A place for Apple news, rumors, and discussions.
Hey iPhone fam! 📱✨ Have you explored the Back Tap feature on iOS? It lets you perform actions with a quick tap on the back of your phone. Share your experience and any cool uses you've discovered! 🤔👆 #iOS #BackTap #iPhoneLife
I have it turned on but I rarely use it. Its just one of those features you forget is there until you accidentally click it
Don’t use and never have used it
I have double for reachability turned on but I always forget about it
Reachability?
What's that?
i tired it, but i activated it accidentally too often, so i had to disable it
Meh. It would trigger unintentionally and wouldn't trigger when I tried to do it. Had to turn it off
Exactly, it's a novelty feature but not that useful on day to day.
I get triggered by the ai generated message of OP.
Yes.
Flashlight. Use it 10+ times a day.
Lock screen for double and triple tap.
Yes. I use mine for a very intense red filter that I use at night.
I heard about red filter but I haven't tried it.
How's it working for you?
Idk. Seems good. It’s like a very aggressive version of night shift. You can dial it in to whatever intensity you like.
I turn it on 30 mins or an hour before bed. Triple back tap. Try it out for yourself. You could use yellow or another colour. Make it basically full red or only a little. Totally up to you.
I use triple tap with a shortcut to add the current playing song to my library, makes adding new songs while driving a breeze
That’s super handy, I want that too! I tried adding that in the settings, but couldn’t really find a suitable option in the “Back Tap” menu. Does it have to do with the Assistive Touch? Also, can you tell if this will work with Spotify, or if it’s only exclusive to Apple Music? TIA!
It’s not under the default settings, you need to setup a shortcut using the shortcuts app, I’ll show mine it’s very simple, once u make the shortcut then u can select it if u scroll down to the bottom of the list in the back tap menu, I don’t have Spotify so I can’t say anything specific but I’d assume that you can make shortcuts for it as well
Thank you! Now I got it! :) I’ll try adding the Spotify shortcut as well.
Update us if u get it to work
So I tried and made some research, and I wasn’t able to create a Shortcut for Spotify. However I was able to create the same kind of Shortcut for Apple Music like you did. Some source on the internet suggested that there used to be a Shortcut option for Spotify at some point (like in iOS 13 or something?) but that it doesn’t exists anymore. Couldn’t find info whether or not it will come back anytime soon. If someone has more up-to-date information, please let us know.
Anyway, I decided I’ll be switching to Apple Music from Spotify, since I’m already in the Apple ecosystem and one of my family members is already using Apple Music.
Thank you for letting me know about the Shortcut, it’s been enlightening to me. I’ve been looking into other Shortcuts now as well, and they too will make my life easier. :)
I find Apple Music more convenient since I have an apple ecosystem as well, glad ur making the switch!
yeh, to turn on and off the lights on my room
Yes, but cases make it tough.
a lot
- to take screenshots 2x tap
- to lauch shazam shortcut 3x tap
love it
I wanted to use it for flash and screenshots. I used to initiate both options without intent left and right so I disabled it.
Yes, it launches a shortcut that takes screenshot and copies it in clipboard, not leaving it anywhere else. Very convenient.
I use it since it went viral but the next day I totally forgot it was a thing, the thing is, it’s very inconvenience. You spent your time mostly on touches and suddenly a back tap is not in your muscle memory.
I tried, but I’m in a vehicle a lot, so it constantly would think I was back tapping and just didn’t work for me.
Nah tried it did not like it
Yes because my ring switch doesnt work so i use back tap to mute and unmute it.
Nah, I have a case so doesn’t work
Yes, I’m using it to lock my iPhone.
I only use the triple tap for flashlight and that’s when it works. 9/10 times it doesn’t work when you want it to, and comes on randomly cause it thinks you tapped the phone 3 times somehow when it barely works when you tap it 3 times perfectly in the center of the apple logo in the perfect way not too hard not too soft.. its barely functional, but the fact my flashlight comes on at least twice a week by itself when I don’t mean for it to, I will never run anything on the double tap cause it’ll go off and do whatever the action is all on its own but not work when I am intentionally trying to. Kinda a useless feature. Even with a caseless phone it barely works right. Honestly better off having it set like Motorola had theirs, doing a double or triple air chop while holding the phone. Use the phones accelerometer and gyroscope to do it instead of a tap that the phone barely ever registers.
All the time. Two for Lock Screen, three fire screenshots.
Double tap to lock. Always works for me.
Does not work with my case and the apple symbol is exposed.
Nope
It’s a great idea but incredibly unreliable and frustrating. I had to turn it off.
When I remember I have it set up lol
Tried ir. Disabled it. Felt annoying.
tried it on se3 for a while. but eventually disabled it cause it doesn't register my taps half the time
Same here and it got triggered unintentionally a few times.
Same here it works badly
Double for Spotlight, triple for screenshot.
