Mobile phones support more file formats every day , making them quite useful for our lives. At present, the use of tablets and mobile devices has increased many more than that of computers, so those must adapt to our needs.
Today we will show you what are the different files that our iPhone supports, among which you will see which are the most common . We also include a list of applications good enough to view any file format.
These are organized in lists of five, categorized by audio files , text , videos and images , with their respective brief description so you can see their qualities .
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What file formats can I open from my iPhone smartphone?
The iPhone is compatible with most of the existing files in the world , so we can practically edit and open any of them. However, there are some files that can only be read with the help of third-party software .
But we’ll explain that later, now we’ll show you those that the same phone can open:
Audio files
The audio files are in different formats , and although they are among the most used, iPhone does not support any of these files, although is mostly .
Among those it supports are the following:
- * AAC (8 to 320 Kbps).
- Protected AAC (from the iTunes Store).
- HE-AAC, MP3 (from 8 to 320 Kbps).
- MP3 VBR.
- Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX +).
- Apple Lossless.
- AIFF.
- WAV.
Many of them are common in everyday life, so our iPhone will not be so restricted with these types of files, because of the huge number of existing audio formats, this type of device supports the most used .
Text files
Today our iPhone can accept most text formats , but not all, because there are programmatic formats such as HTML languages that some read, but it does not allow us to edit them.
Normally, we use basic text formats, such as .txt. But using third-party app help we can extend that limit to formats such as .pdf and .doc . We just have to install the right software for it.
Videos
The iPhone, by default, allows us to watch videos in more common formats, such as:
- H.264 video up to 1080p.
- 60 shots per second.
- High Profile level 4.2 / 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps.
- 48 kHz, stereo audio in M4V.
- MP4 .
- Formats MOV .
Although depending on the model of the iPhone, can increase the limit of the types of formats that can be seen. We know that there are still many more formats, but as we mentioned these come with a useful design in the most general, thus being your support for the most common formats.
Images
When we talk about images we also include the photos, because they can practically use the same formats. IPhone, also comes equipped with a wide enough support to accept most image formats .
Some of those that are accepted are the following:
- JPEG.
- PNG.
- GIF.
Nowadays most of the images come in formats like those just mentioned, for this reason iPhone brings us the opportunity to use these , and with the help of some applications, we can convert them from one format to another, until edit the images as we please.
List of the best applications to open files of any format in iOS
Then, you will know what are the best applications to install on your iOS and be able to open any type of file with which you run into it:
To play audio
We start with the audio players, one of the most popular applications for users to enjoy their music:
Shazam
It is one of the most used applications to play audios. It has excellent tools to allow us to enjoy our music with the best possible quality. We can obtain it without having to pay anything, being a complete virtue of Shazam, which will surely hook us to it.
Listen Gesture Music Player
It is a free application that has small but efficient features. One of them is gestural control, being very striking for all its users. Developed by MacPaw, and although it has different versions for different devices it is more used on iPhone.
Musixmatch
This is another free application for iOS, although it seems to be a simple tool, it is more than that, because it allows us to create albums, groups and highlight our favorite music.
It has a widget in its notification panel that gives us the service to see the lyrics of the melodies without having to enter the application.
Music Player
Just by seeing this application we will fall in love with it, because as a player it meets all its features. One of its enormous qualities is that it has a completely impeccable and organized interface , which makes anyone quickly adapt to it.
It also offers us a series of themes that allows us to customize its appearance , so that it adapts to our style. On the other hand it integrates the possibility of sharing on Twitter and Facebook everything we are listening to or have saved.
Ecoute
It is an application that must be paid, but what you have to cancel is not much, since only is 1,009 euros . We assure you that it is a software that allows us to play music, but with a totally different style than we are used to.
Among all its qualities it is good to highlight that includes night mode , extremely useful if we are one of those people who spend their active nights.
To play video
Applications to play video on iPhone are quite advanced, and we can find high-level players in all of them.
Some of the best we bring you below:
VLC for Mobile
It is considered as a fairly famous player , and it is because it has been in stores for a long time. But that is old does not mean that it is useless, and quite the contrary its great time in the market has forced it to evolve, in order to continue in the competition.
Its mobile version allows us to enjoy videos in MP4, AVI and MKV formats, all from our iPhone without installing any additional extension .
Infuse
It has a fairly intuitive and visually pleasing interface , which allows us as users to adapt quickly to all its functions. It is an application that is full of fabulous tools that make it more than just a player.
Among its features are the two versions that we can find in it. A Pro version where we must pay a monthly payment and a Free totally free .
PlayerXtreme
Although very few know her, meets all the requirements necessary to be one of the best video players for iPhone. We cannot ignore its elegance and the complete interface it offers us , totally unique and adapted to our needs.
GoodPlayer
It is a very visually pleasing player, but this requires a payment of 3.40 euros , which are really worth it. It is considered as one of the most useful apps when demanding excellent video playback, among other things because it manages the right subtitles for each of our videos.
OPlayer Lite
To culminate with the section of video players, we leave you OPlayer Lite , which stands out for a wide video player for the amount of formats it supports. Some of its supported formats are: XVID, WMV, MKV, AC3 and MP4 .
It is an interesting application that will solve our needs just by installing it. In addition to compatibility, is supported even by Apple Watch .
To display images
As for image viewers, in the Apple Store you will find hundreds of good options. Here are our recommendations:
Filemaster
This is a simple application to view photos on our iPhone, although does not fulfill many functions like any Android app . But among the basic things, it is considered completely useful for viewing our images in all types of formats.
Google Photos
It is a very useful application, which we can find available for Android and iOS . It has a fairly wide gallery of functions, which allows us to organize our photos and videos by dates, sizes or names. All of this is stored in your Drive account in the cloud.
Although it does not allow us to modify the images, it is still perfect for us.