iOS 18 has already been presented, but as always it exists news that Apple doesn’t have and this must have been discovered in the beta. Well, there is one that is simply a new shortcut for turning off the iPhone and which, as simple as it may seem, hides a relationship with an already leaked novelty that the iPhone 16 will bring.
This new way to turn off the iPhone responds to a quick access to the control center. At the very top is the button, and when you tap it, the classic screen appears where you slide to power off. This is coupled with a new animation when pressing buttons.
Many button changes on the iPhone 16
It’s not that iPhones will stop having buttons, but that they would have them haptic buttons like those that were already found in the iPhone 7 and still remain today in the ‘SE’ range.
In this case we see an appearance identical to that of a physical button and the user experience is also similar. And thanks to an integrated haptic engine, They are capable of providing a sensation similar to touching a physical buttoneven though it doesn’t physically move when you press it.
New way to turn off iPhone from Control Center with iOS 18 (Image: Apple)
Last year, it was already rumored that the iPhone 15 Pro would bring this haptic button format for the volume button. Now they’re being rumored again for the next generation of iPhone, along with a new additional button on the right side that will presumably be related to the camera.
Added to this are elements that we already know, given that The action button is also expected for the iPhone 16 and 16 Plus
Apple wants to give new meaning to buttons
Apart from these rumors, there are already signs from Apple that suggest a new direction for the keyboard and especially for the side button. Traditionally, this was used to unlock and lock the iPhone, as well as turn it off with a long press.
However, since the home button is no longer there, this button has become the way to activate Siri, while to turn off the iPhone requires a button combination that is not always intuitive. If we also take into account that the buttons might stop being physical in the next generation, we see a lot of sense in what was introduced in iOS 18.
This shutdown method integrated into the control center is a good way to make stopping easier and prevent problems. And if these haptic buttons fail, we will no longer be sold and we will be able to turn off the device without major problems. Before too, but from a settings section which wasn’t very intuitive either.
To this we add the importance that the side button will gain with the new Siri, since the assistant will improve considerably with artificial intelligence. Or rather with Apple Intelligence, that’s what the Californian company has decided to call the integration of its AI models.
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