How to Add a Virtual Home Button on iPhone X/XS/XR/XS MAX/11/11 Pro/11 Pro MAX

blognet   Wednesday, June 10, 2020   Comment  

How to Add a Virtual Home Button on iPhone X/XS/XR/XS MAX/11/11 Pro/11 Pro MAX

The home button has always remained an essential features in iPhones; that is until the latest installment, which is the iPhone 11. It features no home button and has a completely touch based display which lends it a certain beauty. However, for other users the lack of a home button may come as a drawback or it may be a feature that they miss.

Luckily for such people, it is possible to have a virtual home button on your iPhone X, XS, XR, XS MAX, 11, 11 Pro or 11 Pro MAX. Anyone who has ever used an iOS device must surely know of the ‘Assistive Touch‘ feature which is incredibly user friendly. For the uninitiated, this feature basically allows you to use your device in a more convenient manner because with it you can restart your device, take screenshots, change the volume and much more.

Steps to Add a Virtual Home Button on your iPhone X/XS/XR/XS MAX/11/11 Pro/11 Pro MAX

In addition, you can even create customized actions for the virtual button. If all this sounds like something you would want read on to learn how to add the virtual home button:

Step 1: Go to Settings -> General -> Accessibility.

Step 2: Tap on the Assistive Touch feature which should appear after you scroll down a bit and toggle it to on.

How to Customize Action Icons with Assistive Touch

It is possible to use the virtual home button for different customization options which gives a lot of flexibility to the user. To get started just follow the steps below:

Step 1: Go to Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Assistive Touch.

Step 2: Next, you just need to assign custom actions to directly interact with the Assistive Touch icon. This can include options like SOS, Restart or even Screenshotting. In total there are 22 actions from which to choose from.

How this works is that basically if you select the custom action to be Screenshot then whenever you tap the virtual home button it will take a screenshot. It’s really that simple!

Reducing Opacity of Assistive Touch

The iOS 11 allows the user to reduce the opacity of the Assistive Touch button when it isn’t being used. What this does is that it doesn’t stay as prominent or distracting when it isn’t required or being used. Let us know how your experience with Assistive Touch goes.

Smart home controls and easy wallet access all in one place The new Android 11's power button menu will look like

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Smart home controls and easy wallet access all in one place The new Android 11's power button menu will look like

blognet   Wednesday, June 03, 2020   Comment  

Google decided some time ago that the power button on Android phones could be useful for quick access to commonly-used features. An iOS-style wallet was added to the Pixel in March so you can switch between payment cards or bring up travel passes and loyalty cards when you need them, and next on the list is smart home controls. Evidence of this arrived with Android 11's developer previews, but freshly leaked documentation now shows us what the final product is going to look like.

When we saw an early version of the power menu's home control center, the usual buttons such as Emergency and Power off were moved to the very top, and everything below was reserved for 'Quick controls.' With the wallet functionality since released, Google had to find a way to fit it all in, and the below image shows what they've likely settled on. The quality isn't the best, but the mockup taken from a leaked "Android R changes" document reveals that Google will be cramming the card switcher in between power options and quick controls.

The end result is a very busy screen, but a useful one nonetheless. If we're lucky, this will eventually have a contextual element — it would be great if the wallet was only displayed when you weren't at home, for example, allowing more smart home controls onto the screen when you need them the most. Another image from the leaked materials shows what the different states of IoT buttons will look like (below).

This gives us a good idea of which smart home gadgets will be controllable, including cameras, thermostats, and lights just as you'd expect. According to the documentation, short presses will toggle these on and off, while a long-press will bring up more options or take you to the corresponding app if necessary. It's unclear whether this will be completely tied to the Google Home app, or if you'll be able to add other unattached services. We were expecting to get more official details about Android 11 in a livestreamed Beta Launch Show on June 3