4 Things I Do with the Action Button
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Күн бұрынAfter 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.
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@JoeKnowsWorst 3 ай бұрын
Since the day it came out, I've been using it as a shortcut to resume my last played podcast, so I can resume immediately no matter what I'm doing, and it's great for me as an avid podcast listener!
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
What app Shortcuts action are you using? Overcast?
@JoeKnowsWorst 3 ай бұрын
@@beardfm I use Pocket Casts, I swear by that app lol
@flodavid1556 3 ай бұрын
This is good idea 🫣😁
@JoeKnowsWorst 3 ай бұрын
@@flodavid1556 yeah it's really useful to be able to resume my podcast regardless of what else I'm doing :)
@Poppin023 3 ай бұрын
I've had it on the camera since day 1. I remember avidly watching a lot of action button idea videos but thought all the different ways to use the action button involving shortcuts and menus, while fun and creative, were way too complicated for practical use, as you pointed out just now. It's been nice being able to activate the camera instantly no matter what I'm doing.
@jeffhale1189 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your day!
@markianson621 3 ай бұрын
I work a medical job so using your menu shortcut I have things like medical calculators, shortcuts to hospital numbers, guidance for microbiology prescribing all in one place as my ‘work click’ and it just has everything in there I’ll ever need when I’m at work. Clears space on my first page where I keep my most used apps before to a menu which is specific and used most days of the week. Cheers for the shortcut!
@samckatz 3 ай бұрын
Excellent advice as always. 🤝
@bab027 3 ай бұрын
mine’s a shortcut menu to either camera, ring/vibrate, google maps, my apple music playlist, or adding a grocery item. it’s a really helpful button for me and i love it. thanks for your help with making that shortcut! :)
@scott5x5 3 ай бұрын
I'm a photographer with too many camersa apps, so I have it mapped to a list of the ones I use the most. Really handy to be able to quickly choose the right camera for whatever situation has come up.
@hovelad 3 ай бұрын
I use it to launch the shortcuts folder as it makes turning on the lights or boosting the heating when I get home much easier
@sigiligus 5 күн бұрын
Damn, that’s super useful. Sponsorblock button.
@Sah-dd1zh 3 ай бұрын
Great video! Still rocking the 14 pro max but I do have an Ultra with action button and use it with a shortcuts folder. Mostly related to scenes in the smart home. When I get time, I’d like to modify the shortcut to provide different menus based on time of day or location…but just haven’t had time.
@MG-vy7od 3 ай бұрын
I found your channel recently, but even though I'm late to the party - I'm glad I made it. Subbed pretty quickly. Keep up the great work.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Means a lot, thank you!
@lilmarine32 3 ай бұрын
Ive used it as a flashlight. Use it multiple times a day, to quick find something. Live translate is a great to know for when I travel!
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Flashlight is a great use case too! I sometimes set my Apple Watch Ultra action button to Flashlight
@rrrosecarbinela 3 ай бұрын
I use mine to start the car. VERY useful in winter, and pretty nice in summer too.
@kamranurrahman6434 3 ай бұрын
Cool what car allows that
@rrrosecarbinela 3 ай бұрын
@@kamranurrahman6434 Subaru, among others. If there's an app for the car, you can probably do it.
@dRiv-cb7ih 3 ай бұрын
starting your car by accident must be rough sometimes. thats why i avoid the smart home stuff with the action button
@rrrosecarbinela 3 ай бұрын
@@dRiv-cb7ih Hasn't happened. It's a long press, to start with, but all that does is open the app. I still have to do the action for the app and confirm with face ID.
@stephenbalk4978 3 ай бұрын
Yes I have combined and made a custom shortcut command from a few different KZfaqrs, and from their learned to make my own so now I have a custom menu pop up based on my focus mode and I have the focus modes actually geolocated to my home and work and now it just has what I need when I need it, even sleep focus is set to limit my screen time, and encourage me to fall asleep to podcast or music and not staying up to videos all night. And i was able to integrate s-gpt, it helps me with making professional emails at the desk and now I have my little ai buddy on the go!
@KendallSmithFPV 3 ай бұрын
I use mine for Accessibility and to lower the White Point at night, it makes the "night stand clock" mode more bearable.
@mulasien 3 ай бұрын
I’ve just mapped it to flashlight, which I use a lot keeping an eye on my dog in our yard. Other use cases are cool, but this is the one that’s actually useful (for me), which matters more.
@urbanpitch90 3 ай бұрын
Daily use. Shortcuts for nested lists for system toggles, timers, playback, and opening apps.
