The right side is home to a traditional power key, which
doubles as a shortcut to the camera when tapped twice.
The right side is home to a traditional power key, which
doubles as a shortcut to the camera when tapped twice.
The back button also
doubles as a shortcut to Samsung Pay if you press and hold it.
Not exact matches
Sony also retained the Tablet S» IR emitter from the previous model, which allows the tablet to
double as a universal remote and this time has added programming capability to add custom
shortcuts for specific actions.
there are apps that will let you launch the camera with a
double press of any button (except Bixby) or have it
as a lockscreen
shortcut?
While it's not a new feature
as such, the ability to wake the ZenPad 3S 10 from sleep by simply
double - tapping the screen is welcome,
as are the gesture - based
shortcuts which fire up an application even when the display is off.
In addition to a general notification these little dots
double as powerful app
shortcuts — tapping and holding on them lets you preview the most recent notification's content, and in some cases take action on it.
One last tweak: I prefer to make the Android home button
double as my icon drawer button, once again, to make more space for
shortcuts and widgets.
Most impressively, the fingerprint sensor
doubles as a Smart Key for performing various
shortcuts.
It's also nice to have the choice between virtual buttons and capacitive soft keys, and that you can assign
shortcuts to long - presses and
double taps
as well.
A
double - tap of the home button on either phone acts
as a quick - launch
shortcut for the camera.
Personally, I've found Edge Sense works pretty well
as a quick camera
shortcut — it's really helpful to not have to fumble around and
double - tap that power button.
Double clicking the home button now leads to the camera app instead of S Voice, while holding it down acts
as a Google Now
shortcut.
The tablet inherits Huawei's excellent fingerprint scanner tech from its Android phones, with a front - mounted sensor for unlocking that also
doubles as a mini trackpad of sorts for gesture
shortcuts.
You'll find a Moto app in the app drawer, which allows you to use various
shortcut actions, such
as flipping the phone to activate do not disturb mode, or a
double karate chop to turn the flashlight on.
We've raved about Samsung's
double press home button
shortcut,
as well
as the same function on the power button of the Nexus 5X and 6P.