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Hi, I have somewhat limited mobility and use the accessibility directional buttons on my iPhone for the Apple TV remote. I also like to swipe from time to time when I am playing certain games on the Apple TV. Is there a way to easily switch the directional buttons on and off, rather than having to go into the accessibility settings in the settings app?
Hi HCraigF,
I made a simple Shortcut for you: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/af1cefbc71e547eeb50b091e730426dd When you run it, it gets you right into the Apple TV Remote settings page to toggle Directional Buttons. You could set it as your preferred acton for the Action Button (if on iPhone 15 Pro/Max), or as a back tap action, see Tap the back of iPhone to perform actions or shortcuts - Apple Support.
Hope this helps!
In case the link doesn't work in the future, the Shortcut is really simple:
Simply use the Open URL action and paste the following:
prefs:root=ACCESSIBILITY&path=APPLE_TV_REMOTE#AppleTVSimpleGestures
Thank you so much, I appreciate your quick response. I will set up a Shortcuts to do just that.
Apple TV Remote Accessibility Directional Buttons