What is a Siri Shortcut?

A Siri shortcut is an iPhone action or shortcut you trigger with a Siri voice command.

A Shortcut contains a few steps to be performed within or between your iPhone’s other apps. Siri acts as an assistant, or like a mini program to “do stuff for you”!

The built-in Shortcuts app is where you manage iOS Shortcuts you or other people write. More on that further below.

1 A Silent Siri Shortcut

You might not want other office workers to know you are commanding Siri. Open office space being so common these days.

You can call Siri into action silently.

Hold down the single button on the side of your iPhone while you ask a question or command an action. If your phone is in your hand, it will be discrete and quicker than calling out “Hey Siri” before you start.

NOTE: If you have an older iPhone with the Home button, touch and hold that instead of the side button. Be Careful: you might turn your phone off if you slide to do so without reading and think you are just sliding to unlock!

Therefore, the first time you try this, pay attention to your iPhone type and read the screen.

Occasionally I get teased for setting a timer or asking something starting with “Hey Siri”, so I use this one every so often to be discrete.

I know what you are thinking. “This is not really a shortcut.”

Yes, that is true, yet it is a quick way to use Siri, and the bonus is that it is discrete. You might use it to kick off your other shortcuts.

I’ll include an extra bonus shortcut further below to make up for this one not strictly being a shortcut.

Perhaps it is more of a useful tip for Siri than actually being a shortcut, but I wanted to include this one first because it is handy for all Siri shortcuts and it leads into the next shortcut.

2 Be Silent Quickly

Many people like to play music while they work. However, there are times when this might be inappropriate or inconvenient. For example, if a client calls your office landline you might not want music playing in the background when you answer.

If you are just playing music on your iPhone, but then need to turn it off quickly, you might stumble to find your iPhone and select the correct options or menu selections to turn it off or pause the song.

Instead, command “hey Siri, stop music“.

The song will be paused at that moment.

After your call or whenever you are ready, you can find your iPhone and tap the Paused Button to restart where you left off.

If you are playing music to office speakers while you work, but then need to turn it off quickly, you might stumble to find your iPhone and select the correct options or menu selections to turn off AirPlay quickly.

A quick and easy shortcut is to command Siri to “Turn off AirPlay”. This will work for those with AirPlay 2-enabled speakers. Probably the best shortcut for iOS16! Those with a new iPhone 14 will love it.

Having mentioned that, it is important to explain that all iPhones with iOS 16 can run shortcuts.

Wow! Did you know Siri could do that?

3 Be Alarmed! – Set Alarms Quickly

I usually have my standard weekday morning alarm, with the days selected for which I need it.

Occasionally I set a one-off alarm I use for earlier for things like early morning flights, or special one-off occasions.

These one-off alarms are neat because they do not repeat like an everyday alarm.

So it’s very much set and forget. You won’t have to stop it repeating or change it later.

“Hey Siri, open alarm clock” will have your iPhone open the Alarm in the Clock app.

Nice, but you may already know Siri can open apps. You can ask Siri to do more than that.

Rather than just use Siri to open the clock app, a Siri shortcut would be to command to set a one-off alarm. Hold the side button and say, “Set a one-off alarm”.

If you do not specify more with your first statement (although you can), Siri will ask for when and you can reply with what you need.

So you could say, “hey Siri, set an alarm for tomorrow morning at 6 30.” All in one go.

Siri creates a new one-off alarm set for when you need and clarifies the time at which Siri set it.

4 Scan and Quickly Find Documents

Don’t want to walk to your office scanner?

Is your office scanner a pain and slow (or painfully slow)?

Scan with Siri’s help direct into your iPhone.

Step 1: Call out “Hey Siri” (or press the side button) “open a new note” ready for scanning.

Step 2: Tap the icon of a camera bottom of the Notes app, and then choose Scan Documents in the popup menu.

You might know this one already, so let’s take this further.

I have many different notes and several notes with scanned documents. Sometimes it seems too many when I am trying to find a specific thing.

Do you know you can ask Siri to help you further with notes?

