How to Activate Assistive Touch on iPhone or iPad

To help the specially-abled people operate their iPhones and iPad easily Apple provides the Assistive Touch feature. Using this feature, users can create virtual buttons on the screen of their Apple devices. Instead of having to use the physical buttons, they can use the on-screen buttons to execute various functions. This includes adjusting the volume, using a lock screen, using multi-finger gestures, and for restarting the device.

In this guide, I will show you how to enable the Assistive Touch feature on an iPhone or iPad. Also, I have put up in detail about how actually to put this feature to use. Apart from folks with special needs, normal users can also use the Assistive Touch feature. It comes in handy when the physical home button is not working. In fact, taking a screenshot is very easy with the virtual button. Double tapping(customizable) the virtual button can grab a screenshot. Let’s begin with the guide and check how to enable this helpful feature.

How to Activate Assistive Touch on iPhone or iPad

The steps I have mentioned below are based on the latest iOS 14.

• Launch the Settings app
• Scroll down to Accessibility > navigate to the tab Physical and Motor
• Under that tap on the first option Touch
  
• Then you will see the AssistiveTouch feature which is by default set to Off.
  
• Tap on the switch to enable it. Immediately you will see the virtual home button show up on the display

Using Virtual Home Button as Real Home Button

By default, the virtual home button is set to the menu. We need to tweak it a bit so we can use it as a home button.

• Under AssistiveTouch navigate to Custom Actions.
• Tap on Single Tap. It is by default set to the Open Menu.
  
• Set it to Home from the list of items that expand from Single Tap.