How to Enable True North in Compass

“I often get lost when i come to a new place, and i heard from my friends that there is compass feature on iPhone. When i open it, it doesn’t seem right, how to enable true north in compass?”

Do you know one of iPhone built-in apps which named Compass? Do you know how to enable true north and how to use it? Now from this article, we’ll show you the detailed information about how to do it.

How to Enable True North in Compass

Before using compass, we’ll need to enable true north in compass first, see below steps.

Step 1. Open iPhone, go to Setting--Compass.

Step 2. Now you can see option “True North”, turn it on.



How to Use Compass on iPhone

Now we’ll see how to use compass on iPhone after enabling true north on it.

Step 1. Open your iPhone, launch Compass on it.

Step 2. Then hold your iPhone steady and spin around until you hit the degrees that you need to follow. For example, 30 degrees north-northeast.

Step 3. Then click Compass Face to lock in the bearing. And you can see the red circle inside the compass.



Now do you know how to use it now?

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