Command Tab on iPhone and iPad

By Scott Duck, 15 June, 2019

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iOS and iPadOS

I can use command tab to switch between open apps on my son's iPad but it doesn't work on my iPhone. Is this an iPad only shortcut or is there a way to enable it on the iPhone? I'm using a iPhone 6S on IOS 12.3.

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By Dave Nason on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 22:16

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

That is correct, it currently only works on iPad.

By René Jaun on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - 22:16

I think Aple should enable this Shortcut for iPhones as well. I do not see any reason why they have to limit it to iPads.
As a VoiceOver user, at least you can use the four-finger swipe gesture. Swipe to the left or to the right in order to switch to the previous / next application.
Sadly, this does not always work reliably. But if it does, it‘^s definitely faster than switching using the App Switcher.