Take the iPhone away from your ear so the screen wakes up.
Your iPhone has a sensor that turns the screen black while it’s against your ear. Simply hold the phone in front of you—the call screen will light up automatically in 1 second!
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: 6 round call buttons on your screen
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Hold the phone in front of you so the call buttons light up!”
👉 Try it now: Notice how the 6 call buttons appear when you hold the phone in front of you.
💡 Helpful Note: If the screen stayed dark, just tap once anywhere on the glass to wake it up.
Look at the round buttons on the call screen and tap the one with the loudspeaker icon labeled Speaker (or Audio). It sits on the bottom-left or top-right depending on your iOS version.
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Round Speaker 🔊 button
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Tap the Speaker 🔊 button to go hands-free!”
👉 Try it now: Locate the Speaker button on the call screen.
💡 Helpful Note: If you wear hearing aids or have car Bluetooth nearby, tapping Audio lets you pick 'Speaker' from a small list.
When the Speaker button turns white, Speakerphone is ON!
As soon as the round Speaker button turns bright solid white, the caller’s voice comes through the loud speaker so you can hold the phone comfortably in front of you.
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Bright white highlighted Speaker button
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “When that Speaker circle turns white, you’re hands-free!”
👉 Try it now: Tap the white Speaker button again anytime to switch back to your ear.
💡 Helpful Note: You can also press the physical Volume Up button on the left edge of your iPhone to make their voice louder.
Need to check Calendar or Texts? Swipe up from the bottom!
While on Speakerphone, you can swipe up from the bottom bar to go to your Home Screen and open Calendar, Notes, or Messages—it will NOT hang up the call! Tap the green bubble at the top-left to return to the call anytime.
🔍 What to look for on your iPhone screen: Bottom Home bar (and green call bubble at top)
🏮 Lanny’s pointer tip: “Swipe up from the bottom—you stay on the call the whole time!”
👉 Try it now: Remember: only the red End button hangs up a call!
💡 Helpful Note: To return to the call screen to hang up when finished, just tap the green phone icon or green time bubble at the very top of your screen.
