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Article snippet: To swipe or not to swipe? That’s the question on every iPhone X user’s mind now that the home button is gone. While life without a home button takes some time getting used to, you’ll get the hang of it after learning (and trying!) these 11 gestures on the iPhone X. The first gesture you’ll need to learn is the most important one: how to get to the home screen after unlocking your phone with Face ID, Apple’s new way of unlocking your iPhone with your face. Once your Face ID unlocks your phone, you’ll need to swipe up from the bottom to get to the home screen. You don’t need to memorize this tidbit; thankfully, you’ll see a “Swipe up to open” message reminding you how to get to the home screen. You can also use this gesture when you’re in an app or in control center. You’re in! Now, to switch between apps gets a bit tricky. Back on regular iPhones, you used to do this by double-clicking on the home button and swiping left and right between apps. This feature, called the “app switcher,” works similarly on the iPhone X; swipe up from the bottom and then “pause.” All your open apps will appear (and you’ll feel some haptic feedback to let you know this worked). To switch between apps, you can swipe left and right. However, let’s say you spend a lot of time on a certain app like Facebook. Your iPhone will now make that the most recent app and you won’t be able to swipe right anymore. If you’re in an app, you’ll see a small white bar at the bottom that you can use to nav... Link to the full article to read more