Apple with the passage of generations of iPhone has decided to remove the mythical ‘Home’ button from its iPhone and even its latest high-end iPad. This is a movement that the most conservative users who miss the functions granted by this Home button did not like. But since Apple have wanted to think about everything and the operating system have integrated the possibility of enabling a virtual Home button.
But this function is not intended only for those nostalgic. With the passage of time it is possible that users begin to feel that the Home button of their iPhone is not so sensitive. This may be an indication that it is failing but the world does not end here as this function of accessibility can be used. In this way you can extend the useful life of those older devices that begin to fail so that we are not forced to update them.
Activate the virtual AssistiveTouch button
The steps you must follow to activate the Assistive Touch functionality on both iPhone and iPad are the following:
- Access Settings and scroll to the ‘Accessibility’ section.
- In this tab go to the ‘Touch’ section.
- At the beginning you will find the section ‘Assistive Touch’ and when entering this you must activate the first function that receives this same name.
In this way a virtual button will appear on our screen that will not only act as a Home button. Clicking on this will give us several very interesting options to manage our team. For example, this menu highlights access to the control center, Siri, notifications … And all these shortcuts to different aspects of our iPhone or iPad can be customized.
Customize AssistiveTouch
To carry out this customization function you simply have to follow the following steps:
- Access Settings and scroll to the ‘Accessibility’ section.
- In this tab go to the ‘Touch’ section.
- At the beginning you will find the section ‘Assistive Touch’ and upon entering we will see the option ‘Customize floating menu’.
- Here we will have a preview of the floating menu with the different options. If we click on one of these we will have the possibility of choosing another one depending on our needs.
In this simple way you can access a Home button on the main screen, with the aim of replacing the physical button if it is damaged or if you miss it on your new iPhone.