Note

Some phones may not support all of the features mentioned in this article. For more information, contact your phone's manufacturer.

• ►Make it your own
  
  

  • Tinker with Tiles. Pin, unpin, move and resize your Start Tiles to put the info you want front and centre.
  • Pick your colours. Choose from at least 20 accent colours and a dark or light background theme.
  • Get the picture. Set your lock screen to display a beautiful new image from Bing every day. Go to Settings  > Lock + wallpaper and under Wallpaper, press Bing.
• ►Apps + games
  
  

  • See your apps. View your app purchase history and reinstall apps from the web: use your Windows Live ID to sign in to the My Phone section of windowsphone.com. Learn more about My Phone
  • Mighty multitasking. Want to keep your place in a game while checking email? No problem. Just press and hold the Back button to see your recent apps, and tap one to go to it.
  • Play with a pal. Some games have online multiplayer options. Tap a game, then check on the main menu to see if you can invite a friend.
• ►Internet Explorer
  
  

  • Browse faster. Add a site to your favourites list in Internet Explorer Mobile to get back to it in a flash. Press More  > Add to favourites.
  • Share a page. You can share a webpage from Internet Explorer on your phone. Press More  > Share page, then choose how you want to share – email, texting or a social network.
  • Pin sites to Start. Favourite website? Pin it to Start for instant access – just press More > Pin to Start.
• ►Calendar
  
  

  • To-do tweaks. Add a To-do to your calendar and give it a due date – it'll also show up in theAgenda and Day views. For extra insurance, add a reminder.
  • Flick through reminders. When more than one calendar reminder pops up on your phone, flick left or right to read, snooze or dismiss them one by one.
  • Running late? Open the appointment on your phone and tap Late to send a quick email letting the other meeting attendees know.
  • Quick-add appointments. To add a quick appointment to your calendar, flick to Day view, tap a time slot, type a subject and tap Save. You can add details later.
• ►People + contacts
  
  

  • Pin Groups to Start. Pin a contact Group to Start, then watch its Live Tile light up with info from other Group members. Press on the Group name, then press More  > Pin .
  • Reply on the go. In a contact card, flick to the History view to see recent calls, texts and email with the person. Then tap one to call back or write a reply.
  • Jump to a contact. On your contact list, tap a letter to see the whole alphabet – then tap any letter to leap to that section of your list.
  • Filter contacts. You can filter your contact list to show only people from the accounts you choose (the filtered ones will still show up when you search for them).
  • Filter social feeds. Buried in social updates? Filter them on the fly: on the What's new panel in your People Hub, tap All accounts, then tap the account you want to see.
• ►Email
  
  

  • Clear inbox clutter. Group your emails by conversation to see – or bulk delete – messages in the same thread.
  • Streamline inboxes. Juggling multiple accounts? Link them into a single inbox (the accounts stay separate).
  • Bulk recycling. Need to delete multiple emails? Tap next to any message in your inbox to reveal a row of checkboxes.
• ►Keyboard
  
  

  • .co.uk .org, .edu. Tap and hold the .com key to bring up other common extensions to add to an email address.
  • Pop-up punctuation. Tap and hold the full stop key to see a pop-up menu with other common punctuation marks.
  • Spelling help. Tap a misspelt word to see suggestions from the built-in dictionary. Tap a suggestion to swap it in.
• ►Messaging
  
  

  • Tap, shoot, text. Seen something unbelievable? Start a new text message, then press Attach  > Camera  to snap and attach the evidence.
  • Thread it. Use Threads to switch between text and Facebook or Messenger chat, as often as you please, while keeping the whole conversation in one place.
  • Text with your voice. Use Speech to dictate and send a text totally hands (and eyes) free.
• ►Music + videos
  
  

  • Automatic grooves. Smart DJ makes autoplaylists tailored to your taste – just tap and hold an artist, song or album, then tap Play Smart DJ mix.
  • Flick through songs. Swipe left or right on the album art to move between songs on an album or playlist.
  • Subscribe to podcasts. You can subscribe to podcasts from your phone. Go to the Marketplace Hub and tap Podcasts to get started.
  • Rock out, randomly. In Music + Videos, press Play to randomly play songs from your music collection. Tap it again to change the song.
• ►Office Mobile
  
  

  • Get it done. Use OneNote Mobile to make shopping or to-do lists, then tick off each item one by one. You can even sync and share them!
  • One tap to a new note. In OneNote Mobile, press More  > Pin new to Start. A New note tile will appear on Start – tap it whenever you want to create a new note.
  • Dictate notes. No time to type? Record an audio note instead.
  • Pin a doc location to Start. Pin SkyDrive, SharePoint or another doc location to Start for fast access. In the Office Hub, tap and hold a location, then tap Pin to Start.
  • Get the overview. Use Outline view in Excel to see and jump to key content in a workbook – sheets, charts, tables and comments. Open a workbook, then press Outline .
• ►Phone
  
