Can the action button on newer iPhones be customized to let you trigger different things by pressing it twice or three times, or long-pressing/pressing and holding it? If not, it's weird, surprising and shameful.
Since my iPhone doesn't have the Action button and I haven't received any replies, I had to ask chatGPT about that and rely on its response, according to which the Action button lacks the customization options I mentioned in my post, so I submitted my request to Apple and hope I can use the Action button to launch more useful shortcuts/actions once I buy an iPhone with one.
Apple itself should allow for more customization and you shouldn't have to go through all those steps to use the Action button for a single shortcut in addition to one that is allowed by default. The method I suggested will let you assign a total of four shortcuts to the Action button, triggered when single-pressing, double-pressing, tripple-pressing and long-pressing it, just like the good old Home button that would let you go to the home screen by pressing it once, the App Switcher by pressing it twice, the "accessibility shortcut" by pressing it three times and Siri or whatever you could assign to it by long-pressing it. And even the Home button allowed a fairly high level of flexibility even though you couldn't customize the single-press and double-press actions at all.
Oh, I agree with you. I posted that, however, because I thought you might find it useful. 🤷🏻♂️
With regards to the home button, don't forget that also buy double tap in the surface of the home button, we get access to "Reachability". Unless you have that disabled, of course. 😉
Love my SE 2022. 😍
Right, so it may not take long for me to get used to using an iPhone without a Home button, but I still prefer the Home button and Touch ID over swipe gestures and Face ID. I thought the Action button could compensate for the drop in convenience but was surprised to find out that it could only be assigned to one single event/shortcut through a regular single-press.
I'm honestly surprised apple didn't think of giving multiple functions to the action button from the get go. I mean, airpods? Press once to play, twice for next track, 3 times for previous track, long press for noise control, as an example. Apple watch? Press once on the crown to go to the watch face, twice to open dock, three times for voiceover or for the accessibility shortcut, and long press for siri. Iphone? Press once for locking phone, twice to bring up wallet, three times for accessibility shortcut, 5 times for SOS... It's really odd they skipped doing the same for the action button, major oversight, i'd say.
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Submitted my Suggestion to Apple (FB20044918)
Since my iPhone doesn't have the Action button and I haven't received any replies, I had to ask chatGPT about that and rely on its response, according to which the Action button lacks the customization options I mentioned in my post, so I submitted my request to Apple and hope I can use the Action button to launch more useful shortcuts/actions once I buy an iPhone with one.
This might interest you
https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/iphone-15-pro-assign-two-shortcuts-action-button/
This is only a temporary and inconvenient workaround.
Apple itself should allow for more customization and you shouldn't have to go through all those steps to use the Action button for a single shortcut in addition to one that is allowed by default. The method I suggested will let you assign a total of four shortcuts to the Action button, triggered when single-pressing, double-pressing, tripple-pressing and long-pressing it, just like the good old Home button that would let you go to the home screen by pressing it once, the App Switcher by pressing it twice, the "accessibility shortcut" by pressing it three times and Siri or whatever you could assign to it by long-pressing it. And even the Home button allowed a fairly high level of flexibility even though you couldn't customize the single-press and double-press actions at all.
Re: Action button
Oh, I agree with you. I posted that, however, because I thought you might find it useful. 🤷🏻♂️
With regards to the home button, don't forget that also buy double tap in the surface of the home button, we get access to "Reachability". Unless you have that disabled, of course. 😉
Love my SE 2022. 😍
I also have an SE 2022, AKA 3rd generation
Right, so it may not take long for me to get used to using an iPhone without a Home button, but I still prefer the Home button and Touch ID over swipe gestures and Face ID. I thought the Action button could compensate for the drop in convenience but was surprised to find out that it could only be assigned to one single event/shortcut through a regular single-press.
To be frank I'm surprised apple didn't think
I'm honestly surprised apple didn't think of giving multiple functions to the action button from the get go. I mean, airpods? Press once to play, twice for next track, 3 times for previous track, long press for noise control, as an example. Apple watch? Press once on the crown to go to the watch face, twice to open dock, three times for voiceover or for the accessibility shortcut, and long press for siri. Iphone? Press once for locking phone, twice to bring up wallet, three times for accessibility shortcut, 5 times for SOS... It's really odd they skipped doing the same for the action button, major oversight, i'd say.