My father has an iPhone 14 but with a thick case on it that prevents him from easily using the Silent mode switch on the left side of the phone.

So I thought, there must be a software toggle in Control center … No.

The only way to toggle Silent mode in software is to turn on Assistive touch and have a floating button on the screen at all times.

What’s that? There is mute button in Control center? Yes, but only on newer iPhone models that don’t have the physical switch on the side. So dumb.