  

  • Find your phone. Go to the My Phone section of windowsphone.com from any Internet-connected computer to ring, lock, erase or show your phone on a map.
  • Lock your SIM. You can use a PIN for the SIM card in your phone to prevent people from making unauthorised phone calls.
  • Speed dial. Need to call someone back? On Start, press Phone , then press Call next to an entry in call history.
  • Speech over the lock. Even if your phone is locked, you can use Speech to call or text someone. Go to Settings  > Speech, then press the Use Speech when the phone is locked checkbox.
• ►Pictures + camera
  
  

  • Custom focus. Tap anywhere in the camera viewfinder to focus there and snap the shot. (Note: some phones focus on the centre of the screen when you tap-to-shoot. In this case, you can press the camera button halfway down, move the viewfinder to recompose the shot, then press the button all the way down.)
  • Shhhh! Taking a picture in the library? Go to your camera settings to mute the shutter sound and dodge disapproving glares.
  • Pics in the cloud. You can automatically upload a low-res version of every picture you take to SkyDrive. In the Pictures Hub, press More  > Settings then turn on Automatically upload to SkyDrive.
  • Snap and view pics over the lock. Press and hold the camera button to launch your camera when your phone is locked. When you've finished, you can flick to view the pictures you just took without unlocking your phone.
  • Fix your pics. Make a good shot great with Auto-fix – just open a picture, then press More  > Auto-fix to get started.
  • Tag some faves. Choose some favourites in your picture albums, then set them to rotate through the Pictures Hub background and the animated Pictures Tile on Start.
  • Photo flick. In Pictures, pinch a photo until it's as small as it can get, then flick left or right to browse your album in filmstrip view.
• ▼Search + maps
  • Tap to map. Try tapping a street address on a webpage to see it on a map. If you see a phone number, try tapping it to dial.
  • Shopping centre maps. Navigating the shops made easy! Zoom in on the shopping centre in Maps (or go to its Place card) to see if it has an indoor map.
  • Tap a pin. Tap a pin in Maps to see things like what's nearby and customer reviews for a restaurant or shop.
  • What's that song? Music search "listens" to a song that's playing, then searches to tell you the name, artist and ways you can hear or buy it. Press the Search button on your phone, then press Music .
  • Point, click, search. With Vision search, you can scan things with your phone's camera and then search for them on the web. Press the Search  button on your phone, pressVision , then point your phone at a QR code, tag or text.
  • Tell it to the phone. Search with your voice, no typing required – press and hold the Start button to open up Speech, then tell your phone what you want it to find.

Save time

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  Speed dial

  Need to call someone back straight away? From Start, press Phone, then press the Call icon next to an entry in call history.
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  Skipping letters

  Press on a block letter in People or your Application list (if available) to skip quickly through alphabetical entries and directly to a contact or application.
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  Pin it

  Pin picture albums and email folders to Start for quick access. Find the album or folder, then just press and hold to choose that option.
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  Group think

  Text your children or book club faster by making them all part of a custom group, a new feature in Windows Phone.

Type faster

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  Spot editing

  Typo troubles? Press and hold a text box until the large cursor appears, then drag it to the problem spot.
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  Pop-up punctuation

  Press and hold the full-stop key to see a pop-up menu with other popular punctuation marks.
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  Quick fix

  Press on a misspelt word to see suggestions from the built-in dictionary. Press on a suggestion to swap it in.
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Have fun!

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  Rock your lock

  See the artist you're rocking to on your phone's lock screen. Go to Settings > Lock + wallpaper, and select this option.
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  Photo fix

  Overexposed a shot? Press and hold a pic, then choose the Auto-fix option.
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  Face time

  Did you know your phone can help you tag faces in photos you share? Look for "Who's this?" and then just type the person's name.
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  Name that tune

  Next time you're curious about a song on the radio, hold up your phone, press the Search button, then press Music.

Do more

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  Speak Nihongo?

  Windows Phone has keyboard options for polyglots. Go to Settings > Keyboard and choose from tons of languages.
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  Small, medium or large?

  Pick from three Live Tile sizes – larger tiles give you more info on Start, like the text of new messages and updates from applications.
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  Press and hold

  Do you want to know the real secret to Windows Phone? Press and hold. Use it to expose hidden menus, rearrange Tiles, pin stuff to Start and much more.

  
  

  
  

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