Apple's standard white in-ear headphones (some call them earbuds) come with three buttons.
They look simple enough, but they allow for a wide variety of control over your iPhone or iPad.
Over at the Tekserve blog, they recently shared eight great tips on how to tap into some of its lesser-known abilities.
Play or pause a song or video
Tap the center button once to pause, and once again to resume.
Fast forward or rewind through a song
Fast forward by tapping the center button twice and holding down on the second tap. Rewind by tapping three times and holding down the third tap.
Switch between calls
Switch to a new incoming call by tapping the center button once. You can end that new call by holding down the center button for two seconds.
Take a picture
Switch to a new incoming call by tapping the center button once. You can end that new call by holding down the center button for two seconds.
Take a picture
Inside of the default camera app, press the volume up button to take a picture. This doesn't work with other camera apps, such as Instagram.
Activate Siri
If you're sporting an iPhone 4S of iPhone 5, tap and hold the center button to activate Siri.
Skip to the next song
Double-tap the center button to skip to the next song. (You can even triple-tap to go to the previous song.)
Answer and end calls
Just tap the center button once to answer and once to hang up.
Ignore incoming calls
Press and hold the center button for a couple seconds, then release it. You'll hear two beeps when the call's been disconnected.
Data source: via BI (By Dylan Love)
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ReplyDeletewhen you realized what you paid and what you got but didn't know about until it was too late to use it...[its not like a car and a trunk/boot/rear storage...that is a pretty universal understanding]... details like using your volume control as a remote/'cable release'...is a smart thing that should be sung from the roof tops...WHY HIDE IT?… the manual is pathetic and of the Gutenberg era…linking and photos and video are the new age…when video is the new class room and Apple can't be bothered to tell you what you really have and why it cost so much...heuristics makes learning stick but who knows what you have… you can’t go looking for something IF YOU DON'T know it exists.
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