How To Use Back Tap iPhone Feature For Quick Actions In iOS 14

One of the spectacular new features coming in iOS 14 is called Back Tap. It allows you to double-tap or triple-tap the back of your iPhone for quick actions.

All that you have to do is configure the back tap actions in the Settings app and perform the gesture whenever you want to trigger one of the predefined actions.

You can back tap iPhone for various predefined System actions, Accessibility functions, Scroll gestures and even trigger shortcuts from the stock Shortcuts app.

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0:00 Start

Hi everyone and welcome the iPhoneTricks.org YouTube channel. In today's episode I'll show you how to set up the new iOS 14 Back Tap feature that allows you to trigger quick actions on your iPhone just by double or triple tapping the back of your smartphone. Let's dive right into it!

0:25 How To Enable Back Tap

To configure this feature you have to tap on Settings. Scroll for Accessibility and tap on Touch. Next, scroll all the way down until you reach the Back Tap label. Read the description that informs you that you can "double or triple tap the back of your iPhone to perform actions quickly".

Tap it and set the quick actions for the two gestures. First, tap on 'Double Tap' and scroll through the predefined iOS actions. You can pick anything from Accessibility Shortcuts, System functions (like Control Center, Lock Screen, Reachability, Screenshot), Accessibility features, Scroll Gestures and you can also assign a shortcut from the Shortcuts app.

To demonstrate this feature I'll select Control Center.

1:29 Selecting Quick Action For Triple Tap

For the triple tap you have the same list of predefined actions available. I'll pick AssistiveTouch for this gesture and return to the Home Screen.

1:36 Back Tap iPhone Demo

Let's demonstrate the new iOS 14 Back Tap feature. I'll take the iPhone in my hand. Notice what happens when I double tap it. One, two ... the Control Center pops up. If I double-tap again... one, two... the Control Center disappears.

One more time, one, two and this time I will slide it off.

2:08 Triple Tap iPhone Demo

This time I'll triple-tap the back of the iPhone. One, two, three ... Voila! The AssistiveTouch menu button pops up on the screen.

If I triple tap again it goes away.

2:24 Edit Back Tap Actions

You can tweak the quick actions assigned to the Back Tap feature from the same Settings menu. Tap on Double Tap and select something else. You can pick Notification Center or something more useful like Screenshot. This way you can printscreen your iPhone without needing to simultaneously press the Side Button and a Volume button.

Let's test it out!

2:54 Double Tap iPhone to Screenshot

One, two and an iPhone print-screen is triggered.

3:12 Change Triple Tap Action

For the triple tap you can assign another quick action. I would suggest Accessibility Shortcut but for this function to work you have to have the Accessibility Shortcut configured.

It can be done from the main Accessibility menu.

3:33 Long Press Back Arrow iOS 14 Trick

To configure it I'll show you another hidden iOS 14 command. In Settings, long-press the back arrow to jump between menu layers. Select Accessibility and scroll for Accessibility Shotcut and pick the action that you desire.

3:55 Conclusion

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