Learn basic gestures and controls on Apple Vision Pro
You can easily interact with Apple Vision Pro using your hands, eyes, and voice, along with the Digital Crown and top button.
Use eyes and hands to navigate visionOS
Action | What can I do with this gesture? | Instruction |
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Tap your fingers together (or simply “tap”) | Select options, open apps | Look at content (like an app icon or button), then tap your index finger and thumb together to select it. |
Touch | Type, interact in interactive experiences | Interact with certain elements directly with your fingers. For example, you can touch keys on the virtual keyboard, similar to typing on a physical keyboard. |
Pinch and hold | Show additional options, zoom in and out | Pinch and hold your thumb and index finger together. For example, pinch and hold You can also pinch and hold with both hands and pull apart to zoom in, or move them closer to zoom out. |
Pinch and drag | Move windows, scroll | Pinch and hold to grab a window bar, photos, content, or an object, then drag it wherever you like. For example, you can pinch and drag the window bar of an app, or a shape in a Freeform board. You can also pinch and drag to scroll. For example, in Photos, you can scroll up or down through your albums. Swipe to scroll quickly; tap to stop scrolling. |
Swipe | Scroll quickly | Pinch and quickly flick your wrist. |
Open Home View | See your apps | Look at your palm, then tap |
Open Control Center | See your battery level, open Control Center | Look at your palm, then flip your hand over. Tap the status bar to open Control Center. |
Adjust volume | See the current volume and adjust the volume | Look at your palm, flip your hand over to see the current volume in the status bar, then pinch and drag the volume slider. See Adjust volume on Apple Vision Pro. |
Use the Digital Crown and top button
Action | Instruction | ||||||||||
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Open Home View | Press the Digital Crown. | ||||||||||
Recenter your content in your view | Press and hold the Digital Crown. | ||||||||||
Adjust immersion or volume | Turn the Digital Crown. You may also need to look at either You can also change the default focus when you turn the Digital Crown. Go to Settings | ||||||||||
Switch between your surroundings and digital content | Double-click the Digital Crown to switch to a view of your surroundings. To return to your experience, press the Digital Crown once. | ||||||||||
Open Capture | Press the top button. See Capture, view, and share spatial photos and videos on Apple Vision Pro. | ||||||||||
Capture a still image of your view | Simultaneously press and release the top button and Digital Crown. | ||||||||||
Use the Accessibility Shortcut | Triple-click the Digital Crown. | ||||||||||
Force quit an app | Simultaneously press and hold the top button and Digital Crown until you see Force Quit Applications, tap the name of the app you want to close, then tap Force Quit. | ||||||||||
Turn on | Press and hold the top button until the Apple logo appears on the front display (the power cable light also comes on). | ||||||||||
Turn off | Simultaneously press and hold the top button and Digital Crown until the sliders appear (Force Quit Applications will appear first), then drag the top slider to power off. Or go to Settings > General > Shut Down. | ||||||||||
Force restart | Simultaneously press and hold the top button and Digital Crown until Apple Vision Pro powers off (Force Quit Applications and the power slider will appear first). | ||||||||||
