iOS and iPadOS are the operating systems of iPhone and iPad respectively. The development of these devices followed the release of software for Mac, currently known as macOS. It did many features built into macOS have a commonality or commonality with iOS or iPadOS. This is the case of the function we are going to talk about today and which will improve the productivity of all users if they use it with a head and focusing on their most daily actions. It is active corners integrated with accessibility tools that allows to launch custom actions directly from the corners.
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It is well known that Apple has a vested interest in providing accessibility tools and features to all users. Although initially their goal was to make their operating systems easier to use for people with different disabilities, many accessibility features are now useful for all users.
One of the best known options is Support contact It provides an easy way to access common software features without having to use physical buttons on the device. It is the mythical white virtual button that can be moved on the screen which acts as a “home button”, even when it is no longer available on iPhone and iPad.
Today we are going to talk about active corners, an important function macOS legacy which is available on iOS and iPadOS via AssistiveTouch. This function allows you to launch specific functions by pressing on either side of the screen of our device. It is a kind of shortcuts that can be launched directly from any part of the operating system.
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We explain how to easily activate active corners from your iPhone or iPad:
- Enter device settings and go to Accessibility
- In the “Physical and Motor Skills” section, look for the Touch option
- Accesses the AssistiveTouch feature and activate it
- At the bottom of the menu you have the option active corners, go to menu
Once in the active corners menu, we will see four options which correspond to at the four corners of our device. Now we will have to decide how many corners we want to perform an action and configure what action they will perform by clicking on each of them. Some of the actions they can perform include the following:
- lower the volume
- Screenshot
- Control center
- twirl
- Activate Apple Pay
- read the screen
- Perform scroll gestures
- Activate any shortcut we have in our library
Finally, comment that the last point is really interesting, which allows activate any shortcut from our shortcut library by simply pressing one of the corners of our device. This function increases productivity in case we find specific shortcuts or actions, what are you waiting for?
