Do You Use It? iPhone 15 Pro Action Button

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I love it for the camera function. I take lots of photos on the move, and I use it all the time. I also use it to snap photos quickly.

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Phew !! I was relieved to see I was not alone in voting the 'Regardless … I don’t use it" I think it is set to camera, but muscle memory already has a path to launch it. Have never taken the time to consider resetting the button to something useful .

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I have mine set to Flashlight, but to be honest I am more likely to use the flashlight on my Apple Watch. I might be inspired by some ot these posts to try a different setting!

I have never seen it activate by accident, though—you have to push the button a really long time.

UPDATE: I’ve switched to using the Action Button to invoke Scanner Pro, which I use to scan shopping receipts. Great improvement, something I do all the time.

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Thought it was a great idea. Figured I’d use it for the flashlight. Turns out I never bothered to change it. Never use it.

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Agree. the long press makes it less user friendly, especially when you have to dig through a case hole to reach it. I use it for the flashlight, but honestly it’s more hassle than feature.

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I use it for Silent on/off. I can see which setting it is because it shows up in the space in the middle top of the phone (can’t recall what that is called).

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Find My, to see where my kids are.

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Ditto…and I too often forget it’s there.

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I’m always accidentally hitting it when I want Volume Up, so I just keep it turned off.

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I use action button for the Magnifier function. at my age I find it essential for reading instructions! As packaging shrinks, so do instructions. Apple’s a prime offender with iits grey type on a cream .

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I LOVE the action button and was the only reason I upgraded. Why? Because I frequently take very spontaneous videos. Without the action button I was constantly futzing around trying to get the camera to open and then switch to video. I managed to get the action button to open directly and straight to video, which is amazing. I can simply grab my phone, hit that button and I am in the video mode. I love it.

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I dont have it since I still have an iPhone 14. But just the other day I was thinking how much I like that on/off was controlled by a switch! So I’m skeptical. I use the silent on/off switch mostly only in the morning and evening so maybe not such a big deal….

But I wonder if the placement of the action button lower down on the side will create problems with using iPhone mounts pressing on the button?

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I find that when I want a picture, that moment may be gone quickly so the action button fills my need to get the camera “into action” quickly. I use at least once a week.

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You could probably write a shortcut to have it act like Volume Up. :-)

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Yeah, I keep thinking about doing that. When I have time. Hahahahaha

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Multi-choices Shortcut that can launch 7 apps or action : ChatGPT, Scan PDF and so on

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You can activate Shazam by saying “hey, Siri, what song is this?”

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Yes, I use the button all the time.
I currently have 7 shortcuts I can rapidly access:

open my mobile BANKING app;
open my GROCERY list;
open and start a TIMER;
open and access MAC desktop and files;
open a RECOGNIZE MUSIC macro;
open camera in PORTRAIT mode;
open a SCAN DOCUMENT app.

I hope Apple keeps this extra button for a long time.

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That’s a good tip, but I’m not the sort of person who talks to his phone in public.

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I currently do not have a model with an action button, although I do plan on getting the iPhone 16 Pro. I regularly use the mute switch, so I will most likely set it to that function.