Segmented control
Also called: segmented button, button group, pill switcher, toggle group.
One pill-shaped bar split into a few options, where exactly one is picked. It looks like the switch in iPhone settings, but with two to five choices.
One bar, a few options, exactly one picked. The white thumb slides to your choice.
Option 1
Say it in a prompt
Add a segmented control with three options (Siri, Translate, Controls): a pill-shaped gray bar with 4px padding, and a white thumb with a soft shadow that slides under the picked option over 260ms ease-out. The picked label is dark, the others gray. Seen on
- Apple AirPods Pro 3: The feature tabs sit inside one pill-shaped bar with a blurred background, like an iPhone switch with several options.
You might describe it as
- pill with a few options and a white bubble that slides
- iphone style switch with more than two choices
- row of joined buttons where only one is on
Not to be confused with
- Tabs
A segmented control is the pill-shaped picker itself; tabs are about panels, each label showing its own section below.