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- A TikToker has put the iPhone 15 Pro's action button to use as a customized coffee-ordering shortcut.
- He can bypass the app and order Starbucks with the click of a button on his phone.
- The new action button can be customized for a number of different uses.
The new iPhone 15 Pro's action button can make your coffee runs quicker.
No need to open an app to place your favorite Starbucks order anymore. TikToker Brett Turner demonstrated how he uses the action button on his iPhone 15 Pro to order his morning pick-me-up when he's in the vicinity of his local Starbs.
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Turner explained in his video that he uses the action button for a handful of convenient functions. His "number one" use is ordering a blonde roast and a customized chai latte when he clicks the button within 100 meters of Starbucks.
The feature uses "'if' statements to have a single action do multiple things," Turner told Insider. Pushing the action button triggers certain actions only in specific instances.
If he's near the Starbucks he passes daily, the action button can order his coffee. But if it's after 11 p.m., the button shuts off the lights in his house.
If he's not near the Starbucks and it's before 11 p.m., Turner said the feature turns his Do Not Disturb on and off.
"The more difficult part is ideating exactly what you want to happen and how, and when," Turner said. "Once you have that all laid out in your head, shortcuts provide a pretty easy canvas for you to lay that all out in."
Brett Turner
It saves him time because the coffee is ready when he arrives at the counter without having to fuss with lines or an app, Turner said.
The new action button replaced the ring/silent switch common in all iPhone models since 2007.
The button can be customized with shortcuts to turn on your flashlight, it can serve as a key fob for Tesla owners, and it can turn off the lights in your home. The Verge hailed the button as "the most significant new iPhone feature in years" after Apple introduced it in September.
Turner's video from Saturday got over 100,000 likes, and most commenters praised the "Starbies button." It all depends on the time and location that he clicks the button, according to Turner.
The iPhone 15 models launched in September, and the new iPhone 15 Pro has been met with criticism since its release. Users reported overheating issues that required an iOS update to fix.