Things like turning on the flashlight by shaking the phone or waving your hand over the screen to
glance over notifications or tilt the phone for zooming in pictures.
Not exact matches
I still get
notifications when the bills / statements arrive and I
glance over them to ensure everything looks kosher.
There have been a few additions
over the last couple of years have made a difference, such as the
notification dropdown, with a secondary screen can bring up a few extra shortcuts and
glances at some contextual information, and a swipe up from the bottom opens the Control Center, where a number of controls and toggles are easily accessible.
It can also be used for
notifications while the phone is sitting on your desk — simply
glance over and see what the fuss is all about, rather than using your hands to check it out.
Action Launcher has adapted quite admirably
over the years, quickly implementing Pixel folders last year and both the dock searchbar,
notification previews and At A
Glance widgets from this year's Pixel 2 home screen.
The one interesting thing here is that the Google Play edition Galaxy S4 retained the ability to work with the Samsung Flip
Over — that the's cover with the transparent window that gives a quick
glance at the time and date and
notification bar.
There's also a sort of
glance screen that you can enable, which displays the time and
notifications on a black background when you wave your hand
over the ambient sensor.
Those wanting to do a quick check of these
notifications can simply swipe their hand
over the top of the phone near the earpiece, which will activate a single «breath» of the Ambient Display to give you a quick
glance at any
notifications that might be awaiting your response.