Assistive touch is a feature of the iPhone that allows the user to control the device with a virtual home button. This feature was designed for those who have trouble reaching the buttons on the ...

This is included in our what’s new in iOS 5 Beta 3 post, but its so cool we thought it deserved separate highlighting. In the new beta, Apple has activated the “Assistive Touch” settings pane for the ...

When Assistive Touch is enabled on the iPhone, the Assistive Touch gesture menu is superimposed on the home screen menu. If you find Assistive Touch confusing, you can disable the feature in the ...

In the latest iOS 5 beta just released today, Apple has activated the new "Assistive Touch" features for the iPad. The Assistive Touch settings were in place in iOS's accessibility settings in ...

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Global Accessibility Awareness Day is this Thursday (May 19th) and Apple, like many other companies, is announcing assistive updates in honor of the occasion. The company is bringing new features ...

I’ve long been a fan of the AssistiveTouch feature in iOS (and I have receipts to prove it: see “Work Around a Broken iPhone Button with AssistiveTouch,” 24 July 2013). AssistiveTouch creates a ...

Tapping the tiny screen of the Apple Watch with precision has a certain level of fundamental difficulty, but for some people with disabilities it’s genuinely impossible. Apple has remedied this with a ...

Reader Dale Cardoza would like a unified interface experience among his iOS devices. He writes: I have an iPad and an iPhone. I’ve become accustomed to using multitasking gestures on my iPad’s ...