iPhones Have A Built-In White Noise Feature That No One Knows About

Maskot via Getty Images There's no need to buy a white noise machine if you have a recent iPhone. iPhones running on iOS 15 or later all have a white noise feature built-in, so long as it’s an iPhone 6S or later and the software is up to date. Here’s how to use your iPhone’s white noise sounds The setting is not labeled as “white noise,” but is instead called “background sounds” on your iPhone. By creating an accessibility shortcut for background sounds, you’ll be able to turn on and off your preferred background sound by triple clicking your iPhone’s side power button. “Sometimes absolute silence can have people listening intently and inhibiting drifting off to sleep.” In other words, you won’t find yourself listening for bumps in the night as your sound machine blocks noise and lulls you to sleep, but you will still be able to hear important noises like a home alarm.