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On iPhone and iPad devices, there is a feature that many people undoubtedly know about, which is using the virtual home button to limit operations on the physical keys of the device. Not only that, but you can also customize additional features for the virtual home button according to your preferences for more convenience in your usage. So, have you activated the virtual home button on this iPad yet? If not, let's follow the instructions in this post right away.
How to enable the virtual Home button on iPhone and iPad
INSTALLING VIRTUAL HOME BUTTON ON IPHONE, IPAD
1. Install virtual Home button on iPhone iOS 13 and below
2. Install virtual Home button on iPad iOS 13 and below
3. Install virtual Home button on iPhone, iPad iOS 13 and above
1. Install virtual Home button on iPhone iOS 13 and below
Step 1: From the device's user interface, navigate to the Settings app >General >Accessibility
Step 2. Next, locate the AssistiveTouch option and toggle the AssistiveTouch feature switch as shown below. Now, a virtual Home button icon will appear on the device screen.
Tap on the virtual Home button icon, and you can use various useful features such as font size zoom, hearing support, screen capture, and more.
2. Install virtual Home button on iPad iOS 13 and below
Step 1: From the iPad user interface, access the Settings app. In the left column menu, choose General > select Accessibility on the right panel as shown below
Step 2: Continue by tapping on the AssistiveTouch option
Step 3: Here, toggle the switch for the AssistiveTouch feature from OFF to ON.
Step 4: After successfully activating the virtual home button on iPad, you will see the icon of the virtual Home button appear on the screen, and you can start using options as shown below.
With the guidance shared by Mytour, hopefully, you can activate the virtual Home button conveniently on your device. Using the virtual home button not only integrates many useful features based on personal settings but also helps extend the lifespan of other physical keys, although Apple argues that the chances of these keys getting damaged are minimal. In this article, Mytour uses an iPhone 6 for tricks, but for other devices like iPhone X, iPhone 8, 8Plus, 7, 7 plus, 6s, 6s plus, 6 plus, 5s, 5, 4s, and iPad, you can perform similar actions.
Additionally, with information about the recent iOS 11 Final firmware version, have you upgraded your iPhone and iPad to iOS 11? How is the experience with this new iOS update? Feel free to share your comments below.
