Apple’s decision to replace the ring/silent switch with a new Action Button on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max is proving to have diverse and useful implications which give entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to innovate and gather a captive market. The Action Button provides a variety of presets that enable users to customize its function beyond just silencing the phone to control things like the flashlight, voice recording, opening the magnifier app, and even act as a camera app shutter button. Furthermore, Apple’s Shortcuts app takes the Action Button to the next level, allowing a faster and more customizable way of performing tasks on your phone.
Numerous apps have pre-built Shortcuts that can work with the new Action Button, including Music Library Tracker, Streaks, Starbucks, and ChatGPT. In particular, ChatGPT app is increasingly popular and enables users to set up a ChatGPT Action Button shortcut that triggers the start of a ChatGPT query and, with a ChatGPT Plus account, a voice conversation with the AI model.
To program the iPhone 15 Pro Action Button for ChatGPT queries, users are required to install the ChatGPT app, open Shortcuts, add a new shortcut, choose “ChatGPT Action,” save the Shortcut, open Action Button Settings, choose Shortcuts, select the created shortcut, and complete the process.
The Action Button replaces the ring/silent switch of the new iPhone 15 models, but it opens the door to a wide range of possibilities. The Shortcuts app adds another layer of capability and customization, and an added feature like ChatGPT enhances the phone’s utility. Ideally, one press of a button can trigger a variety of responses and interactions with the phone, expanding its capability and making complex tasks easier to perform.
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