Siri can help you quickly find one of your last scanned documents.

Say “Hey Siri, find notes with scanned documents”. A list of your last notes that contain a scanned document will appear. The most recent is at the top.

NOTE: sometimes the structure of your wording is important. Siri needs to recognise a specific command, or it will just do an online search. For example, if you just ask Siri to “find scanned documents”, the result will be a list of online search results related to scans and how to find them on various devices.

Siri can follow on and start reading the selected notes. This can help you if you are not looking at your phone.

Speaking is faster than typing. Especially on an iPhone keyboard. Even more so if you need to work through a complicated menu system (even if you remember where that particular setting is!). Siri reading items back to you also helps these shortcuts be more practical.

If you work with your hands or can’t look at your phone, such as driving for a living, then they make even more sense to include some in your workday!

The above examples are just scratching the surface. They should all function without any setup.

5 Book meetings or appointments without typing

Hold the side button (or say “hey Siri”) and say “book a meeting Wednesday at 8 pm, take the bin out” (insert your classic business needs-based meeting description here!).

If you have your iPhone on silent, a popup will display the meeting with time and the description you said.

NOTE: You might want to set the alert either before or at the time of the event within the meeting settings. This way it can give you an audible alert.

Here is a screen copy of the meeting I made just for fun to show the popup that will appear after you ask Siri to make a meeting or calendar entry.

This is a work calendar meeting I asked Siri to create to show the popup of a result after asking for a meeting to be created. Siri reads the event back to you when made. No typing and potentially no reading required!

Ask Siri what meetings you have

This is another useful tip rather than really being a shortcut, so I have not counted it as a separate item.

Want to know whats on today, or tomorrow, or on a particular day? Just ask Siri.

Say something like “hey Siri, what meetings do I have Wednesday?”

If your sound is on, then Siri will read out your meeting (or tell you how many events) and show you a popup view of your calendar for that period (note you can deine part of a day instead, like “Friday Afternoon”).

If you still need to be hands-free and eyes on the road, then you can ask Siri to read these events.

So you rushed to get in your car/bus/train to work and now have a moment to think ahead and prepare? Ask Siri to help you visualize your day!

Introduction to Siri Shortcuts that require Set up.

These allow you to make some logic-based, programmed shortcuts.

TIP: You can edit or create your own more complicated Siri Shortcuts using the in-built Shortcuts app.

Each shortcut is built up of steps that Apple calls “Actions”.

The first action might be in one app, the next in another different app.

For an example of when you might want this, you can only find your last added entries into your contacts using either a shortcut or an app. If you don’t want to add a third-party app to your phone, you can do it all within your own phone with a shortcut. To use a shortcut within your own iPhone, see this article: How to Find Recently Added Contacts on iPhone.

For another example, a more sophisticated shortcut than to open a new note, could be to interact with two existing apps, like Photos and Messages. Like the next Siri shortcut!

6 Take a photo and send it with Siri

You can ask Siri to “text last image”. This command to Siri will trigger a true shortcut easily visible in the Shortcuts app.

You will possibly need to change the shortcut’s privacy settings, so additional setup could be required for shortcuts like these. Otherwise it might not work or some options will appear due to the automatic Privacy settings. Here’s how:

Step 1: Go to the Shortcuts App.

Find and tap your iPhone Shortcuts icon. It’s typically on the second screen of shortcuts (but that depends on a lot of things).

Find Apple’s Shortcuts app icon on your iPhone. (Hint: it wont be this big!)

Step 2: Find the example shortcut to text last image.

If this is your first shortcut, you will see a folder called Starter Shortcuts.

Look for a green block with the writing “Text Last Image 2 Actions”.

Tap it and it will already try to send the last image.

TIP: Probably best not to test it until you are sure what that last image was!

Try it and your iPhone will bring up a Privacy menu. It will actually show you the last image (so you don’t really have to remember!) and offer you three options:

• Allow Once.
• Always Allow (recommended if you don’t want to set this Siri Shortcut up separately under Privacy Settings).
• Don’t Allow. This is like ‘Cancel’ and you can simply tap that for now if you are just trying it out for the first time.

