Apple iOS 18: How to set up and use the new ‘Eye Tracking’ feature on iPhone

Before you set up the new Eye Tracking feature, place your iPhone on a flat surface with a distance of almost half a metre from your face. Also, make sure that the Face ID camera lens is clean and that there is enough lighting in the room. Apple also recommends users not sit in a way that the camera is not directly facing a light source as it might make it difficult to track the user’s eye movements.

The feature is currently available on iOS 18 beta 3. (Express Photo)

How to set up and use Eye Tracking on iOS 18 beta

1. Open the settings app on your iPhone or iPad and head over to the ‘Accessibility’ section.

2. Under the ‘Physical and Motor’ section, tap on the option named ‘Eye Tracking’ and turn it on.

3. This will open a new screen where you will need to focus and follow a series of dots that appear on the screen. Doing so will complete the process.

As you can see in the image above, the new feature comes with numerous customisation options like the smoothing slider that lets you increase or decrease the speed of the pointer. You can also turn on the ‘Snap to Item’ to automatically move the cursor to the nearby items, while the ‘Dwell Control’ toggle lets you gaze at an item on the screen to perform the selected action.