How to measure the safe distance between you and others with iPhone is extremely easy

The following will guide you on how to measure a safe distance when out in public with iPhone.

How to measure safety distance using Magnifier on iPhone

Magnifier is an accessibility feature that turns your iPhone or iPad into a magnifying glass, useful for reading and viewing content for people with low vision. On iOS 14.2, Magnifier added a feature called People Detection used to determine the distance between people. Usage is as follows.

Step 1 . Go to  Settings  >  Control Center  >  Add Magnifier .

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Step 2 . You swipe the screen quickly to open  Control Center , choose  Magnifier  >  Settings .

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Step 3 . In the interface of sub-controls, click to add  People Detection .

Now, to measure the distance, you just need to hold the iPhone camera in the direction of that person, which will display the distance information between you and that person in real time.

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Note : This feature may be more stable when using iPhone 12 Pro or iPad Pro because of the LiDAR sensor. Intended for everyone to know the exact minimum distance of 2m, to comply with social spacing measures during the COVID-19 epidemic season. In addition, you can also use it for measurement purposes.

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Micah Soto

Update 12 November 2020