Step 3: Tap one of the above to make your selection.

That will become the default selection from now on.

NOTE: It also shows how you command Siri to perform this shortcut.

Under the title ‘Text Last Image’, you can see “Hey Siri, Text Last Image”.

How to set privacy options for a shortcut.

When viewing the starter shortcut in the Shortcuts app, tap you the circle with the three dots to view the details.

Tap the icon with dots in lines (see image below).

Tap to select the Privacy tab near the top.

How to set the privacy setting for a shortcut.

Look in the Shortcuts app for the Gallery icon (bottom right of the main Shortcuts screen) for many more examples of shortcuts you can command with Siri.

7 Send Last Scanned Document

This is an extra added bonus. Because it could be a useful Siri shortcut for work.

You would think you might need to program it with a detailed iOS Shortcut, but I found Siri is at least partially capable of it without actually creating a specific shortcut.

I am very often scanning documents for others with my iPhone; I am not the only one who finds it faster than mucking about with the office scanner!

Therefore, very often the next step is to send it to the person who asked for it.

Step 1 Say “Hey Siri open notes with scanned documents”.

Siri will yell you how many notes with scanned documents were found.

The most recent scanned document will be at the top. Tap it to open it. (Feel free to play around with Siri to see if you can find a command to open the note for you.)

Now if you ask, Siri can send a screen-copy, via text.

Here’s the rub. While testing this one again recently I found you do have to tap to send rather than ask Siri if you want to email the scan rather than send a text with a screen copy of the note showing the scan.

Summary

We’ve shown 6 iOS 16 shortcuts examples to use one way or another with Siri. Play around with these Siri shortcuts, and try your own variations which suit you at work. One idea is see how far asking Siri to set a timer or a new meeting can go. You might adopt them into the useful shortcuts you often use in your daily routine.

A few FAQs we have covered:

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How to Disconnect AirPlay in Brief

To instantly disconnect Airplay devices (one or more) from your iPhone during audio playback, you need to select your iPhone as the playback device.

To disable Airplay on iPhone and iPad directly in the app, tap the AirPlay icon/button. This button is always visible in some apps (especially audio apps). In others apps it typically becomes visible when you touch your iPhone (or iPad) screen during video playback to bring up controls (like Pause, Forward, Backward etc.).

Then you will be able to tap from a selection of devices listed or tap ‘Turn off AirPlay’ for video.

Alternatively as stated above, for audio, select (your) iPhone at the top of the list to disconnect AirPlay instantly from all other devices. Siri can do it too in certain situations (read more below).

NOTE: In some situations, when you shut off Airplay that does not disable it, so your iPhone can reconnect without you. To understand and manage this, and for step-by-step methods explaining how to turn off AirPlay in detail, read on.

This is a detailed guide. You can read right through or click the in-page link in the Contents below to jump direct to the part most relevant to you. Be sure to read the section on how to disable airplay with screen mirroring ‘permanently’. By ‘permanently’ I mean it won’t restart unless you re-enable it (otherwise things can restart on their own!). This section shows the Settings you need and where to find them.

Contents

How to Disable Airplay in Brief

Helpful Background

Normal Methods:

How to Disconnect Airplay – Audio

Use Siri to Turn Off Airplay 2-enabled Devices

Turn Off Airplay – Video

How to Turn Off Screen Mirroring to TV or Mac

How to Disable Screen Mirroring ‘Permanently’ via Settings

What? It did not work or it turned back on!

Indirect/Special Methods:

Try Turning Off Bluetooth

How to Turn off Bluetooth ‘Permanently’

Try Turning Off Wi-Fi

Project to Screen Without AirPlay

More Information on AirPlay to stream Video and Audio

Helpful Background

It is helpful to cover this so you understand that how you shut off airplay can depend on what you are playing and whether you want to turn-off, disconnect, or disable it.

AirPlay seems like a single streaming system for both audio and video, however it is not. There are actually two systems.

