Assistive touch is an iPhone feature that allows the user to control the device with a virtual home button. This feature is designed for those who have difficulty reaching the keys on the device or cannot operate the touchscreen very well, but it has other uses as well. The most common “other” use of assistive touch is when a lock button or any other button malfunctions.
Using the assistive touch function, the user can still navigate their iPhone, lock and unlock the device, and control other functions such as volume. This feature is a great temporary or permanent fix when something happens to the iPhone. Follow the guide below to get started with Assistive touch on iPhone.
How to Enable Assistive Touch
Tap from the iPhone home screen.
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Scroll down and tap
Scroll to the bottom of the page under the Accessibility tab and
By default Assistive touch is disabled, move the slider to the right to enable the feature,
After enabling assistive touch, a virtual home button should appear on your device’s screen as in the image below. Like moving apps on the home screen, the home button can be moved to the most convenient place for the user to access and moved as needed. The virtual home button appears at the top of all apps, so while it’s always accessible, it can also be a pain when trying to play games or select options in apps.
Tap the virtual home button on your screen to start using assistive touch. And a menu will appear with all the available options. Two of the simplest options are Siri and Home. Tapping Siri will bring up Siri, just as if you had pressed and held the real home button. And by selecting Home, the action is the same as tapping the home button. This can be useful for those who have a home button that goes to the fritz.
One of the more detailed options is under the device tab. Tap favorites for commonly used gestures that the user can set.
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There are five different options to choose from on this page, select to view the remaining options under device.
There are four other options on this last page, if the user chooses not to make a selection, tap to return to a menu.
One last great feature of assistive touch is special gestures. These custom gestures allow users to record their own gestures and save them in the favorites tab of the assistive touch. Tap to create a custom gesture. Favorites.
Tap on the next page
The settings page for assistive touch will appear on the screen. Tap or swipe the highlighted area below to create a gesture. For this example, it’s a double tap.
After completing the move, select in the upper right corner.
Enter a name for the newly created gesture and tap .
The gesture should now appear in the list at the bottom of the Assistive Touch settings page.
To use the new gesture, tap the virtual home button, select favorites, and then
Put the gesture into an app from the home screen to test if it works correctly.
If the application opens, you have successfully created a custom transaction.