Using a feature called Back Tap on iPhone 8 or newer with iOS 14 the later, you can set your iPhone to play or pause your music just by tapping two or three times on the back of your phone. Here's how to set it up.
Part 1: create the playback shortcut / pause
To play or pause music with taps, we'll need the help of an apple shortcut, which is a kind of automated procedure that you can set up on your iPhone to perform a task. But do not worry, for this case, the task is very simple, so creating it is easy. We will guide you through the procedure.
First, launch the Shortcuts app. If you can't find it, swipe down from the center of the screen until you see a search bar. Writes “Shortcuts”, then tap the Shortcuts app icon that appears.
Once the shortcuts are open, touch the button “My shortcuts” at the bottom of the screen and select “All shortcuts”.
On the screen “All shortcuts”, tap the plus button (“+”) to add a new shortcut.
In the page “at the bottom of the navigation pane”, tap the ellipsis button (three points in a circle) to start renaming the shortcut.
but there should be a section “Details”, presiona el área de texto “Shortcut Name”, writes “play / Pause music” y después presiona “Ready”.
Next, touch the button “Add action”.
On the panel “Actions” that appears, scribe “play / pause” in the search bar, then select “play / Pause” de la lista de resultados a continuación.
Next, you will see an overview of our very simple shortcut. Se leerá “Now Playing”, después enumerará la acción “play / Pausar en iPhone”. When i am satisfied, Touch “Ready”.
Thereafter, toque el botón de música “play / Pause” en su lista de accesos directos para probarlo. The music will start to play. If you touch it again, the music will stop. It works!
Part 2: Configurar Back Tap
Next, necesitaremos configurar la función Back Tap para utilizar el acceso directo “play / Pause music” que acabamos de crear. To do it, open Settings.
In Settings, go to Accessibility> Touch> Back Touch.
In the settings “Back touch”, puede seleccionar si dos o tres toques activarán el acceso directo “play / Pause music”. Touch the one you prefer.
You will see a list of actions that can be activated if you use Back Tap. Desplácese hacia abajo en el listado hasta llegar a la sección “Shortcuts” en la parte inferior y toque el acceso directo “play / Pause music” that we previously created. When selected, will have a blue check mark next to it.
Thereafter, exit Settings.
Tap the back of your iPhone two or three times (depending on how you configure it) and the music will start to play. Tap the back again and the music will stop. You can toggle between play and pause as many times as you like. Back Tap works anywhere on iPhone, including lock screen, but your iPhone screen must be active for it to work. Happy listening!
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