iPhone User Guide

Share your Accessibility settings with another device on iPhone

You can temporarily share your Accessibility settings with another iPhone or iPad. For example, if you’re borrowing a friend’s iPhone or using a public iPad, you can share your Accessibility settings with the other device and remove them when you’re finished. Some settings you can share with another device include:

  • Zoom

  • Hover Text and Hover Typing

  • Display & Text

  • VoiceOver

  • Touch Accommodations

  • Read & Speak

  • Full Keyboard Access

  • Live Speech

  • Music Haptics

  • Audio & Visual

  • Side Button

Note: Only your Accessibility settings will be shared with the other device during the sharing session.

👁 An iPhone showing a notification that Danny’s iPhone is requesting to share accessibility settings.

Share your Accessibility settings with another device

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
     on your iPhone.

  2. Tap Accessibility, then tap Share Accessibility Settings. (You may need to scroll down.)

  3. Tap Share Accessibility Settings, then tap Continue.

  4. Make sure both devices have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on, then do one of the following:

    • Select a device: Tap a device in your contacts or a device signed in to your iCloud account.

    • Bring your iPhone to another iPhone: Hold the top of your iPhone near the top of another iPhone.

    • Bring your iPhone to an iPad: Tap Search People Nearby, then tap and hold the screen on the other device with three fingers to create a six-digit code. Enter the code on your device, then select the name of the device.

      Note: To hear the six-digit code spoken aloud, continue to tap and hold the screen on the other device with three fingers.

  5. Do either of the following on the other device to accept your request to share your accessibility settings:

    • Tap Accept.

    • Tap and hold the screen on the other device with three fingers.

  6. Start using the other device with your Accessibility settings.

  7. When you’re finished using the device, do any of the following:

    • iPhone models with a Dynamic Island: Tap the Accessibility button at the top of the screen, then tap Stop Sharing.

    • iPhone models without a Dynamic Island: Tap the Share Accessibility Settings button in the Status Bar, then tap Stop Sharing.

    • All iOS models:

      • Lock your device and let it go to sleep.

      • Triple-click the side or home button.

      Note: If you move more than 30 feet away from the device you’re sharing your Accessibility settings with, the session automatically ends.

You can also add Share Accessibility settings to your Control Center and start sharing directly from Control Center. See Customize controls.

Sync your Share Accessibility Settings to iCloud

If you use different Accessibility settings on different devices, you can sync your preferences to iCloud so they’re available when you share Accessibility settings between different devices. For example, if you sync your iPhone settings and later use your iPad to share with another iPhone, your iPhone accessibility preferences can be used.

  1. Go to the Settings app 👁 Image
     on your iPhone.

  2. Tap Accessibility, then tap Share Accessibility Settings. (You may need to scroll down.)

  3. Turn Sync to iCloud on or off.

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