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Re:She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her N... by abtinf on Sunday September 28, 2025 @12:35PM (#45405693)
> iOS which is it has many awesome features that you just won't know about unless you're a techie that keeps up with the news

Probably the single most useful hidden feature, valuable to parents everywhere, is “Guided Access” mode available through accessibility settings.

It lets you lock the screen to a single app or disable touch entirely (or even by custom region), so that you can hand your device to a kid without worrying they will delete your photos.

They never even really promoted this features in their news updates.

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Re:She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her N... by HPsquared on Sunday September 28, 2025 @01:31PM (#45406195)
Samsung has this too (not sure about other Androids), it's called "pin app".

It also makes the app come up immediately when your turn on the screen, so it's in front of the lock screen basically (but you can only access that particular app). It's good for showing someone a specific app. I also use it for instant access to my train ticket (QR code on screen on the train company's app). The iOS version sounds better though.

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Re:She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her N... by sadeshmukh on Sunday September 28, 2025 @07:43PM (#45409061)
Pixels have it as well.
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Re:She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her N... by jzig on Sunday September 28, 2025 @01:16PM (#45406052)
Wow as a father of two toddlers you just made my day!
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Re:She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her N... by zht on Sunday September 28, 2025 @01:56PM (#45406399)
Keep in mind it doesn’t always work and never works in YouTube full screen mode
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Re:She Sent Her iPhone to Apple. Repair Techs Uploaded Her N... by mokkun on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @09:35AM (#45437564)
It should work, that’s how I use it on iOS. I had to set it up though to disable all touch and buttons.
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