A Complete and Easy Guide on How to Use Assistive Touch in 2022

Did you know about the assistive touch feature on your iPad or iPhone device? Did you know that it will be easy for you to navigate your device using it? So, if you would like to know more about this feature and how it works then this is for you. We are going to show you a quick guide on how to use assistive touch and know more about it as well.

The Assistive Touch on your iPad or on your iPhone device is one feature that you can use in order for you to use your device. If you are the type of person who apparently has some impairment such as motor control and coordination, then this feature will be of big help to you.

Using the Assistive Touch on your screen on your iPhone or iPad, it will be easy for you to make a gesture instead of going through your iPhone or iPad which can be a bit complex for you. All you need to do to navigate through your device is to press that virtual button on your screen. No need to press the Home button and go through the apps or settings of your device just to get to your targeted screen.

Since this is one great feature that Apple had made for their iOS devices benefiting those people who are physically impaired, then let us go ahead and show you how to use the Assistive Touch feature on your iPad or your iPhone and how you can enable it as well.

Part 1. How to Enable Assistive Touch?Part 2. How to Use Assistive TouchPart 3. How to Create Custom Gestures on Assistive TouchPart 4. Customize the Top-Level Menu of Assistive TouchPart 5. Conclusion

Now, for you to enjoy using the Assistive Touch on your iPhone or iPad, here are ways on how to use Assistive Touch.

Part 1. How to Enable Assistive Touch?

How do you customize your Assistive Touch? The first thing that you need to do before you can use it is for you to know on how you can enable it, of course. And to know how here are the steps that you will be needing to follow. So, go get your device and follow these steps.

• Step 1: On your iPhone or iPad device, go ahead and launch the Settings app.
• Step 2: From the Settings page, go ahead and tap on Accessibility.
• Step 3: And then, on the next page, simply tap the Touch option.
• Step 4: So, in the Touch page, go and tap on the Assistive Touch option and then toggle it on.

Once that you have toggled it on, you will see a green-shaded bar beside it indicating that the feature is already turned on. Now, you are able to turn on the Assistive Touch on your iPhone or on your iPad and this will appear on any page or app that you open on your device. You can also tap on the Assistive Touch for you to move it around or for you to select an option that you would like to go to.

Part 2. How to Use Assistive Touch

Using the Assistive Touch on your iPhone or on your iPad is actually very easy. All you need to do is to tap on it and select for an option that you want. With that, here are the options that contain the Assistive Touch feature.

• Control Center-Pull up the Control Center rather than swiping up your screen from the button.
• Home – Will be able to direct you to the main screen of your iPhone and iPad device without the need of pressing the physical home button of your device.
• Siri – turn on your Siri feature on your iPhone or iPad.
• Notifications – Allows you to open your notification center so no need to swipe your device from the top of your screen to the bottom.
• Custom – Lets you custom or make gestures such as zooming.

The settings or options on your Assistive Touch can also be changed anytime you want to depend on what needs to be placed in your Assistive Touch.

Part 3. How to Create Custom Gestures on Assistive Touch

If you wanted to customize your Assistive Touch on your iPhone and iPad, here is what you need to do.

• Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone or your iPad.
• Step 2: From the Settings page, go ahead and tap on your Accessibility.
• Step 3: And then tap on the Touch option.
• Step 4: And from the Touch page, go ahead and tap on Assistive Touch.
• Step 5: And then, scroll down and tap on Create New Gesture.
• Step 6: And then, go ahead and either tap or swipe the new gesture option.
• Step 7: Then, you will be able to see different swipe or tap and will become one and made into a multi-touch gesture.
• Step 8: And then, go ahead and tap on the Stop located at the lower-right corner once that you are done doing your gesture.
• Step 9: Once that you are done inputting your new gestures, go ahead, and tap on the Play button for you to preview your newly created gesture.
• Step 10: Then tap on the Record button for you to re-record the gesture.
• Step 11: Then tap on the Save button located at the upper-right corner of your screen for you to save your new gesture.
• Step 12: Then, create a name for the new gesture on the pop-up box.
• Step 13: And then finally, tap on the Save button.
• Step 14: And then, go ahead and tap on the Custom button from your Assistive Touch.
• Step 15: Then tap on the custom gesture for you to use the new gesture you have created.

Part 4. Customize the Top-Level Menu of Assistive Touch

• Step 1: Go ahead and open the Settings on your iPhone or iPad.
• Step 2: After that, simply tap on Accessibility.
• Step 3: Then choose to tap Touch.
• Step 4: Then tap on Assistive Touch
• Step 5: Then tap on Customize Top-Level Menu.

Adding New Button

Now, for you to add a button that you want on your Assistive Touch, here is what you need to do.

• Step 1: Go ahead and tap on the Plus (+) sign located at the lower-right of your screen.
• Step 2: Then choose the button that you just created.
• Step 3: Then, choose a certain function that you want to add.
• Step 4: And once that you are done, go ahead and tap on the Done button.

Removing a Button or Doing a Reset

Of course, if you have an option to add a new function or button to your Assistive Touch, you can also remove an existing one that you no longer need. And to do that, here is what you need to do.

• Step 1: From your Assistive Touch menu on your Settings, go ahead and tap on the Minus (-) button.
• Step 2: Repeat on tapping the Minus button until you have removed all the buttons that you no longer need.
• Step 3: You can just also tap on the Reset button if you want to set it back to its default settings.

In removing a certain button or function from your Assistive Touch, there is no option for you to select on the specific button that you want to delete. What it does is that it can only choose those button that is near to the button on your screen. So, in case you have deleted a button that you need, you can just simply do the process on how to add a button for you to have the button back.

Part 5. Conclusion

Using the Assistive Touch on your iPhone or iPad device is one great way for you to navigate your device without going through all the pages of your iPhone or iPad. And it really helps that you know how to use Assistive Touch on your device.