iOS 11 has become fully tactile on iPhone X. Here are 4 touch gestures or not that you probably don't know and that will allow you to go faster on your smartphone.

How to quickly bring up multitasking

Who says no more home button, means more multitasking accessible with an effective double tap. The gesture offered by default by Apple is triggered quickly and we understand very well how to bring it from an application or the desktop. That said, it takes a bit of time to trigger and this could annoy the most impatient, in the long run.

Luckily, another gesture exists: by sliding your finger in an inverted L, from the bottom to the middle of the screen then to the right, you pull multitasking towards you, without the slightest transition. You will understand the movement in a few seconds and you will have adopted it after a few repetitions.

Some users have even taken to swiping diagonally from the bottom left corner to the center of the iPhone, which removes a direction for your thumb to go. A little harder to trigger, but worth a try.

How to close applications without pressing the cross

You can no longer swipe up to close an app on an iPhone X. Instead, you have to hold your finger on the list of apps and wait for a small cross to appear. You will then touch it to close the app of your choice.

But there is a but: you can be much faster in one move. When you're on the multitasking screen, you can hold your finger down and start swiping apps. Moreover, once the button to close the apps appears, you can do the same gesture as before to close them.

How to scroll down the screen to access the top of apps

On large screens, it is sometimes difficult to access the buttons at the top. Apple had thought of everything and allowed, with a double tap on the button, to bring down the applications and the rows of applications. Today, it is still possible, but it requires adjustment.

Start by going to Settings / General / Accessibility. Then tap on Easy Access to enable it. Now the bottom area of ​​your iPhone becomes home to a new feature: swipe down at the horizontal bar and it will pull the screen down.

How to deactivate Face ID in an emergency

A police check, at customs or simply an evil twin to whom you hand your iPhone: you may need to deactivate Face ID urgently and in a way discrete to preserve your personal data. It's possible: screen off, just press the Power button and one of the two volume buttons. More prosaically, you don't need to aim: just squeeze your iPhone in your hand and, normally, that should trigger the action. You will need to enter your code to find Face ID.

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