• Bluetooth devices including AirPods, AirPods Max, AirPods Pro and Beats wireless headphones use Bluetooth when they are connected using AirPlay on iPhone or iPad.
• When you stream video, AirPlay uses Wi-Fi to transfer the data to AppleTV, smart TV, or Mac screen.

I guess that is why the AirPlay icons look different in audio apps, like the Music app compared to in Apple TV.

See more info about these two systems (and why there needs to be two) towards the end of this article.

Performing a very similar task to AirPlay is Screen Mirroring, and I will show how to shut off and ‘permanently’ disable that also.

How to Disconnect AirPlay on iPhone when Playing Audio

You can turn off a device using the iPhone touch screen in several ways.

Ultimately, the key to disconnect Airplay for audio playback, you select your iPhone as the playback device. This will un-check and immediately disconnect all other device(s).

To get to the point where you can do this, follow the steps below.

Step 1: Navigate to the ‘Now Playing’ screen, the Lock Screen, or to Control Center.

Yes, this is really three methods listed in one! In detail, to do this, do one of the following.

1. Tap the Music app player near the bottom of the screen to show the Now Playing screen. Or…
2. Tilt move your locked iPhone, or touch the Side button or Home Button (iPhone model dependent – see below) to show the Lock Screen. Or…
3. Swipe to show the Control Center.

The following images show the icon placement for each of these options.

How to disconnect Airplay from the music app: Step 1 – bring up the Music App, Step 2 – tap the AirPlay icon. See further below for the view of the next step after that.

How to disconnect AirPlay from the Lock Screen: Step 1 – tilt or touch to show Lock Screen, then Step 2 – tap the Airplay icon (blue when connected). See further below for the view of the next step after that.

Lock Screen Notes:

On iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, X etc. all the way back to the iPhone 5 is the Side button.

Only iPhone SE, iPhone 8, 7, 6, 5 and older versions have the Home button, which you can touch without unlocking to access the Lock Screen.

Far top right of the music app indication is where the AirPlay icon is located in Control Center. Bluetooth and Airplay are switched off (icons are blue when On).

Control Center Notes:

Swipe down from top right with your iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, X and their Mini/Pro/Max versions.

Swipe up from the bottom of the screen on iPhone 8, 7, 6 and iPhone 5.

Step 2: Find and Tap the Airplay symbol

The images above indicate where you should tap depending on which method to show the music that is playing.

Step 3: Tap the items you want to disable AirPlay on or tap iPhone

On the list that appears, tap the one (or more) for which you want to turn AirPlay off.

To Disconnect AirPlay with one or all devices at once, tap iPhone (see images below). This essentially refers to your iPhone’s speakers and toggles any other playing devices off.

NOTE: If you have moved away from every Bluetooth device beyond the Bluetooth range, only ‘iPhone’ will show as the play device. There will be nothing to select to disconnect AirPlay.

This is what it looks like from within the app to disconnect AirPlay:

Tap iPhone to disconnect from AirPLay when in the music app.

This is what it looks like from the Lock Screen to disconnect AirPlay:

This screen capture shows how to disconnect AirPlay on the Lock Screen. Tap the row showing ‘iPhone’. This will disconnect AirPlay from ALL devices at once.

NOTE: it is worth noting that when you disconnect Airplay in this way, the devices are still visible in your options so you can reconnect. If you want to disable AirPlay from selected devices until you next want to re-enable them, see how to do it via settings further below. If you want to disconnect from the devices completely, turn off bluetooth.

Once you have AirPlay disconnected, you can see the disconnected device(s), as shown below.

This reinforces the idea that you must select your iPhone as the playing device instead of other devices to disable airplay. If you really want to disable it and remove the other devices from the list, you can turn off Bluetooth (see further below).

As you might expect, this can cause your iPhone to start playing. You can choose to either continue listening or press pause to stop playing.

A final note on How to Disconnect AirPlay While Playing Audio

When you want to disconnect airplay, there is one more option I haven’t mention until now. It might seem obvious, but you can also power-off the device.

So, let’s say you were playing to your car radio as the receiving device.

