So, you want to make Dynamic Island do something, right? Or just show it to someone who is curious about it. But how do you activate Dynamic Island when you want it to? Well, this post will help you with that.

The new Dynamic Island feature has been one of the biggest drivers behind the iPhone 14 Pro’s astonishing sales of late. It’s Apple’s way of hiding the notch on the new iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. And it looks great, so much so that you’ll want to activate and use it often.

The iPhone 14 Pro models feature a 30% smaller notch, allowing for more screen real estate. Rather than stop at the slightly smaller notch, Apple decided to blur the lines between hardware and software with Dynamic Island, which places a software pill over the display’s notch, allowing you to interact with it and see ongoing notifications and alerts. However, many users around the world have reported that they are unable to use the Dynamic Island feature. Learn how to enable and use Dynamic Island on your iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max below.

Dynamic Island is designed to look like your camera hole, so it will remain static until you have an app running in the background that can utilize the feature and its notification system. Dynamic Island is supposed to support multitasking by minimizing the time you spend switching between apps. Remember how you could only keep track of timers, music, deliveries, and more by opening the dedicated app or using dedicated widgets? Well, now all of these activities are displayed directly in Dynamic Island. This helps you stay focused on the task at hand, while ensuring that you don’t have to switch apps or go to your home screen to keep track of ongoing activities.