13 new gestures to control iPhone X

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Everything you need to know about performing familiar actions on the new iPhone, which lacks the Home button.

1. Turning on the smartphone

To turn on the iPhone X, you need to press and hold the side button (now called that).

2. Turn off your smartphone

To turn off, you need to simultaneously press and hold the side button and one of the volume buttons until the shutdown slider appears, and then slide it.

3. Sleep mode

The transition to sleep mode is carried out by pressing the side button, and waking up - by a simple touch of the screen.

4. Call Siri

You can call Siri on iPhone X in two ways: hold down the side button or say "Hey Siri."

5. Using Apple Pay

To confirm payment via Apple Pay, you need to double-click on the side button and look at the screen.

6. Unlocking your smartphone

To unlock your smartphone, simply swipe up from the bottom edge of the display.

7. Go to desktop

Switching to the desktop occurs when you swipe up from the bottom of the display.

8. Call up the multitasking screen

To open the list of recently used applications, you need to make the already familiar swipe gesture from the bottom up and hold your finger for a moment.

9. Switching applications

To switch between applications, just swipe along the bottom edge of the display in any direction. You can end the application by holding your finger on its card, and then clicking on the minus sign that appears in the corner of the card.

10. Opening the "Control Center"

To quickly change settings and functions through the "Control Center", instead of the usual swiping from bottom to top, make a swipe gesture from the top right edge of the screen down.

11. Taking a screenshot

Screenshots in the new iPhone X are taken by simultaneously pressing the side button and the volume up button.

12. Calling Reachability

To activate Reachability and move the screen down, you need to make a swipe down gesture from the bottom edge of the display, as if pulling on the gesture panel. To return to full screen mode, just swipe back from bottom to top.

This feature is disabled by default. You need to enable it yourself in the accessibility settings (Settings → General → Accessibility → Reachability).

13. Force restart

To force restart the iPhone X, you need to hold down the volume up, then down, and then press and hold the side button until the Apple logo appears.