You can either:

Press the power button to turn off the radio.

Press the Radio/CD/Auxiliary button (or what ever the equivalent is on your car radio) to select ‘Radio’, ‘CD’ or ‘USB’ (or other options if you have them) rather than Bluetooth.

Use Siri to Turn Off Airplay-2 Enabled Devices

You probably know how you can ask Siri a question, like “hey Siri, how do I disconnect AirPlay on iPhone?” to do a search.

Do you know you can disconnect Airplay without touching your iPhone?

Well, with AirPlay-2 and Siri on iPhone, you can!

It is possible to play audio on one or more AirPlay-2 enabled devices at the same time (dependent on your set up). You can turn off all of them at once or switch off only a specific device, like your speakers only.

Wow! Did you know Siri could do that?

Here is how you do it:

Step 1: Tell Siri to “stop playing on (connected device)” or other similar language.

For Example, you can say something like “Hey Siri, remove music from living room”.

To turn AirPlay off from your iPhone to your Speakers only

You could say “hey Siri, stop playing music on speakers only”.

Want to turn Airplay off everywhere?

Try “hey Siri, stop playing music everywhere”.

That is it! There is only one step!

Exactly what you find works for you will depend on your device(s) and their set up or names and whether Siri recognizes the language you choose to try.

TIP: Did you know you can hold down the side button and ask the question rather than say “Hey, Siri”?

AirPlay-2 and touchscreen

You can otherwise select AirPlay-2 playback destinations to turn off several or only one device (or stereo speaker pair) using the iPhone touch screen.

Step 1: As described above in the first method, tap the Airplay symbol on the ‘Now Playing’ screen, on Lock Screen, or in Control Center.

Step 2: On the menu that appears, tap the one (or more) for which you want to turn AirPlay off.

NOTE: When you have turned off everything within range, ‘iPhone’ will show as the play device.

Turn off AirPlay – Video

This could be in the Apple TV app, or another supported video app on your iPhone or iPad.

Step 1: While watching the video in the app, tap the screen to show the controls. What you need is there along with other controls you normally use, like Pause, Forward, Backward etc.

Step 2: Directly in the app, tap the blue AirPlay icon.

It becomes visible when you touch your screen during video playback to bring up controls.

It might be difficult to see the AirPlay icon – it is here as shown.

While you are playing, the airplay icon will appear blue and is located near the top right of the screen.

TIP: You can stream photos, not just videos with AirPlay.

To stop AirPlay streaming photos, tap the blue AirPlay icon at the top of the screen on your iPhone, then tap ‘Turn off AirPlay‘.

NOTE: You can mirror your screen, so it plays everything your iPhone or iPad shows (not just while watching a video). You do this with Screen Mirroring.

How to Turn off Screen Mirroring to TV or Mac

Screen Mirroring shows everything on your screen on your iPhone or iPad (and plays the sound) to your Mac or Apple TV. You do this from Control Center. You can also disable it from there.

Step 1: Swipe to open Control Center.

Swipe down from top right with your new iPhone 14.

If you have an iPhone 13, iPhone 12, iPhone 11, iPhone X or their Mini/Pro/Max versions you also swipe down from top right.

Swipe up from the bottom of the screen on iPhone 8, iPhone 7, iPhone 6 and iPhone 5.

Step 2: Tap the blue Screen Mirroring icon.

You might notice the icon is slightly different while playing to the one you use to turn it on. It shows one screen shaded.

TIP: I will also cover how to turn off Screen Mirroring in Settings. See the so-called ‘Permanent’ method below.

How to Turn Off Screen Mirroring ‘Permanently’ via Settings

Some devices like Apple TV that you connect to can automatically reconnect. Apple enabled this option it by default. Thankfully there are alternatives.

It might be helpful or frustrating to connect to your TV every time you play a video within your Wi-Fi network.

There are settings you may adjust that will turn off AirPlay ‘Permanently’. Here is how you do it.

Step 1: Go into settings.

Step 2: Tap General.

I figure you all can get that far.

Step 3: Tap ‘AirPlay & Handoff’.

