Notably, Apple removed the volume slider from the iPhone lock screen, and it only appeared when the user used AirPlay. Now, after installing iOS 18.2 beta, users can bring back that capability and ...

But in iOS 10, Apple is killing the gesture, as it has other plans in mind for the lock screen and the phone unlocking mechanism. Slide-to-unlock is dead, long live Press-home-to-open! DON’T ...

Prior to 2022, the volume slider was a familiar presence on the Lock Screen whenever media was playing. When Apple released iOS 16, however, it removed the control without explaining the reason.