@CesareTagliaferri 3 ай бұрын
Since nobody mentioned it, I use it as a toggle for my Tailscale connection. Tailscale is a battery hog, and having to go into the app to connect and disconnect was creating considerable friction. The action button is perfect for that. I also tried with a ton of other use cases, but this is the first that I actually find myself using all the time.
@mr.spray85 3 ай бұрын
I’ve had the shortcuts folder since launch. I use some shortcuts more than others, like silencing/allowing unknown numbers, so I’ll stick with that folder and a couple of other things for now
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Nice to know the folder thing is useful for you! The silence unknown caller toggle is nice
@AdityaKumar2128 3 ай бұрын
I use action button a lot, I created a shortcut which changes the Current Cellular Data sim. Which is very helpful in my usecase.
@mikka9153 3 ай бұрын
I ended up using a shortcuts folder, the 3 shortcuts I use the most through this folder are toggle always on display, toggle silent mode and start my favourite spotify playlist without having to open the app (did this through a siri command). I also have a few frequently used messages pre programmed to send to my girlfriend. And what I also found handy was a shortcut for restarting the phone, instead of manually turning it off and waiting to turn it on again
@kristinotto102 3 ай бұрын
I use mine a few times every day! It’s my baby nap time button, when I need to put my baby down for her nap, it turns off the bedroom light and turns on the sound machine, and when she wakes up it turns the sound machine off and the lights on 😊
@joshuanolan4581 2 ай бұрын
Reminders and notes are really the only use
@beardfm 2 ай бұрын
Solid use case for sure
@XBOXBIGMAC1 3 ай бұрын
I use it for My Find. Also I 👀 that N64 rumble pak
@Appalachian4WD 3 ай бұрын
Haha I use it as the silence button still. Maybe I’ll change it to something else one day.
@everydaypodcast1 3 ай бұрын
Can we have a studio tour please? Camera, lighting, microphone. It always looks amazing! :)
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Appreciate it! Here's my tour when the studio was first built: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8V0gdxqx9-9mGQ.htmlsi=6GanwJc6A-htJVfJ and an update on some of the gear: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jc2VmsKF09TIno0.htmlsi=VHD9bY8epe8N2yLR
@everydaypodcast1 3 ай бұрын
That was awesome, thank you 👍🏻 @@beardfm
@wolfthunder3480 3 ай бұрын
Been 1 month with my 15 pro Programmed the action button to show me a menu for like Call family-food apps-E shopping-Mute toggle Been useful for me honestly for like calling certain family asap
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Oh nice! I should try some communication Shortcuts like that...
@pangsta00 Ай бұрын
Mines set to do not disturb, just to quickly mute notifications when I’m gaming!
@JayMartinez 3 ай бұрын
I use it to launch my home assistant app
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Might be time I check out Home Assistant...
@sockrabbtt 3 ай бұрын
as a camera button, yes all the time
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
That's a pretty solid use case, though the Lock Screen shortcut is pretty handy too
@Hansanaw 3 ай бұрын
Mine is my garage door controller since day 1. Use it multiple times a day. Can’t live without the action button now 😅
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
It's pretty fun as a garage door opener, but ever accidentally press it?
@Hansanaw 3 ай бұрын
@@beardfm I think it happened once because I wasn’t concentrating while I was using the phone. Otherwise you have to look at the phone to authenticate to run the shortcut so it never accidentally opens 🙂
@TheAwesomejuan 3 ай бұрын
Not crazy but I have the action button set to camera video. Never miss a shot now.
@iSuperkuk 3 ай бұрын
It will be great, if we could apply action button and Shortcut to make circle to search like S24 Ultra 😊
@Starwarsgames66 3 ай бұрын
I have actually found an incredibly useful. Unfortunately, the functionality is still limited, but I think future software could really make it insanely awesome.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
What did you program the button to do?
@myharryface 3 ай бұрын
Duuuuuuuuuuuude!!! Stephen, that's genius!!! Thank you, the camera has not been working out for me ... that button is in the wrong spot for that. However, it's in the perfect spot to feel like one of those mini-tape recorders of the past. -- Ok, this is exactly what my button is going to do until Apple matches ChatGPT with Siri. (Hopefully that happens this year, but then what will I use this button for ... I dunno but Stephen will probably tell me!!!). -- You have now been promoted to my new tech hero Stephen!!!
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Appreciate that! And you know whatever iOS 18 changes are coming I’ll be covering here on the channel 😉
@MinimaLune 3 ай бұрын
I use the Action Button to open the Camera app.
