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There's a Useful Button Hidden on the Back of Your iPhone

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Back Tap is an iPhone feature introduced in iOS 14 .

It lets you perform shortcuts on your iPhone by double or triple tapping on the back of the device.

The feature is available on iPhones as old as iPhone 8, as long as they're running iOS 14 or later.

We'll show you how to use it with your Shortcuts app for nearly endless possibilities.

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English

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