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 ...

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 ...

Last year, Apple introduced the Action Button to the iPhone 15 Pro and leaned hard into its use as a button to take pictures. This year, though, the iPhone 16 and 16 Pro both have a new dedicated ...

The Action button is available for the first time on non-Pro versions of the iPhone. So what exactly can you do with it? Nelson Aguilar With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and ...

Tyler Lacoma has spent more than 10 years testing tech and studying the latest web tool to help keep readers current. He's here for you when you need a how-to guide, explainer, review, or list of the ...

Apple's iPhone 15 Pro models come with several upgrades over the iPhone 14 Pro, including a more powerful A17 Pro chipset, better cameras, and USB-C, but their most underrated feature is the new ...

The iPhone Action Button, introduced with the iPhone 15 Pro and subsequent models, represents a significant step forward in simplifying and enhancing the way you interact with your device. Positioned ...

The Action Button is a genuinely new button on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max but not the regular iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. Instead of the mute switch that’s been on every iPhone since ...

It’s not just ring/mute — it can do whatever you want. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac The iPhone’s Action button replaces the former ring/mute switch, and while it can fulfill the same purpose, ...

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 ...

Apple's iOS 17.2 added a new option to the iPhone 15 Pro's Action button with the ability to start a translation. Here's how to do it, and how to pick the language you want. You could already have set ...