@bacode8337 3 ай бұрын
Set mine to start up and open my Apple TV remote as a test, turns out I’ve used the action button for that way more than I thought. Did have the folders shortcut but like ye said, it’s an action button and not actions button, so creating a shortcut script just gets longggg
@ahuang 3 ай бұрын
Love your content. Thanks for helping with my iOS illiteracy. Can you help me with setting up a shortcut to connect to a Bluetooth device? I have two cars with Apple CarPlay but my phone doesn’t automatically connect. I would like to set my action button to run a shortcut to connect to a Bluetooth device (A), and if it’s not available then connect to another device (B). So depending on which car I’m driving, my phone will connect to either CarPlay. Thanks for your help.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Will see if I can figure that out 🤔
@sum8412 2 ай бұрын
Hey Stephen Is there any shortcut to mute the incoming call to just put your phone facedown?
@beardfm 2 ай бұрын
If you click the sleep button it should mute an incoming call automatically
@abhinav9974 3 ай бұрын
I use it for Pocketcast’s “Resuming Current Episode” shortcut. Now, if a podcast pauses due to me playing a youtube video, or due to an auto-playing video on a web page, I don’t have to go back to the so to resume the podcast.
@pamkoakes 3 ай бұрын
I use a folder of actions but find I still mostly use it for a mute switch. lol
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
haha I get it! I had it as a folder forever, then went to mute. But the 120 second skip forward has been useful the past week or so
@Youknew2 3 ай бұрын
Lots of people setup that ones that’s it. flashlight,Mute switch or camera
@OkayDip 3 ай бұрын
I use it for Voice memos
@BlindGuy39 3 ай бұрын
I wish the action button had a different action you could set depending on what app you are using. Like in every apps settings you could pick what the action button does for that particular app. Now that would be pretty sweet..
@beardfm 2 ай бұрын
That would be cool! You can program it per orientation of the device and a few other parameters, but not based on what app is open.
@meckzikin34 3 ай бұрын
I use it as a Shazam button. When out and about, it’s good to recognize music on the spot before music changes or you get too far from the source of music.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Oh nice!
@jimmyjim7858 3 ай бұрын
Use it for the flashlight and it’s actually very useful
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
That’s a great use case
@letiziasparks2902 3 ай бұрын
Perhaps unintentional but Stephen's action button example with '"GPT" voice assistant/conversation made me spew what I was drinking and made me laugh unexpectadly about how long to defrost/cook a frozen breakfast sandwich. 🤣🤣🤣 I mean if humanity is at a point where needing your phone to assist you on how to cook/defrost something and then it tells you to read the instructions on the package....I find software in apps are often like this. The next new thing is great for about a month but if you can already achieve the desired result before the app, what makes it really an improvement? I often want to use shortcuts, but I can get to any app on my phone faster. Anyway thanks for the perspective and video and I wish everyone well!
@JeffPom 3 ай бұрын
What was that Chat GPT you used there with the animation, etc.?
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
It’s the voice conversation action for ChatGPT!
@thatphokingguy 3 ай бұрын
hi @stephenrobles, I am trying to add the apple live translator shortcut to the orientation trigger short cut but I can't seem to figure out how to to build the same live translation. do you know how ?
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
I show how to build translation shortcuts here! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gKySZNuAqdnGiZc.htmlsi=_Taqw68Do_CvN0PO
@432wheels 3 ай бұрын
Do I need the app with Supermute to enable the If silent is not toggled to vibrate to confirm silent is on? Are the instructions (for newbs) for that somewhere?
@432wheels 3 ай бұрын
All good. Worked it out that it uses Actions app to get silent mode status.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
That’s it! I also build it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdanaNhosZncZo0.html&si=biGVKsmBXPa8eh9c
@RavioliRudi 3 ай бұрын
Mine is boring as well If I’m in/on (sorry, not my first language) my own WiFi it starts/ends sleep focus. If not it starts the camera
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
That's a nice if Shortcut though!
@chemepuppie 3 ай бұрын
I use it everyday for the flashlight
@solartramp1745 3 ай бұрын
Yes, daily. It’s setup to activate screen reader.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Oh great use case!
@SimonWad 3 ай бұрын
Position oriented button - upside down is toggle torch. Landscape one way is toggle landscape. Landscape the other way is open the camera. Portrait normal brings down a context menu - if it is the home screen, brings down a drop-down list of e.g. compass, Shazam etc. If there is an app open, it will open an app context specific folder
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Phew! And you use it often??
