How to have an Assistive Touch on your Android mobile

  • Assistive Touch is a useful iOS tool that allows quick access to various functions.
  • Android does not have this feature built in, but it can be simulated with an app.
  • The AssistiveTouch app offers a floating button with multiple customizable functions.
  • This tool combines the functionality of iOS with the customization of Android.

iOS Assistive Touch

El Touch support is a tool of iOS that allows to have a floating button that accumulates diverse functions. It is possible to have this same Assistive Touch in Android and we teach you how to achieve it.

The Assistive Touch, a very useful tool

El Touch support it is a tool that originates from iOS. It consists of a floating button that includes a variety of functions such as turning off the screen or taking screenshots. In the iPhone it is activated in the accessibility settings, since it is a function integrated into the system. However, this is not possible in Android, since there is simply no such function.

This is a real shame, since we are talking about something very useful on many occasions. In Asian countries, the AssistiveTouch It is used as a first choice by many people, but it is common to use it as a replacement Home button when those buttons are broken on an iPhone. Obviously in Android more and more there are buttons on the screen, especially if we look at the trend of notches and screens without frames. But this does not mean that having our own Android Assistive Touch was not very useful.

How to get an Android Assistance Touch on our mobile

Luckily, and as in so many other occasions, it is possible to have this function thanks to a free application from the Play Store. In this case we are talking about a call, simply Touch support. You can already imagine what its only and main function is: to offer us an equivalent of the AssistiveTouch of iOS.

Android Assist Touch

With this application you will have the same floating button as with iOS, and you can perform various functions I already know by pressing it once, twice or by holding down. You can lock your phone, imitate the behavior of the Home button, mute it, open recent applications ... You will also have access to the camera, the calendar, the File Explorer ... customize each action according to the number of touches, as well as the color and size with which the floating button is displayed. You can also choose the color and layout of the menu that expands as usual when using this Android Assist Touch. Therefore, to the useful function of iOS is added the classic customization of Android, bringing the best of both worlds together to offer you a good experience.

You can download Touch support free of charge through the Play Store: