If you are missing the Home Button; as it was available for a long time on iPhone SE, you might be interested in adding a virtual Home Button to the Home screen of your current model of iPhone.
This can be done by using the “AssistiveTouch” feature as available in iOS, which adds an AssistiveTouch Icon to the Home screen, which can be configured to perform certain functions of the actual Home button.
Add Virtual Home Button to iPhone
Since, AssistiveTouch is not enabled by default on iPhone, the first step is enable the AssistiveTouch feature on iPhone, which automatically adds the AssistiveTouch Icon to the Home Screen of your iPhone.
Once the AssistiveTouch Icon is enabled on iPhone, it can be programmed to perform a variety of functions, including the simple task of providing access to Home screen, whenever you tap on it.
Step 1. Add AssistiveTouch Icon
The first step is to add the Assistive Touch Icon to the Home Screen of your iPhone.
1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch and tap on AssistiveTouch.
2. On the next screen, enable AssistiveTouch by moving the slider to ON position.
3. You should now see the AssistiveTouch Icon appearing on the Home screen of your iPhone.
Depending on your preference, you can make the virtual home button lighter or darker by adjusting its opacity, as discussed below in the third step.
Step 2. Turn AssistiveTouch Icon into Virtual Home Button
The second step is to turn the Assistive Touch Icon into a virtual Home Button.
1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch.
2. From the AssistiveTouch screen, go to Single-Tap and select Home.
After this, you will be able to return to the Home Screen of your iPhone from practically any app by tapping on the Virtual Home button.
3. Make Virtual Home Button Less Distracting
If you find the virtual home button distracting, you can make it less distracting by reducing the opacity of Virtual Home Button, when it is not in use.
1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch > Idle Opacity.
2. On the next screen, you can drag the slider to the left to decrease the opacity or visibility of the Virtual Home button, while it is not in use.
After this, you should find the Virtual Home button being less distracting and blending with the Home screen.
4. Add Home, Control & Notification Center to AssistiveTouch Icon
In addition to Home button, you can program the AssistiveTouch Icon to provide access to Control Center, Notification Center and the Lock Screen.
1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch.
2. From the AssistiveTouch screen, go to Single-Tap and select Open Menu.
After this, you can access Home, Control Center, Notifications, Device and Siri by tapping on the AssistiveTouch Icon.
We hope you found this interesting and this will make you explore a variety of other ways to program the AssistiveTouch Icon on your iPhone.