How to control iPhone with head gestures: smile, stick out tongue

iOS 26 has added quite a few accessibility features to the iPhone, such as controlling the iPhone with head gestures, or controlling the iPhone with eyes . Users will be able to choose from many different gestures to set up an adjustment action on the phone as they wish. Below are instructions for controlling the iPhone with head gestures.

How to control iPhone with head gestures

Step 1:

Go to Settings on your iPhone and select Accessibility .

Step 2:

In the next interface, users click on the Head Tracking item  to set up iPhone adjustment by head gestures. Now you need to activate the Head Tracking mode so that the iPhone camera tracks your movements and other tasks to control the cursor on the screen to perform the set action.

Step 3:

Below you will see the motion tasks for different parts of the face for you to assign to an action. You tap on a task and you will see the action options to set for that task , tap to apply to the task.

Step 4:

Once you have selected the action for the task, simply point your face at the camera on your phone and make facial gestures to apply the assigned action.

Kareem Winters

Update 24 September 2025