Where to go to turn off Screen Mirroring permanently in iPhone settings.

Step 4: Tap ‘Automatically play to TVs’.

Step 5: Tap to select ‘Never’.

Finally you disable AirPlay by selecting Never in your iPhone settings.

Alternatively, you can choose to have it ‘Ask’ you each time.

As stated above it would initially be on ‘Automatic’, and so that is your third option.

What? It didn’t Work or it turned back on!

FREAKY! It could be, so do read this.

There are a few important things to know relating to AirPlay. The first is that sometimes it does not turn off.

NOTE: When you disconnect from a network, for example when you move away from a location with a Wi-Fi network, AirPlay still works and is not turned off.

Your iPhone automatically re-joins known networks as you change locations. That is, when you move into a location with a network you previously joined, so it can restart. (Your iPhone will remember even if you forgot!) You do not do anything. Your iPhone just does it.

After all, most people expect that their phone will automatically reconnect to their home network. It would be a pain to reconnect every day! Remember it could reconnect to other previously used networks too, not only at your home.

AirPlay uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Either can be ‘on’ the next time you are in Airplane mode! This can be if you turned on either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi when you were previously in Airplane mode. For these situations, you may want to follow steps in the ‘indirect’ methods further below.

In certain situations, devices can reconnect automatically and so AirPlay can restart.

Especially so on iPad or iPhone with Apple TV as ‘Automatically connect to TVs’ is enabled by default. For this, you will want to read ‘How to Turn Off Screen Monitoring ‘Permanently’ via Settings’ above.

Now I am going to cover some indirect methods. Maybe they could work if you forget the above and want to turn it off quick!

Try Turning Off Bluetooth

This method is quick and will always work when you are using Bluetooth for audio (if your device is using Bluetooth).

I suppose I’d expect you will want to use one of the normal methods explained in detail above, but I figure these indirect ways would work based on how the technology works.

Be sure to check the note below, however as this method might not be so permanent!

It might be a useful thing to do or check when you change to Airplane mode.

Audio Airplay can operate via Bluetooth (as we explained in the intro.).

So go to the Control Center and tap the Bluetooth button (if it is on).

Here are the steps.

Step 1: Swipe to open Control Center.

Swipe down from top right with your iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, X and their Pro and Max versions.

Swipe up from the bottom of the screen on iPhone 8, 7, 6 and iPhone 5.

Step 2: view the Bluetooth icon and if it is blue tap it to turn it off.

That will stop your phone from anything connected via Bluetooth.

That will typically mean to turn off airplay from speakers.

Other methods further below will explain how to turn airplay off without turning off Bluetooth, as I understand you might not want to be doing that. For example, if you are using Bluetooth for some other purpose right now.

NOTE: Bluetooth will restart automatically later (the next day) if you turn it off that way.

Yes, it might seem creepy if you did not know that could happen.

I imagine Michael Jackson’s Thriller playing in the night when you turn your iPhone back from being in airplane mode! Or when you come home and walk near enough to your speakers. (Assuming you were playing it.) Scary, LOL!

But seriously, you might get a surprise if you miss the message saying “Turning off Bluetooth until tomorrow”.

Therefore, this might not be the best way to turn it off ‘permanently’. I mean until you want it again, that is. You will still be able to do that!

You want the next method for that.

How to Turn Off Bluetooth ‘Permanently’

Turn off Bluetooth and have it stay off until you decide you want it again.

Like the above method, this will always work when you are using Bluetooth for audio (if it is using Bluetooth).

Step 1: Go to Settings.

Step 2: Go into Bluetooth

Find and view the Bluetooth icon and row, and view if the setting shown to the right is ‘Off’ or ‘On’. If On, Tap the row or arrow to go into the setting.

Step 3: Turn off the Bluetooth toggle switch.

NOTE: you can see a list of things already connected or that were previously connected but that are now not connected.

This way Bluetooth will not automatically restart again later.

You will need to turn it back on when next you want to connect to a Bluetooth device.

