This guide with screenshots covers how to use the iPhone flashlight in iOS 18 with beam width control and more.

But when Apple released iOS 18 in September, that update gave you the ability to change or remove the flashlight and camera controls on your iPhone's lock screen.

Apple makes it simple to turn on an iPhone’s flashlight from the lock screen—too simple. All of us have found ourselves noticing our pocket is glowing, or lift our phone and assault someone in ...

The flashlight UI is different, and offers quick controls for changing both intensity and radius. Apple’s iOS 18 will become available to everyone this Fall, 2024.