Stephen Robles on the iPhone Action Button 5 Months Later… »

Stephen Robles shares his thoughts on how to best use the iPhone Action button, now that we’ve had it for multiple months.

From Stephen Robles on YouTube:

After 5 months of experimenting with the iPhone Action Button, I’ve settled on one daily use that stands out above the rest. Discover the top 3 alternate uses that almost made the cut and why simplicity won the day for my action button setup.

I mentioned this video on Clockwise this week – my usage has definitely changed. And, as a teaser, Apple is making more actions for Shortcuts in iOS 17.4 that make dynamic Action button shortcuts easier to create…

View the video YouTube.

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