The iPad ceased to have a home button in May of 2024 when Apple quietly stopped selling the ninth-generation 10.2-inch iPad.

With the iPhone 16e, Apple has officially eliminated the Home button from its entire product lineup. However, the iconic button still matters.

The physical home button is no more, but there's a workaround you can use on pretty much any iPhone.

There really was no place like Home. I don’t think it’s possible to overstate the importance of the Home button in the early success of the iPhone and iPad.

And with the 9th-gen iPad discontinued earlier this year, this would represent the end of the Home button that was once such an iconic element of Apple’s mobile products.

The physical home button is no more, but there's a workaround you can use on pretty much any iPhone.