How to scroll videos hands-free on iPad

Set up hands-free scrolling on iPad

1. Install Scroll Feed from the App Store.
2. Prop your iPad up in portrait or landscape, where the front camera can see your face. A case stand or a pile of books works.
3. Tap TikTok or YT Shorts on the home screen.
4. Follow the three-step setup. It checks the iPad's angle, finds your face, and lets you try your first scroll.
5. Look up for the next video. Look down to go back.

Good to know: TikTok opens as TikTok's website, and YouTube Shorts as YouTube's mobile website, inside Scroll Feed. Sign in on their own pages if you want your account's feed. The screen stays on while a feed is open.

Tips for iPad

• Keep your whole face in the camera's view, with a lamp or window nearby.
• A small nod is enough. Scroll Feed learns your resting pose, so settling into the sofa doesn't throw it off.
• Upright, slouched or lying down all work.
• Face tracking runs on your iPad with Google ML Kit, and each camera frame is discarded as soon as it's processed.

Or use Head Tracking on iPad

On iPadOS 26 and later, turn on Settings > Accessibility > Head Tracking and assign a facial expression, such as Raise Eyebrows, to Open Menu. In a feed, make the expression, then choose a scroll gesture from the AssistiveTouch menu. Head Tracking controls your whole iPad, in any app. The iOS 26 guide covers setup and trade-offs.

Scroll Feed or Head Tracking?