The little-known iPhone feature that travelers are hailing as a game changer
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Apple has solved an issue travels face when heading abroad. Tucked inside the latest iOS 18 update is a little-known feature in the Calculator app that instantly converts currency. Users just open the app, tap the icon that looks like a physical calculator and turn on Convert.
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There are two arrows, one up and another down, which scroll through different units and currencies. Then enter a value in either field to see conversions as you type. The feature also converts lengths, time, speed and weights, making it easier for those traveling to a foreign country.
Expert traveler Bianca Montalvo shared the trick in a TikTok video, saying: 'f you're traveling internationally this next year, you need to know this new iPhone trick that will make your next trip so much easier.'. The updated Calculator app converts 105 currencies and 110 measurement units.
'I'm headed to France in March....this is the sweetest tip I never knew about!' a user commented on the video. While another called the feature 'genius.'. A little-known iPhone feature is being hailed a game changer by travelers. Montalvo also revealed that an iPhone does not need to be connected to a cellular network using data or to a Wi-Fi network to access the conversion feature.
As exchange rates are perpetually changing in real-time 24 hours a day, this led to some confusion reflected in the comments. 'How does it not use data when the exchange rate constantly fluctuates?' A commenter asked. An exchange rate is how much of a nation's currency you can buy with another nation's currency.
