Turn On Bluetooth On Your iPhone

There are three ways to turn on Bluetooth on your iPhone:

How To Turn On Bluetooth In The Settings App

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Bluetooth to open the Bluetooth menu.
3. If the switch next to Bluetooth is green, then Bluetooth is already turned on.
4. If the switch next to Bluetooth is gray, tap the switch with your finger to turn Bluetooth on.

How To Turn On Bluetooth In Control Center

1. Open Control by swiping up from below the bottom of the screen (iPhones without Face ID) or down from the upper right-hand corner of the screen (iPhones with Face ID).
2. To turn on Bluetooth, tap the Bluetooth icon, which looks like a “B” made of triangles. If the icon is highlighted in blue, then Bluetooth is already turned on.

How To Turn On Bluetooth Using Siri

1. Open Siri by pressing and holding the Home button (iPhones without Face ID) or side button (iPhones with Face ID) until Siri appears, or say, “Hey Siri.”
2. Say, “Turn on Bluetooth.” Siri will tell you if Bluetooth is already turned on.

Why this works:

Turning on Bluetooth allows you to connect your iPhone to Bluetooth devices such as AirPods, keyboards, speakers, and more.

Pro tip:

• You can also see if Bluetooth is on by looking next to the battery icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
• If the Bluetooth icon is black, Bluetooth is on and your iPhone is connected to a Bluetooth device.
• If the Bluetooth icon is gray, Bluetooth is on, but your iPhone isn’t connected to any devices.
• If you don’t see the Bluetooth icon, then Bluetooth is turned off.
• If you are having trouble opening Control Center on an iPhone without Face ID, you probably aren’t swiping up from low enough.