hoW To Control your connections

1 Control Centre

The simplest way to turn off both Wi–Fi and Bluetooth in iOS is to open Control Centre. Press the symbols for Wi–Fi and Bluetooth (the stylised fan and runic B) and they’ll turn from blue (on) to grey. Active connections will drop.

2 Bring them back

To turn them back on, just do the same thing and the icons will turn blue again. This means you can still use AirDrop, Handoff, AirPlay and your Apple Pencil — none of these will work without Wi–Fi or Bluetooth.

3 Switch audio output

While you’re in Control Centre, press and hold on the audio controls to open them. Now tap the triangle–with–circles button in the top right to switch between internal speakers and others, including Bluetooth devices.

4 Reactivation triggers

The Wi–Fi and Bluetooth will come on again automatically if certain conditions are met, such as restarting your device, moving to a new location, and the time ticking past 5am. To prevent this, you will need to go to Settings.

5 Settings

Open Settings and tap the Wi–Fi and Bluetooth entries. In each, you’ll find a switch to turn them off. When they’re in this state, many systems such as Instant Hotspot and Bluetooth music streaming become inoperable.

6 Bring them back

To use Wi–Fi or Bluetooth again, tap the switches. If you’re looking for something to connect to, refresh the listings of Bluetooth devices and Wi-Fi hotspots by pulling down on them and releasing.

7 AirDrop passwords

While in Settings, you can use AirDrop to share passwords for websites and apps. Make sure Wi–Fi, Bluetooth and AirDrop are on, go to Passwords and Accounts, then tap Website & App Passwords. You’ll need to authenticate.

8 List passwords

You’ll be presented with a list of all the passwords saved to your Apple account. To share one, tap on it, then on the next screen tap on the password itself — an AirDrop option will appear. Tap a name to share with someone.