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there's a lot more to iOS 11 than Apple initially let on here are seven important new features we found while testing the early preview Apple is doing its part to eliminate distracted driving your iPhone can now detect when you're in a moving vehicle and can if you want it to automatically enable do not disturb while driving just go to Settings do not disturb and under do not disturb while driving tap activate and select between automatically when connected to car bluetooth or manually the Apple watch is no longer the only Apple device with an emergency SOS mode your iPhone can now call local authorities in context of your choosing if you simply press the power button five times depending on your preferences which you can change in settings emergency SOS your phone will either prompt you to complete the call or will do it automatically a new sharing option has been added to iOS 11 as well it's called mark up as PDF and it lets you do just what it says when viewing a webpage a photo or another file tap the share icon and select mark up as PDF iOS will convert it to a PDF and then you can use the iOS markup tool to draw a sign or add text to the document before saving it and sharing it a new accessibility feature does away with the need to talk to Siri at all instead you can use the keyboard to type to apple's digital assistant open Settings General accessibility Siri and toggle type to Siri to the on position now whenever you hold the home button to activate Siri a keyboard will appear if your power button breaks you can now turn the phone off with the new shutdown option under settings and then general to power the phone back on simply connect your phone to a power source the iPads new app dock has a section that displays recently used apps but if you're not a fan of the constant suggestions you can disable it open settings then general and then under multitasking at turn show recents to the off position and finally Apple has added a one-handed keyboard option to the iPhone to activate it either go to settings then general keyboards and then one-handed keyboard or long press on the emoji or globe icon on the keyboard you can select right or left handed keyboards and switch it back to the full keyboard for more iOS 11 tips and tricks and other how to's be sure to check out cnet.com forward slash how to