If you’ve ever been perplexed by the laundry care symbols on a garment and have an iPhone, help is at hand.
Below, we’ll show you how to use your iPhone to get perfectly washed clothing, every time.
Many garment labels will features the washing instructions in clear language above the laundry care symbols. But if your label doesn’t, here’s what to do.
- Time to complete: 1 minute
- Tools required: iPhone, garment
Take a photo
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Take a clear photo of the laundry care symbols on the label with your iPhone, then go into the Photos app to view the photo you took.
Give the pic a swipe
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Swipe up on the photo and one of the options you’ll see will be ‘Laundry Care’.
Reveal the results
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Hit ‘Laundry Care’ and Siri Knowledge will decipher the laundry hieroglyphs for you.
And that’s it! All done, except for the laundry itself. We’re still waiting for the upgrade that’ll allow Siri to do that for you as well.
Author: Emma Rowley, Group Home Tech Editor, Tech Advisor
Emma has been a journalist and copywriter for over 20 years and has been testing and writing about home tech and appliances for seven years. She tries out every appliance she writes about at home, and aims to recommend time- and energy-saving products that will last.