Apple Vision Pro User Guide
- Welcome
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- Change notification settings and device sounds
- Set the date, time, language and region
- Change your device name
- Change the appearance of text and windows
- See people around you while immersed
- See your Magic keyboard while immersed
- Use Apple Vision Pro on an aeroplane or a train
- Refresh apps in the background
- Set content restrictions in Screen Time
- Let others use your Apple Vision Pro
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- Books
- Calendar
- Capture
- Clock
- Encounter Dinosaurs
- Home
- Maps
- Mindfulness
- News
- Numbers
- Pages
- Podcasts
- Reminders
- Shazam
- Shortcuts
- Stocks
- Tips
- Voice Memos
- Copyright
Set up Switch Control on Apple Vision Pro
If you have physical difficulties, you can use Switch Control to operate Apple Vision Pro using one or more switches. With switches, you can select, tap, drag, type, and even draw freehand. You use a switch to select an item or location in your view, then use the same (or a different) switch to choose an action.
Add a switch
You can use the Apple Vision Pro microphone, or you can add an external adaptive switch.
Before you add an external switch, connect it to Apple Vision Pro, following the instructions that came with the switch. If the switch connects using Bluetooth, pair it with Apple Vision Pro — turn on the switch, go to Settings 
Go to Settings > Accessibility > Switch Control > Switches.
Tap Add New Switch, then choose any of the following:
External: Choose a Bluetooth switch.
Sound: Make voiced and voiceless sounds such as “Oo” or a pop.
Assign an action to the switch.
To ensure Switch Control functions correctly, you must assign a switch to the Select Item action and another switch to the Move to Next Item action.
Choose a scanning style and customise Switch Control
You can adjust the behaviour of Switch Control in a variety of ways, to suit your specific needs and style.
Go to Settings
Tap Scanning Style, then choose one of the following:
Auto Scanning: The focus automatically moves to the next item after a specified duration.
Manual Scanning: You trigger a switch to move the focus to the next item (requires multiple switches).
Single Switch Step Scanning: You trigger a switch to move the focus to the next item; if no action is taken with a specified duration, the item with the focus is automatically activated.
Customise Switch Control by setting options, such as the following:
Switches: Add switches and specify their function.
Recipes: Create, edit and choose recipes to temporarily assign special actions to switches.
Auto Scanning Time: Adjust the item scanning speed.
Pause on First Item: Set scanning to pause on the first item in a group.
Move Repeat: Set the delay before moving to the previous or next item while a switch is pressed.
Long-Press: Set whether a different action occurs when you press and hold a switch, and how long to wait before performing that action.
Tap Behaviour: Choose a tap behaviour and set the interval for performing a second switch action to show the Scanner Menu.
Focused Item After Tap: Choose whether Switch Control resumes scanning at an item you tap or from the beginning.
Hold Duration: Set whether and how long you need to hold a switch down before it’s accepted as a switch action.
Ignore Repeat: Ignore accidental repeated switch triggers.
Gliding Cursor: Adjust the point scanning style and speed.
Speech: Speak items as they’re scanned.
Saved Gestures: Create and save custom gestures to the Scanner Menu.
Confirm with Switch Control: Confirm payments with Optic ID by using Switch Control instead of double-clicking the top button.
Turn Switch Control on or off
Important: Switch Control changes the gestures you use to control Apple Vision Pro.
To turn Switch Control on or off, use any of the following methods:
Go to Settings
If you’ve set up the Accessibility Shortcut, triple-click the Digital Crown.