Though Apple’s headphones are a source of frustration to many users, for a variety of reasons, nobody can argue the usefulness of the built-in remote. At first glance, it appears to offer nothing beyond volume control. But Apple has actually built-in quite a few handy features for controlling your iPhone with it. Here are some lesser-known shortcuts.
- Tap the center button twice and hold it down on the second tap to fast-forward through a song. To rewind through a song, tap three times and hold it down on the third tap.
- Skip to the next song by double-tapping the center button, and tripple-tap to hear the previous song.
- Take a photo while in the built-in Camera app by tapping the volume up button.
- Press and hold the middle button for two seconds, then release it to ignore an incoming call (sending it to your voicemail).
- Tap and hold the center button to activate Siri.