# The iPhone 20 may lose its Action Button to Camera Control

Source: https://idevice.com/the-iphone-20-may-lose-its-action-button-to-camera-control
Published: 2026-11-08

> A Weibo leaker says the button's job moves to Camera Control in late 2027. It's a shaky source, so don't let it change what you buy.

Apple may drop the Action Button from the iPhones it launches in the second half of 2027. The leaker Instant Digital said on Weibo that the button "will officially be phased out starting with new iPhone models in the second half of next year." If Apple keeps its split launch calendar, that means the [iPhone 20](https://idevice.com/phones/iphone-20/roadmap) range, per [AppleInsider](https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/11/06/iphone-20-range-rumored-to-ditch-action-button), which translated the post.

The leaker says the button "will be integrated with the camera button": tap to open the camera, then press and hold to do what the Action Button does today. So there's no mute switch coming back. The camera button here is presumably Camera Control, which already opens the camera with a tap and already uses a longer press for Visual Intelligence. That long press is taken, so something would have to give.

The Action Button arrived on the iPhone 15 Pro in 2023, replacing the mute switch, and spread to other iPhones from there. The [iPhone Duo](https://idevice.com/phones/iphone-fold/roadmap) broke that run when it launched without one last month, which is the strongest thing this rumor has going for it. Apple has already shipped its newest phone without the button.

A single press still does nothing except show a notice telling you to press longer. A long press runs one action, or several through Shortcuts, and a lock screen icon can already do nearly all of that.

If you've set yours up as a silent toggle or a Shortcut you use all day, you'd feel this most. A long press on Camera Control would still get you there, but from a different spot on the phone. For most people it's a small change.

Instant Digital has sometimes posted what looks more like wishful thinking than a leak, so don't plan around this. Don't let it change what you buy now either. It's a year out, and every iPhone on sale except the Duo still has the button.

## Sources

- [AppleInsider](https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/11/06/iphone-20-range-rumored-to-ditch-action-button) (AppleInsider)