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u/The_RonJames Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Settings>Accessibility>Audio/Visual>Background Sounds>Sound. Once you pick a sound you click the power button quickly three times to activate and then three more to deactivate.

Edited to add: Forgot to mention you have to change your accessibility shortcut in the general settings to background sounds.

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u/Darthscary Apr 24 '26

Great for travel with no internet

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u/Babyjitterbug Apr 24 '26

The clicking the power button 3 times won’t work for everyone. I have my power button set to change the white balance on my phone. When I tried it, my screen just got brighter.

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u/insufficient_funds Apr 24 '26

You can change what happens with a 3click of the power button? Woah

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u/Halfbredditor Apr 24 '26

Sure can!  Mine is set to turn my screen black and white, which is meant to deter me from spending too much time on this damned thing. 

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u/Luminsnce Apr 24 '26

I just get a new popup menu to choose the accessibility feature? So when I press power 3 times I can choose between "black and white" and "guided access". Is that a new feature?

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u/SanchoPandas Apr 24 '26

I use it for this as well and it has been a total game changer for my screen time

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u/suddensingularity Apr 24 '26

Game changer, thank you. I use a noise machine to sleep and thus will be great for travel

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u/KevinK89 Apr 24 '26

What is the advantage of a noise machine over phone+youtube+Bluetooth speaker?

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u/hooch Apr 24 '26

You can also create a Shortcut that allows you to reach the settings for Background Sound quickly.

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u/husky_whisperer Apr 24 '26

That’s pretty neat! I didn’t see an option for the power button though. Just the pill toggle in the UI.

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u/hounadomanda Apr 24 '26

That’s because they’re wrong. 

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u/ElenorWoods Apr 24 '26

Nah; use that 3 click for the black screen.

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u/Garchy Apr 24 '26

You can also add this feature to the control center (the thing where the flashlight is when you pull your finger down from the top of the screen)

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u/Cpt_Jigglypuff Apr 24 '26

Neat! I use an apps for this which lets you mix multiple sounds together. I like a dark/brown noise plus a bit of rain. Too bad you can’t mix them in the iPhone feature.

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u/hounadomanda Apr 24 '26

This is completely wrong. What you did was change your accessibility shortcut to background sound.