While iOS 14 is packed with a range of eye-catching features including home screen widgets and App Library, its the hidden features like the Back Tap feature that are making the waves. The Back Tap feature is specially important as it has opened the gate for endless possibilities. Notably, you can use Back Tap to launch any app in iOS 14 by double/triple tapping the back of your iPhone. But it’s not obvious how you can do that. So, in this article, we are going to show how you can use Back Tap to launch any app on iOS 14.

If you are late to the party, let me brief you a bit. Back Tap is the part of the Accessibility suite and allows users to activate several predefined actions/features including taking a screenshot, opening Control Center, activating Accessibility features such as AssistiveTouch, VoiceOver, Zoom.

Creating a Shortcut to Open an iPhone App

  1. Launch Shortcuts on your iPhone and tap the “+” button at the upper-right corner.

  2. Next, tap on Choose.

  3. Now, tap on Next at the top right corner.

Use iPhone Back Tap Custom Controls in iOS 14

  1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone and choose Accessibility.

Using iPhone Back Tap Custom Controls to Launch an App

So, that’s the way you can make the most of a custom back tap control to open an iPhone app. It’s indeed a super cool feature. Recently, we have covered several notable topics related to iOS 14. So, if you have missed out on some of the great ones, do check them out.

Also, share your feedback about the latest iteration of iOS and the features you have found quite appreciable in it.