Not exact matches
Apps were sluggish to
open — the
camera app, in particular, took about five seconds to
launch.
The left side has volume up / down buttons and another button that serves a dual purpose: Tap it for
opening the
camera app (or for snapping a pic) or hold it to
launch Firefly.
The UI offers a few shortcuts that can be used to
launch apps,
open camera when the phone is locked.
If you always want the iPhone
camera to
open in Portrait mode, instead of resetting itself to the regular
camera every time you
launch, then head over to the settings
app.
It can
open apps, edit images, share them wherever you want them to be shared,
launch the
camera, take pictures / videos, change device settings and so much more.
Unlike Edge Sensors, which allowed users to squeeze the smartphone to perform a number of tasks like
open apps,
camera, Gmail etc; Active Edge in Pixel 2 will simply
launch Google Assistant on squeeze.
Unlike on Moto devices, it can't be used to
launch the
camera so it only works when the
camera app is already
open.
Whether it
launches the
camera app,
open Google Maps, call Mom, or any other random feature.
If you swipe left from the
camera shortcut will
open the
camera app and if you swipe right from phone shortcut you will be able to quickly
launch the Phone
app.
That means it's going to take a lot to slow the ZenFone down — namely, running a game of Wands in the background with 10
open tabs in Google Chrome while
launching the
Camera and a few AR
apps.
The Pressy can then be programmed to do just about anything from starting your phone's
camera, to
opening up a special setting, voice recording or
launching just about any specific
app.
This will instantly
launch the
camera app in one of the two aforementioned modes, and you'll find these shorts of modes on the dialer, which presents commonly dialed contacts, or Chrome which allows you to quickly
open a new regular or incognito tab.
A nice
camera feature is the Quick
Launch function, which allows users to
open up the
camera app in just 0.7 seconds by simply clicking the home key button twice (when the screen is off).
There are seven options in total, which include
opening recent
apps,
launching search assistant, turning off the screen,
opening the
camera, voice search,
opening the last used
app and
opening Shelf.
These gestures are predetermined on the OnePlus 3T, but you can customize actions for up to five gestures on the OnePlus 5 / 5T, including
launching an
app,
opening the front
camera, accessing the Shelf, and more.
By using the free All In One Gestures
app on Google's Play Store, early Galaxy S8 users could previously reset the phone's Bixby button to perform tasks like
opening the
camera or
launching a preferred
app.
Credit: Jeremy Lips / Tom's GuideZenUI also adds lock - screen gestures, so you can draw a «C» to
launch the
camera, an «E» to
open the Email
app and a «W» to start the browser.