@SimonWad 3 ай бұрын
I use the orientation-specific ones but no longer really use the app-specific ones and now the only reminder that they are there is that Shortcuts throws an error every once in a while because my method of creating and deleting a file to record which app is open isn't very robust. I should really get round to sorting that out 😅🤦🏻♂️
@SimonWad 3 ай бұрын
@@beardfm I use the orientation-dependent functions every day at some point. The app-dependent functions I no-longer use, and the only reminder that they are there are the errors that Shortcuts sometimes throws up because my method of recording when an app is open and closed, by creating and deleting a file, is not robust. I think at some point I'll delete it - for the time being it's there to remind me to improve my Shortcut-designing skills
@andrewgallia 3 ай бұрын
Hopefully in the future Apple allows us to quick click or double click for different actions instead of just holding it for one action.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
100% Would love a double and triple click option. And for some of the actions to run even with the screen locked
@matt007 3 ай бұрын
Mine is still set to mute/silent. 😂
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
I get that! I had mine set that way until recently
@hubbiemid6209 3 ай бұрын
Dont u think skipping 120s is a bit much?
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
For most podcast ads, it's usually just right.
@DanielFriedman 3 ай бұрын
I got frustrated. I just wanted a shortcut to turn on and off the 4 Phillips hue lights in my fan.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Well if you'd like to try again, I show how to setup a smart home toggle here! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebR8opVnqry5pWw.htmlsi=gJuSeCgWCZ6S_XLB&t=506
@lightx500 3 ай бұрын
The best for me pre condition Tesla
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Need to get a Tesla to try 😉
@lucasgiles7613 3 ай бұрын
I don’t use the one on my apple watch
@ProfessorTechNerd 3 ай бұрын
Flashlight to see where my dog pooped on night walks…true story.
@Tazim005 3 ай бұрын
This button should be above the Power button
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Or on the 15 Pro Max, I'd even prefer below!
@Tazim005 3 ай бұрын
That's right if you consider the size but it might get in the way of the power button, so above is fine, even the slider would be better above the power button just like OnePlus. @@beardfm
@allanfreeman6131 3 ай бұрын
I use the Action Button to mute the phone, I can send a text to my family members making them aware of different types of severe thunderstorm watches and warnings, to access Radars, NOAA Weather Radio, turning lights on and off, open the calculator and as a shortcut to the grocery list in Reminders.
@bm63 3 ай бұрын
tbh I put a ton of actions on the action button, some I made some I grabbed from yourself…BUT I have to be honest despite (for example) having an action that will open every type of photo/video th3 iPhone will do I still use the photo icon … utter fail.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Yeah, when you have infinite possibilities sometimes it's hard to figure out what it's best used for!
@andrewdomaracki 3 ай бұрын
It’s a mute button still.
@stevecullum 3 ай бұрын
Yep, it's programmed to video camera for me.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Oh nice!
@marocco6901k 3 ай бұрын
Encore encore
@omarr7825 3 ай бұрын
😂
@TiberiusKent 3 ай бұрын
Of course I use it - it's the mute button.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
I default to that pretty often too
@Singaravelinba 3 ай бұрын
cognitive overload - this is the word I am searching fr
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Applies so much
@choqao 3 ай бұрын
First bruh!
@serena.lattanzi 3 ай бұрын
No. Never. It’s disabled.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
I will say the accidental press, depending on what you have programmed, can be a concern. I get it!
@kohinurmanjarekar5262 3 ай бұрын
Second bruh 😜
@andrejstemmle606 2 ай бұрын
It‘d be a nice action-button shortcut with the translator, IF IT WOULD WORK. I mean, just try it with a little bit of english slang and FORGET ABOUT IT, it‘s garbage Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭
@beardfm 2 ай бұрын
Interesting, will try some slang and see what it picks up.
@andrejstemmle606 2 ай бұрын
@@beardfm I’ve tried like: I‘ll ride shotgun. And haha it actually translated: I ride on a shotgun, which isn’t really the meaning of this expression
@BlushinGun 3 ай бұрын
Nope, out of reach out of mind.
@nicholashaggkvist 3 ай бұрын
Chat GPT quick access. I don’t use it a ton, but I still use it more than I ever used the vibrate switch
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Great use case for sure
@flodavid1556 3 ай бұрын
Translation won’t work on my language…..this is the only thing useful for me ! The only inconvenience is I can’t speak English properly 🫣😅. I keep on mute, good for hangup 😁
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Wait what language won't it support??
@MrScumbag Ай бұрын
Garage door opener or front door unlock
@beardfm Ай бұрын
Yeah works great for the garage!
@effortlesschoice 3 ай бұрын
I keep it selected to the mute function. My problem with it is…muscle memory, i keep pressing it when I’m trying to press volume up. I can see how it would be useful for other users, hasn’t been for me.
@beardfm 3 ай бұрын
Yeah the muscle memory, and it forever being a mute switch before this, is hard to break
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