The iPhone’s Control Center is pretty great.
So how could Apple improve it?
“One of the biggest issues I have with the Control Center is its lack of customization options.
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Control Center isn’t just one thing.
This section is not customizable.
I would love to add or remove toggles based on my personal preferences.
This would allow me to tailor the Control Center to my specific needs, making it even more useful.
The bottom half is where you’ve got the option to pick and choose what to add.
In that list, the icons all look to be of the same kind.
But while some of them toggle functions directly (Low Power Mode, Flashlight, etc.
), some are just shortcuts to launch apps, while others do both.
The Timer icon, for example, will launch the Timer app when tapped.
The thing is, you never know which is which.
This gets absurd after a while, with a kind of long-press “Inception.”
The crazy part is that you might also long-press those to go even deeper.
So a shortcut to the prefs is job one.
That also seems obvious.
And what about being able to add a shortcut to any app?
Or what about expanding what’s already there?
For example, you’re free to’t currently add a control for a particular HomeKit switch or light.
“I want to be able to customize what shows up for home controls.
Finally, Control Center seems like the exact right place to put user-made Shortcuts.
Shortcuts are, by their nature, meant to be quickly triggered and then forgotten.
You should be able to add their icons so you could do this without even unlocking your phone.
