(1) A button on a smartphone, tablet or other electronic device that takes the user to the start screen (home screen). The button may be physical hardware or displayed on the touchscreen ("virtual" ...

One of the primary functions of any web browser's Homepage is to give you the option to decide what you see first, as soon as you either start up the app — open a new window or tab. In Chrome, it can ...

Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

For many of its earlier models, Apple launched iPads with physical Home buttons located below their screens. Initially, they were primarily used for navigation, such as a way to return to the home ...

Just in case your thumb gets tired of swiping up so much Just in case your thumb gets tired of swiping up so much is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His ...

Microsoft Edge web browser in Windows 11/10 now lets you add a Home button. While some of you may not find any use for the Home button, others like to have a Home button visible on the browser ...

Most Android phones have fixed shortcuts for double-tapping the Home button. But with this workaround, you can make it go wherever you like. Sharon Profis Former Vice President of Content, CNET ...

In the beginning, nobody knew how to use an iPhone. That informed everything about the device's design: The green felt in Game Center communicated fun and gambling, the messily ripped paper at the top ...

The Home button is dead. It arrived in a blaze of glory, back in 2007, as Steve Jobs showed off Apple’s shiny new phone. Other smartphones of the era invited you to file down your fingertips and peck ...

Apple’s introduced the latest of it’s line up of iPhones with no Home button. The iPhone 12 series joins the iPhone 11 series, and the iPhone XR, XS and X with a full screen front and Face ID. But ...

The iPhone X is the first iPhone to ditch the physical home button. But there is a way to simulate a home button using the iPhone's software. It's a bit of a hack, though, and we don't recommend it.

Buttons are one of the most ephemeral parts of modern technology. A text file from a decade ago will still load the same, a dead console’s games can live on in emulators, and as the adage goes, ...