Half Screen

I have an iPhone XS Max (iOS 14) and whenever I swipe down from the bottom dock, my Home Screen goes into half a screen. Does anyone else experience this? It happened before iOS 14 too. I thought it might of been just a glitch so I reset my phone, but it still does it. It’s not really a major glitch, just kind of annoying because I have to tap the top arrow to go back into full screen.

iPhone XS Max, 14

Posted on Sep 25, 2020 3:16 AM

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Sep 25, 2020 3:22 AM in response to Raslamarder

Hi, this is not half screen. It's a feature called reachability.


For some people when using iPhone with one hand it is not convenient to touch the top part of the screen(let's say the phone screen is big compared to the hand).


Reachability allows you to bring down the top content so it is reachable to you when using phone with one hand.


  1. Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch, then turn on Reachability.
  2. To bring the top of the screen into reach, do the following:
    • On an iPhone with Face ID: Swipe down on the bottom edge of the screen.
    • On an iPhone with a Home button: Lightly double-tap the Home button.



Thank you

Divy.

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