#Home control iphone update#

#Home control iphone update#

Hopefully a future iOS or iPadOS update will address this in some capacity. There is still no way around it, unless you ask Siri, which will save you a few taps.

For that, you have to open up the Home app. The one thing I absolutely hate about this feature is that you can’t preview cameras straight from Control Center. Thankfully, there is a way to turn the whole thing off without going through too much trouble. You can use the Home app to securely control and automate HomeKit-enabled accessories, such as lights, smart TVs, and thermostats. Just the other day I came across numerous tweets going on about how terrible Control Center looks with the extra switches. Then again, this feature might not resonate equally with everyone. In that case, the Home Controls option comes in to save the day. Sure, Siri is a good option to do that, but sometimes you just want to do things without uttering a word. You might have seen some people using an overlay button (a dark square with a white circle) on their iPhone screen, that’s Assistive touch.

Remember, it’s double-tap, not double press. It’s so easy to simply bypass an entire app, jumping through different rooms just to close one lamp. For the Home button iPhones, you simply need to double-tap the Home button to bring the screen down. Given the amount of HomeKit accessories I have, I left this feature turned on. In order to confirm that the change is in effect, just pull down on Control Center from the top right hand corner if you have an iPhone with Face ID, or swipe up from the bottom if you have an iPhone with Touch ID. Related Story Omar Sohail See How iPhone 14’s Crash Detection Feature Works in the Latest Video