the countdown sound — You can also add emergency contacts — They will receive text updates of your location.

Quickly markup screenshots: Screenshots now immediately appear in the lower left — Tap it to edit, markup, and share — Tap "Done" and you can choose to save or delete.

Disable notification previews: This will hide the content of notifications — Go to Settings — Notifications — Select an app — Change "Show Previews" to "Never."

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