We navigate most modern phones entirely by swiping our fingers across their displays—but in Android’s early days, all phones came with buttons under the screen. One of these once prominent keys has ...

We've spent the last fifteen years watching physical buttons disappear from our devices, our cars, our appliances, and even our elevator panels. Touch screens and software interfaces have been sold to ...

Despite Apple’s best efforts to market the iPhone 16‘s new camera button as its innovation, this isn’t quite the case. Yes, Apple’s implementation and tech behind the button’s functionality is novel, ...

The Camera Control button is a new physical control on the side of the entire iPhone 16 lineup. Here's everything you need to know, and how to get the most out of it. Apple's Camera Control buttin is ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...

Future iPhones may not have physical buttons, according to an unconfirmed report from a leaker who goes by Instant Digital, and who shared the information on the Chinese social media platform Weibo.

The physical home button is no more, but there's a workaround you can use on pretty much any iPhone. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and ...

In recent years, digital touchscreens have replaced many of the buttons and knobs that control various functions in cars. But when Host Ira Flatow went shopping for a new car, he noticed that physical ...

While many carmakers have turned to a screen-centric user interface in their vehicles, regular customers still want the convenience and safety of physical buttons. This encouraged aftermarket ...

OnePlus has a long history of bold design experiments. On the functional side of things, the multi-stage alert slider switch has been a hot favorite in the community. Unfortunately, it’s going away ...

While steering-wheel capacitive touch buttons with haptic feedback offer a minimalist aesthetic and allow more functions, it didn’t take long for the technology to draw criticism. Some argue that it ...

Admittedly, I do not have the same kind of history with the iPhone’s Home button as lifelong iPhone owners. I was there for a moment with the iPod touch and then, briefly, the iPhone 4S. I went back ...