The new iPhone 16e moves Visual Intelligence to the Action Button, making that immediately more useful and also giving faint hope that the button will be improved further.
The Action Button as introduced on the iPhone 15 Pro
Apple’s Action Button was first introduced on the original Apple Watch Ultra, where users could decide what it would actually do when pressed. It’s a function button, really, and it worked the same when it then came to the iPhone 15 Pro.
Now it’s come to the iPhone 16e, and it’s a little different. You still have to press and hold before it does anything, and the Action Button can still only do one of a series of actions that you choose.