Mobility

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Discover features that make it easy to modify your touch, create custom gestures, or control your devices in the ways that work best for you.

UpdatedSwitch Control

Use adaptive switch hardware, game controllers, or sounds to control devices.

Available on:

iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV

Switch Control makes it easy and efficient to control your device with a variety of adaptive switch hardware, wireless game controllers, or even simple sounds like a click, a pop, or an “ee” sound. Use item, point, and manual scanning to navigate sequentially through onscreen keyboards, menus, and the Dock. Create your own custom panels and keyboards, systemwide or app by app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Platform Switching helps you use a single device to navigate any other devices you have synced with your Apple Account. That way, you can control your Mac directly from your iPhone or iPad without having to set up your switches on each new device.1 With Apple Watch mirroring, you can use assistive features like Switch Control to fully control your Apple Watch from your iPhone.2 And gaming is even easier with Switch Control — the same switch or sound actions you use to navigate and control your iPhone and iPad can be turned into a game controller.3

Set up Switch Control on:

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Finger taps as gestures. A new option for Switch Control on iPhone and iPad uses your device’s camera to recognize finger tap gestures as switches.

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NewEye Tracking

Control your device with just your eyes.

Available on:

iPhone, iPad

Now you can navigate iPhone and iPad with just your eyes. Use the front-facing camera to set up and calibrate Eye Tracking in seconds. And thanks to on-device machine learning, all data used to set up and control this feature is kept securely on your device, and isn’t shared with Apple. Eye Tracking works with iOS and iPadOS apps and doesn’t require additional hardware or accessories.4 To help you navigate through different apps, you can use Dwell Control, which enables you to interact with controls by keeping your eyes on them for a selected amount of time. And you can access additional functions such as physical buttons, swipes, and other gestures solely with your eyes. iPad also supports third-party eye trackers.

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Alternative input

Control your device without using your hands or fingers.

Available on:

iPhone, iPad, Mac

There are many ways to navigate and control your devices without using your hands or fingers. Head Tracking uses the camera on your device to follow the movement of your head to control a pointer on your screen, and it tracks your facial movements to perform actions.5 On Mac, Pointer Control lets you use different methods, like head movements, to control your pointer and mouse or trackpad button. Built-in eye tracking support makes it even easier for people to control iPhone and iPad, and people can control iPad using third-party MFi eye-tracking devices, too.6 Compatible devices track where a person is looking onscreen and the pointer moves to follow their gaze, while extended eye contact performs an action, like a tap.

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UpdatedAssistiveTouch

Customize how you interact with your touchscreen.

Available on:

iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch

AssistiveTouch for iOS and iPadOS enables you to adapt your touchscreen to fit your physical needs. If certain gestures, like pinch or two-finger tap, don’t work for you, swap them with a gesture that does or create a touch that’s all your own. You can customize the layout of the AssistiveTouch menu too, or connect a Bluetooth device to control an onscreen pointer for navigation. And now with Virtual Trackpad on iPad, you can control your device using a small region of the screen as a resizable trackpad.

AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch helps those with upper-body limb differences use hand gestures such as clench, double clench, pinch, and double pinch to control apps and experiences across Apple Watch.7

Set up AssistiveTouch on:

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Virtual Trackpad. If you have limited mobility, you can control your iPad using a small region of the screen as a resizable trackpad.

Merge subtle movement with skillful multitasking through Quick Actions for Apple Watch. You can do even more with your Apple Watch without ever touching the display or turning on AssistiveTouch for Apple Watch. Double‑tap with your hand to easily answer a phone call, snap a photo, pause your music, resume your daily workout, and much more. You can find and enable Quick Actions in Accessibility settings on your Apple Watch.8

Set up Quick Actions for Apple Watch on:

Apple Watch

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Touch settings

Adjust how your devices respond to your touch.

Available on:

iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch

Adjust how the screen responds to your touch with Touch Accommodations. Control how long you touch before it’s recognized or whether repeat touches are ignored. That way, you can put your finger down anywhere on the screen and move to the item you want to select without performing an unintended action.

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Meet the easiest shortcut ever. Back Tap lets you double‑tap or triple‑tap the back of your iPhone to perform a range of custom tasks automatically — from opening your favorite app to taking a screenshot. Choose from more than 20 different actions or create your own automated shortcuts to simplify your everyday tasks.9

Set up Back Tap on:

iPhone

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Hardware keyboard support

Makes typing easier with keyboard adjustments to fit your needs.

Available on:

iPhone, iPad, Mac

Slow Keys lets you adjust the amount of time between when a key is pressed and when it is activated, so your device processes only the keystrokes you mean to make. Sticky Keys enables you to enter key combinations sequentially rather than simultaneously. Or use Mouse Keys to control your pointer with a numeric keypad on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. You can also create custom shortcuts for commonly used words or phrases, and your iPhone, iPad, and Mac will type them for you.

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Accessibility Keyboard

Customize how you type on your Mac.

Available on:

Mac

The customizable, onscreen Accessibility Keyboard lets you navigate and type in macOS without using a physical keyboard. It includes support for custom toolbars and improved typing with autocapitalization and better word suggestions. This keyboard also supports head‑tracking hardware so you can move the pointer and select or drag onscreen items. And it has Dwell support, so all of macOS can be used without ever needing to click a mouse or trackpad button.

Set up Accessibility Keyboard on:

Mac

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Fitness apps

Activities and workouts designed with wheelchair users in mind.

Available on:

Apple Watch

Reach your exercise goals with the Activity app on Apple Watch, designed with wheelchair users in mind. Instead of a Stand goal, the Roll goal in the Time to Roll option encourages you to move every hour. And sensors in Apple Watch take into account different pushing techniques for varying speeds and terrain — even transition movements — giving you the most accurate snapshot of your daily activity.

Set up Activity app on:

Apple Watch

The Workout app on Apple Watch helps you work out your way. Accurately measure your movement with specific exercise routines and set time, distance, or calorie goals based on the type of exercise you do. For wheelchair users, there are two Wheelchair Workouts: Outdoor Wheelchair Walk Pace and Outdoor Wheelchair Run Pace. Just choose a workout and Apple Watch turns on the appropriate sensors.

Set up Workout app on:

Apple Watch

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