TIP: To turn Bluetooth back on, you can do it quickest via the Control Center. Just swipe and then tap on the Bluetooth icon. Funny that to turn it off again from this same place won’t keep it ‘permanently’ turned off as we explained above. I suppose that is why the icon has a different type of shading.

Alternatively, to turn it back on you can also follow the steps above to find again the toggle switch under Settings.

Try Turning Off WiFi

This might seem extreme. However, if you are finding it difficult and want to make sure you turn off a video streaming from AirPlay, you can turn off Wi-Fi on your iPhone or Mac.

As stated above video streaming via AirPlay uses Wi-Fi. No Wi-Fi means no Airplay!

It might be useful if you are intending to go to airplane mode soon anyway. Tired and going to bed, for example?

Step 1: Go to Control Center

On your iPhone swipe to enter Control Center.

Again, as covered above, that means to swipe down from top right with your iPhone 14, 13, 12, 11, X and their Pro and Max versions.

Swipe up from the bottom of the screen on older iPhones (iPhone 8, 7, 6 and iPhone 5).

(“What? Somebody reading this is still using an iPhone 4? And you want to see it listed?” Lol!).

Anyway, I’m glad Apple went straight to the iPhone X and skipped the 9 just so there is a clear delineation between what we can consider newer and old!

Step 2: View your Wi-Fi icon

If your Wi-Fi icon is blue, then it is currently on.

Turn it off by tapping on the button.

Alternatively, you can turn it off inside settings.

Just go to Settings from your Home Screen.

Then tap on the Wi-Fi network line, to go into the settings. There you turn off Wi-Fi with the toggle switch.

TIP: If your Wi-Fi icon is not blue, then perhaps you could be streaming video via Mobile Data.

Project to screen without AirPlay

You want to turn off AirPlay, which as I explained runs over Bluetooth or W-Fi, so I figured you might be interested in how to not use AirPlay at all. There might be some who are concerned about ‘waves’, be concerned about AirPlay starting automatically, or have other motivation.

NOTE: You can connect from your iPhone to a TV, monitor, or projector with a cable and adapter. No wireless communication required!

For this, you will need a lightning to digital AV adapter or Lightning to VGA. Plug it into the bottom of your iPhone into the charging port. Then connect the cable, be it HDMI or VGA.

TIP: your lightning to digital AV adapter or Lightning to VGA adapter should have a charging port. This way you can keep up the juice to your iPhone while playing.

More Information on AirPlay to stream Video and Audio

FAQ: Why does AirPlay use both Bluetooth and WiFi?

The reason for this is that audio and video need different levels of data transfer and compression. Bluetooth is enough for Audio (for most needs). Only Wi-Fi is sufficient for the more demanding data transfer requirements of video.

FAQ: Why use Bluetooth at all?

Where you have no Wi-Fi or your device is only capable of Bluetooth.

Bluetooth connections are made by two (or more) devices directly between themselves. For example, your iPhone and your Bluetooth speakers or Beats headphones. No other device or network is used nor needed.

To use Wi-Fi, you need well, Wi-Fi! To state the obvious. That of course means you need a Wi-Fi system over which one or more devices are using to connect. That might mean you need a WiFi network at home or equivalent.

Bluetooth uses Apple AAC Bluetooth codec, which gives excellent audio quality although it is not lossless. There is some data and potentially quality loss.

It is a question of the limitations of data transfer rate with Bluetooth. They are finding a balance between not overloading data transfer for excellent non-interrupted audio streaming and suitable compression to give high quality audio.

For Video, an Apple-developed system is used and carried by your Wi-Fi.

Video has a greater demand for data transfer. Bluetooth cannot keep up (as it is slower). AirPlay taps into your Wi-Fi system and connects to the device, which also uses your W-Ffi. Wi-Fi is much faster for data transfer and thus AirPlay using Wi-Fi can transfer your video at the quality required.

You can configure AirPlay to search, find, and automatically connect to any Apple TV or smart TV from Apps you use with AirPlay. It does this via Wi-Fi.

Credit:

Some information and/or images are derived from iPhone User Manual iOS 16.

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