Your Xiaomi also has the new iPhone 15 Pro action button: this is how you can use it

The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro Max bring with them a new action button as a great novelty. This, replacing the mythical mute button, allows you to perform all types of actions, from turning on the flashlight to quickly opening the camera .

The reality is that Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO phones have already been incorporating this “action button” for some time . MIUI allows us to create shortcuts and actions using the power button itself, such as activating the camera or flashlight or even invoking the voice assistant.

If you also want to have the new action button on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, below we explain how to create shortcuts and actions for the buttons on your Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO , all without the need to use third party applications.

So you can have the action button of the new iPhone 15 Pro on your Xiaomi

MIUI allows us to associate actions with the power button of our Xiaomi . To do this, simply follow these steps to have the same functionalities of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max:

Go to Settings > Additional settings

Once inside we will access the Gesture Shortcuts section

Once we are in the Gesture Shortcuts section, we can select the action we want to perform with the power button as an “action button.” For example we can configure the following actions:

Start Google Assistant – Press and hold the power button for 0.5 secondsLaunch the camera – Press the power button twice in a rowActivate the flashlight – Press the power button twiceIn addition,

from this section of MIUI we can configure various gestures with knuckles or even with the volume buttons . In addition, Xiaomi also allows us to perform actions or open applications by pressing the back of our smartphone two or three times .