Change the Name of your iPhone

Recently, I was on a Zoom call with several colleagues, and a participant showed up on the call from an anonymous “iPhone.” We had no idea who it was, so we stopped the meeting to inquire and make sure that the person was supposed to be on the call. It was, but the person indicated that they did not know how to change the name of their phone. Unidentified iPhones can be a problem, both for calls like this and also when you try to share a file or photo via Airdrop (a preferred method for sharing files or photos). In a crowded place, it can be nearly impossible to identify the recipient if the user’s phone does not have some clear identifier beyond “iPhone.”

Changing the name on your iPhone is an easy fix, so here is a short video tutorial to help.