The iPhone 15 Pro (Max) is reportedly getting a new action button, but the question remains how often you will use the button. Will the action button become a disappointment?
New action button on the iPhone 15 Pro
Apple officially announced it yesterday: the iPhone 15 will be unveiled on Tuesday, September 12. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are reportedly getting a new action button. This button will then replace the mutebutton, which we have found for years on the side of the iPhone. Earlier we saw a similar button on the Apple Watch Ultra.
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With the iPhone 15, you can determine for yourself which action will be performed when you press the button. This way you no longer have to unlock the iPhone and go to a specific app. Instead, you perform the action with the push of a button. Still, the question remains how often you will actually use this new action button. Will the new feature of the iPhone 15 Pro (Max) be a disappointment?
Depends on the functions of the action button
Whether you will really use the new action button of the iPhone 15 Pro, of course, depends on the functions that you can give to the button. It turns out that the action button on the Apple Watch Ultra is not used very often in practice. With the Ultra you can, for example, start a workout or the stopwatch with the button. You are limited to one of the seven features that Apple has added.
This offer is probably greater with the action button of the iPhone 15 Pro, because a code in iOS 17 has already revealed a number of functions of the button. With the button it becomes possible to turn the flashlight on and off and to open the camera. Various accessibility features can also be activated, such as VoiceOver and Zoom. Read here all the functions that the button will probably get.
So it seems that the action button of the iPhone 15 Pro will get more and different functions than we previously saw with the Apple Watch Ultra. Yet these are not actions that you perform very often, opening the camera is perhaps the most common. It is therefore hoped that you will soon be able to choose from more tasks to link to the button, so that the action button really has added value.
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It remains to be seen which functions you can perform with the action button. In the best case scenario, you decide for yourself what happens when you press the button, for example, it is useful if you open WhatsApp directly by pressing the action button. Another handy option: the action button gets a separate function for each app, which makes using the application that little bit easier.
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In any case, there are plenty of options to make the action button a greater success than is the case with the Apple Watch Ultra. We don’t have to wait long for the unveiling of the iPhone 15 with the new action button, because the iPhone event is in two weeks. Do you want to know more about the new iPhones? We’ve put together all the rumors about the iPhone 15 and the iPhone 15 Pro Max for you here!
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