The apple on the back of the iPhone is a smart button that helps its users quickly access various functions such as the magnifying glass, taking screenshots and some accessibility options, which can be useful for people with vision difficulties, touch, speech or hearing.
It is important to consider that not all iPhone models You can enable this button. Those who can, must follow a series of steps below.
The real name of the button is back touch. It can be enabled from the iPhone 8 and on devices that have iOS 14 or later. With this in mind, the steps to activate it are:
1. Go to Settings, then Accessibility. There you must select Touch and Back touch.
2. In this step, the user must define the action they want to give to the subsequent touch. To do this, he has to select Double Tap or Triple Press and choose an action.
3. Verify that the action has been set.
In iOS 14 and later, the Back Touch feature allows you to: open Control Center, take a screenshot, activate accessibility actions, access AssistiveTouch, access Siri shortcuts, activate magnifying glass, and VoiceOver.
This is an iPhone accessibility feature that makes the device easier to use for people who have difficulty interacting with the screen or physical buttons. It is the white and gray circle that appears on the screen.
This tool allows you to use voice commands and create custom shortcuts to common functions, such as locking the screen, adjusting the volume, and more.
VoiceOver is an accessibility feature on the iPhone that informs the user about changes to the screen and the status of the device. Using VoiceOver, you are notified when the screen changes orientation from landscape to portrait, when the brightness dims, or when the screen locks.
It also provides information about the active elements on the locked screen when the iPhone is activated, thus facilitating interaction and navigation for users with visual impairments.
The later touch came to the iPhone with iOS 14. iPhone users are looking forward to iOS 18, Apple’s next operating system for its mobile devices that will be released between September, October and November 20254.
At Apple’s 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference, it was announced that this system would incorporate functions powered by Apple Intelligence, the company’s artificial intelligence.
Some of the new tools are:
– Rewrite: It will improve writing and offer users different versions of a text to adjust the tone.
– Proofread: You will review grammar and sentence structure.
– Summarize: It will allow you to create summaries in various formats.
– iMessage: Users will have new text formats and will be able to schedule messages. Likewise, quick responses will include stickers and emojis.
– Satellite messages: It will allow users to send and receive text messages, emojis and quick messages via iMessage and SMS when cellular or WiFi connections are not available.
– Mail update: Apple’s email application will have a new categorization of messages. New filters include Main, Transactions, Updates and Promotions.
Additionally, Mail will have a summary view that will bring together all of a company’s relevant emails in one place. This feature will allow users to quickly find necessary information without having to search through multiple emails.
It should be added that Apple Intelligence will be available in beta version for iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
