Control your connections

3 Switch audio output

While you’re in Control Centre, press and hold on the audio controls to open them up. 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 up 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

When you want to use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, tap the switches again. If you’re looking for something to connect to, you can 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.