Apple is set to release iOS 18.4 in April, an update that will likely bring your iPhone new emojia new food section in Apple News and much more. But when Apple released iOS 18 in September, that update brought a lot of new features to your iPhone, like the ability to customize your home screen and hide and lock certain apps. That update also added a conversion function to the Calculator app.
That means you can convert things like currency, temperature and weight right from your calculator without opening a web browser or using Spotlight.
Read more: Everything You Need to Know About iOS 18
Here’s how to use your Calculator app to perform conversions fast.
How to use Calculator for conversions
1. Open your Calculator app.
2. Tap the icon in the bottom left corner of your screen next to the 0 digit.
3. Tap the switch next to Convert.
The input area for Calculator — the area just above the digits and buttons — will split into a top and bottom field with separate values in each. By default, you’ll enter values into the top field and the bottom is what you’re converting to. If you tap the arrows to the left of your values, the input will switch to the bottom field and you’ll be converting to the top.
To change what you’re converting, like distance or area, tap the value indicator to the right of either your top or bottom value. This will pull up a menu where you can search for different units by entering them into the search bar across the top of the menu.
You can also scroll through a carousel below the search bar and tap into different unit categories, like Area, Currency and Temperature. Tap into the desired category, then tap the correct unit, so if you want to convert grams for a recipe, tap Weight then Gram.
Once you pick the unit, you’ll be taken back to the main Calculator screen. Now, you have to tap the value indicator next to the other value — either top or bottom — and select what unit you would like to convert to. You should already be in the correct unit category so you just have to select what unit to convert to, so if you want to convert grams to pounds, you just have to tap Pounds.
Now if you see a recipe that calls for 500 grams of pasta, you can quickly convert it if you need to and learn the amount is about a pound of pasta.
For more on iOS 18, here’s what you need to know about iOS 18.3.2, iOS 18.3.1 and iOS 18.3. You can also check out our iOS 18 cheat sheet.
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