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Help solve a mystery. A few times a day I pick up my iPhone and somehow trigger this state: the lock screen slides down to make room for a strange black area + arrow above. Haven’t a clue what this mode is or what it does. Can’t find any other interaction affordances… wat?

An iPhone screen with a mysterious black area scrolled down from the top of the main screen

Mystery quickly solved 🙏 Thanks for the help! TIL about the "reachability" feature - support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/ip Funny I couldn't pattern match enough to figure out how I was triggering it - turns out by lightly double-tapping the home button.

support.apple.com

Reach the top of the iPhone screen with one hand

Use Reachability to lower the top half of the iPhone screen and make it more easily accessible with one hand.

Maggie

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Now that I know this feature exists and I've learned how to trigger it, I've suddenly found it indispensable.

12:54 PM · May 18, 2022Twitter Web App

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