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Isn’t there a thing where if you lightly double tap the home button the screen goes down? What is the purpose of that?

Here’s an example:

That happens whenever true home button is lightly double tap the home button.

Posted on Apr 12, 2021 10:06 PM

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Posted on Apr 12, 2021 10:13 PM

It's called Reachability.

2 light taps on Home button, so you can reach the top row easily.

2 light taps again or press Home button once to return back to normal.

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