3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Starting from iOS 15, users can turn on white noise such as rain, stream, ocean... right on their iPhone to help them focus, calm down and feel more relaxed. Let's find out how to activate this mode with Quantrimang.

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What is white noise?

White noise is a series of noises that include many types of sounds with different frequencies. However, they have the same intensity and are repeated continuously. For example, the sound of falling rain, the sound of a stream flowing...

White noise has the ability to block out many different types of sounds, so it can help you improve the quality of your sleep. At the same time, it can also help you improve your ability to concentrate on work, study, as well as eliminate stress, treat depression...

Apple has added a Background Audio feature that can play white noise. You can enable this feature on your phone in 3 ways.

Enable Background Audio via Accessibility.

The first way you can turn on white noise is through your phone's Accessibility settings.

Step 1: Go to Accessibility in Settings.

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Step 2: Scroll down and select Audio/Video.  

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Step 3: Go to Background Sound and toggle this feature on. The default sound will be Rain . The on/off switch will act as play/pause.

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone
3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Step 4: You can change the white noise by clicking on Sound . There are 6 types of white noise for you to choose from.

You can customize the volume when playing audio. You can also set the volume level of Background Audio when playing with videos, music.

You can also customize whether or not to allow sound to run when the screen is locked by turning on/off the Stop sound when locked mode.

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Enable Background Sound via Control Center

You can also turn this white noise mode on/off more quickly by setting it up in Control Center. Follow these steps.

Step 1: Go to the Control Center section of Settings.

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Step 2: Find the Listen section and click on the + icon next to this feature.

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Step 3: After doing the above steps, from now on you can quickly enable the Background Sound feature via the Control Center.

Swipe down from the top right of the screen to access Control Center for iPhone 8 and later, and swipe up from the bottom for iPhone 8 and earlier.

Next, tap the Ear icon in the Control Center.

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Step 4: Tap Background Sound to enable this mode. You can also customize the type of white noise you want to hear by tapping Background Sound again.

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Adjust the white noise volume using the volume slider. When you no longer want to use it, click the ear icon at the bottom of the interface to turn it off.

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Enable Background Sound mode using iPhone side button

Step 1: Go to Accessibility and scroll down to find Accessibility Shortcuts.

3 Ways to Enable White Noise Mode on iPhone

Step 2: Tap Background Sound to enable this feature.

After completing the above 2 steps, you can easily access the Background Sound feature by triple-clicking the iPhone side button.

Above are 3 ways to activate white noise mode on iPhone that Quantrimang wants to introduce to you. Hope you will have relaxing moments with this mode of iPhone.

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