iPad Pro 2022 AND on Screen Home Button Help

[gemtoba]

Purchased 2022 iPad Pro, first year ipad doesn't come with a home button at bottom of ipad. Instead home button is a movable white cirrcle, that often blends into screen..It is very frustrating for an 86 yr old senior with macular degeneration, accidentally tap it and immediately back to home screen right in middle of doing an email, or facebook scrolling.

Can this "power touch" home button be changed to a different color?

Thank you in advance

 

[twerppoet]

It sounds like you are using Assistive Touch, with the single tap option set to Home. The default is Menu, which instead of taking you to the Home Screen, gives you several options, one of which is Home.

You can configure it by going to Settings > Accessibility > Touch.

I don't see a way to change the color, but you can make it more visible. Change the Idle Opacity to 100%, and it should never fade out.

Here is Apple's support page for Assistive Touch.

Use AssistiveTouch on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

You can use AssistiveTouch to adjust volume, lock your screen, use multi-finger gestures, restart your device, or replace pressing buttons with just a tap.

support.apple.com

You can also find quite a few YouTube videos on the feature.