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iPhone X/iPhone 11/iPhone 12 Control Centre access

There’s a very frustrating issue around how Control Centre can currently be accessed on newer iPhone devices: using a swipe down from a top right corner (eg iPhone 11, iPhone 12)


Even for a right handed user this is not very ergonomic and renders the use of a control centre obsolete. E.g: turning on and off wifi, bluetooth, 4G toggle, brightness, etc. - some of the most popular functions which I personally used on a daily basis - not anymore.


If the top part of the screen is split into notifications area (swipe down from the middle or left), why can’t the same be implemented for the bottom bezel so that a control centre could be then accessed by using a bottom right corner swipe up gesture? The middle and the left of the bottom can still continue functioning to bring up the apps list?


Also there is a camera shortcut on the lock screen, which is absolutely useless because you can access the camera by swiping left from the lock screen already. Even that could be replaced by a more useful shortcut to take users to a control centre.


Alternatively, if a reachability function (swipe down at the bottom part of the screen) is not required, why not allow users to bring up a control centre using that same gesture? Although that may be a bad idea as I’ve only managed activate reachability function in 1 out of 3 attempts. So much for “reachability”, Apple!

Posted on Feb 22, 2021 4:06 PM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2021 4:13 PM

You have some good points to share. FYI: These are user-only forums. Apple's presence here is very limited. If you want to suggest this feature to Apple then please leave feedback here ➔ Product Feedback - Apple


Axel F.

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iPhone X/iPhone 11/iPhone 12 Control Centre access

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