Many of the ‘new’ features in iOS 14 are giving us a bit of déjà vu.
The feature can be enabled on newer iPhones, and can be accessed by navigating to Settings –> Accessibility –> Touch –> Back Tap. One enabled, you can tap the back of your phone to perform a variety of actions. You will be presented with options to set an action that is performed when you double tap or triple tap. These actions include opening a specific app, muting your device, going back to the Home screen, opening Control Center and more.
If this sounds familiar, it’s because several Android phones have had similar capabilities for quite some time. HTC and Google Pixel smartphones have allowed you to tap the screen, or tap/squeeze the sides of the device to perform actions, so Apple appears to just be catching up.
And that brings us to a common theme with all of the “new” features that were introduced with iOS 14. As more and more features were announced, we couldn’t help but think that we were experiencing a bit of déjà vu. One of the most basic features that Android users take for granted is the ability to set your default client for your email and web browser.
