It piggybacks on the Google Assistant, adding a total of 32 voice commands to the V30S for tasks
like opening the camera app, snapping a food photo, and taking a selfie.
Though the screen is responsive, one can notice the lags in few scenarios
like opening the camera app or accessing the multi-tasking menu.
Not exact matches
We played «Fruit Ninja» with no lag, despite several
apps like Camera, Store, Settings, Browser, Gallery, Music and various games
open in the background.
Rather than
open up your
camera app and take a picture of the parking reminder
like the sign that says «Floor 1: Aisle 28A», you can snap a picture right in the parking reminder menu of the sign (or any other surrounding landmark that will help you find your car) or put a text note in the note slot.
Oh, and if you want to use the
camera, simply hold the phone up in a
camera position and press the volume rocker
like a shutter button while it's off; the
camera app will
open right up.
There are no lags when
opening apps like the
camera app, for instance, something that should come as a relief for some 6P users who have been complaining that the phone has grown to become too slow in executing the simplest of tasks.
Simply squeeze the phone edges, yes squeeze, you can even customize it — for example one squeeze will
open your favourite
app like Twitter or Facebook, when using
camera just lift, point at subject, squeeze that's it.
It got there, but this pure Android smartphone had noticeable slowdowns every time we
opened up
apps like the
camera.
Pressing on the
Camera app brings up a list of options like «Take a Selfie» or «Record Video,» which automatically opens to the front - facing camera, or the video recording
Camera app brings up a list of options
like «Take a Selfie» or «Record Video,» which automatically
opens to the front - facing
camera, or the video recording
camera, or the video recording mode.
Using the front
camera can be a confusing ride as the
camera app seems to go all over the place — as soon as we
opened the front
camera, the beautification mode turned on automatically which made us look
like a totally different person (and not necessarily a better looking one either).
Boom Key (convenience key): You can program this to
open apps,
like the
camera, which is a shortcut.
The Facebook
Camera, which now appears as an icon on the top left side of the mobile app, opens your phone's selfie camera but adds to it several customisation options, filters and effects like masks and frames as well as falling
Camera, which now appears as an icon on the top left side of the mobile
app,
opens your phone's selfie
camera but adds to it several customisation options, filters and effects like masks and frames as well as falling
camera but adds to it several customisation options, filters and effects
like masks and frames as well as falling snow.
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.
The
camera app has been cleaned up a bit — and now you can twist the phone
like a screwdriver when the
camera is
open to quickly swap between the front and rear
camera.
The sides of the phone are pressure sensitive, and this allows you to physically squeeze the phone to activate a specific function or
open an
app like the
camera or web browser.
In normal use, the
camera is hidden away, flush against its body, but as soon as you
open up the
camera app and press the button to switch to selfie mode, up it rises,
like a black and gray monument celebrating modern day narcissism.
Opening apps like the
camera just takes an absolute age and the he accelerometer takes longer to erm... acceleromate than we'd hope
As far as the
camera application is concerned, the Lenovo
app comes with the usual set of modes, the option to set specific scenes, and also allows for some granular control as well, over aspects
like white balance and ISO, definitely making it a better than the usual MediaTek
open source
camera app that is found with a lot of the competitors of the K3 Note.
Like drawing a «w» on the lock screen would
open up the Weather
app, or an «s» for the
camera.
In the video, Brownlee walks us through the OnePlus One's modified Android
camera that makes it easier to take panoramic shots and add Instagram -
like photo filters to pictures and videos; the built - in Screencast
app that will let you record all of the actions that you take on your device's screen, which should make it much easier to do mobile
app and mobile game demonstration videos; the Themes Showcase
app that gives you additional customization options that you previously had to root your phone to acquire; the ability to turn on - screen buttons on and off so you can
open up more screen real estate; and new capabilities that let you easily add more settings to your Quick Settings menu.
Third party
apps like All in one Gestures allowed users to use the additional button to bring up Google Now or even
open the
camera.
Like opening the
camera by drawing «C» on - screen when the screen is idle or typing U when you want to
open music
app.
I also
liked UI of the
Camera app, as all it takes to open camera settings is a right swipe, left swipe will take you to the Modes
Camera app, as all it takes to
open camera settings is a right swipe, left swipe will take you to the Modes
camera settings is a right swipe, left swipe will take you to the Modes menu.
Still, despite a few - second delay in
opening the
app the
camera app itself is nicely designed, with an auto mode that is easy to use and a manual mode that features all the granular settings a photographer
like me would care about.
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.
As far as the
camera application is concerned, it is the standard
open source MediaTek
app, and doesn't really pack a whole lot, apart from a few modes, as well as some granular control over aspects
like white balance and ISO.
Booting straight into the
camera from the lock screen was faster on the 6 Plus by about a quarter second, but
opening apps like YouTube or Spotify are equally fast.
A swipe from right to left
opens up the
camera app, while a swipe from left to right brings up your widgets, which contain key info
like the weather, transit times, and so on.
In addition to the filters, the new feature also
opens the
camera by default when users click on the Facebook
app, just
like Snapchat.
You can set these gestures up to perform common tasks
like open the
camera, or you can set them up to
open any
app.