Apple iPhone XS Gestures You Should Master Before Upgrading

For the new iPhone X generation, Apple has removed the Home button and replaced it with a new feature at the bottom of the screen. If you’re planning to switch to the latest iOS device, you’re going to need to study how the new gesture-heavy features work in the new iPhone XS and its other versions. Here’s what we know about the gestures.

Unlocking the iPhone and other Unlock features

Normally, most users would immediately tap on the home button to get to their lock screen. However, the new Apple iPhone X generation does that differently as a simple tap on the screen would wake the phone up. Once woken up, they’ll be shown their lock screen where they can just swipe or do their chosen unlock settings to use the phone normally again.

Like the previous iPhones, there are still quick Camera and Widget shortcuts on the lock screen. After waking up your phone, a swipe to the left would immediately give you access to the camera and a swipe to the right would give you access to your widgets.

Home Bar

In the absence of the Home button, a Home Bar is available for the iPhone XS and other 10th generation iOS devices. If you are in an app and want to go back to the Home screen, you’ll have to swipe upwards starting from the Home Bar to get there. To access the active apps list, you’ll have to swipe up from the Home Bar and hold the app you’re currently using to check it. The gesture for checking the list might be unreliable at first, but it takes some time to get used to. If you swipe too fast for the app list, it may just give you the Home Screen instead.

Quick Switching

More than simple app control, the Home Bar can also be used to quickly switch apps. Swiping the Home Bar to the left or right allows you to browse through your open apps. In the home screen, swiping from left to right will show the last app you used.

A shortcut between two apps can be made if you’re in one app and open the active app menu to choose another. When chosen, swiping the Home Bar to one direction would show you one app and swiping the opposite way would return you to the other one.

The iPhone X generation may have some new tricks, but it’s possibly for the better. In the future, Apple may make this feature more intuitive and responsive the next time around.