The Action Button on the iPhone 15 and later provides one-click access to features, but strangely it can only perform one action. With a quick workaround in the Shortcuts apps, it's possible to use ...

Two things I use all the time in one elegant shortcut. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac I finally figured out the perfect set of controls to assign to the iPhone’s Action button. I created a ...

The Action button is available on nearly every iPhone Apple sells, offering a quick way to access a feature, app or shortcut on your phone, just by pushing a button. It can be a flashlight, activate a ...

Sure, you might have picked up the Apple Watch Ultra to make it easier to track your workouts and monitor your health. But it's so much more than just a fitness and health assistant. With all of its ...

How Apple’s configurable button can shine, with a wide range of examples and instructions for a do-it-all menu. How Apple’s configurable button can shine, with a wide range of examples and ...

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The Action button, introduced with the iPhone 15 Pro models and now featured on all iPhone 16 models, offers users a customizable hardware button for quick access to various functions. With iOS 18, ...

Apple's new entry-level iPhone 16e has inherited the Action button first seen on the iPhone 15 Pro and now found on all iPhone 16 models. The Action button replaces the traditional Ring/Silent switch ...

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The new iPhone 16e moves Visual Intelligence to the Action Button, making that immediately more useful and also giving faint hope that the button will be improved further. Now it's come to the iPhone ...

Apple replaced the classic mute switch with the configurable Action button last year on the iPhone 15 Pro. Since day one, the Action button on my iPhone 15 Pro Max has been assigned to launching the ...

In our most recent Do You Use It? poll, we asked readers who own an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Pro Max if they used the Action button, and if so, for what. Remember, the Action button replaced the ...