There are a few ways you can turn your flashlight on or off. You can ask Siri, or you can use Control Center on an iPhone with Face ID or an iPad Pro. Or use Control Center with an iPhone with a Home button or an iPod touch.
Ask Siri
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Here are a few examples of how you can use Siri to turn on your flashlight:
- 'Hey Siri, turn on my flashlight.'
- 'Hey Siri, will you turn on my flashlight?'
- 'Hey Siri, turn off my flashlight.'
Use Control Center on an iPhone with Face ID or an iPad Pro
- Swipe down from the upper-right corner to open Control Center.
- Tap the Flashlight button .
- To turn off the flashlight, tap again.
You can also turn on the flashlight from the Lock screen: Press and hold the Flashlight button , in the bottom-left corner.
Learn which iPhone models have Face ID.
Use Control Center on an iPhone with a Home button or an iPod touch
- Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Center.
- Tap the Flashlight button .
- To turn off the flashlight, tap again.
Change the brightness of the flashlight
Mac App Flash Light Camera
- On an iPhone with Face ID or an iPad, swipe down from the upper-right corner to open Control Center. Or on an iPhone with a Home button or iPod touch, swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Center.
- Press and hold the Flashlight button .
- Drag the slider up or down.
Mac App Flash Light App
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Mac Tools Flashlight Charger
I'm Feeling Lucky
- i'm feeling lucky gmail
- ifl facebook
Immediately go to the first search result for your query.
Emoji
- emoji grin
- heart emoji
- :rocket:
Search and copy emoji.
Send Email
- send an email to nate saying hello
- attach these files to a new email to nate@gmail.com with the subject Hello
Send email. Optionally attach selected files from Finder.
Wikipedia (EN)
- wiki Dogs
- search wikipedia for St. Louis, MO
- wikipedia Flashlight
Search English Wikipedia (wiki).
Call
- call 2610333366
- facetime Nate
- call James work
Place calls right from Spotlight
Eject
- ejectall
- eject all
- eject <volume>
- ej <volume>
- ejall
- ej all
Eject mounted volumes (physical and network)
iMessage
- text nate, where are you?
- imessage justin saying hello
Send iMessages (or texts, if you can send them from the Messages app).
Shutdown
- shutdown
- restart
- logout
- sleep
- lock
- screen saver
Provides additional commands such as shutdown, restart and logout.
Remind Me
- remind me to read a book
- new reminder Walk dog due tomorrow at 1:30 PM
Creates a new reminder.
Calendar Event
- add an event 'team meeting' at 5 PM tomorrow
- calendar event: fly to San Francisco, 2/20 - 2/22
- on 1/27 i have a meeting at the bank
Add events to your calendar.
Weather
- weather bristol,us
- how's the weather in Bristol,US?
Updated weather plugin with both days and hour-by-hour forcast.
Open URL
- twitter.com/itsflashlight
Open URLs by typing or pasting them in Spotlight.
Instranslator
- translate rain to spanish
- translate the copied text from french to arabic
Translate text between English, Arabic, Spanish, Hindi, Chinese, French and German.
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