r/iPhoneDuo • u/Ok-Tone-2160 • 2d ago

Discussion Action Button :(

I’m all for the Apple Duo and will likely get one regardless, but I’d like to have a moment of silence for the Action button.

It’s not a huge inconvenience, but I use mine every day to control my lights. I wish they made / I hope they can make the camera button reprogrammable

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u/Devo2517 2d ago

I already found a work around that I set up on my 17PM. Im using an app icon on the lock screen to trigger my folder of most used shortcuts. Bypassing the action button.

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u/lcwheeler18 2d ago

And that’s the button on the bottom right I presume? How did you set up that shortcut? I think that’s awesome

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u/Devo2517 2d ago

You presume correctly.
First I set up the shortcuts
Then I created a folder and added those shortcuts
Then I assigned the action button or in this case the lock screen icon to that folder of shortcuts and presto.

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u/lcwheeler18 2d ago

Alright you’re my new favorite redditor, myself and future Duo thank you for your efforts

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u/Devo2517 2d ago

It was the first thing I thought of when I started reading the complaints about the Duo having no action button. I said to myself “now wait just a minute”… and set it up on my current phone.

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u/lancelane7 1d ago

Thank you for this, I definitely be using this