If you're a longtime Android user, you may have to suffer one of the biggest design language shifts with Android 10 Q coming soon.
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Google gets FCC waiver to progress with Project Soli gesture controls
Google's skunkworks project that could allow users to control their devices by waving their hands in the air has received a green light for more testing.
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The OnePlus team has given hints of what to expect in the OnePlus 6T
The new OnePlus 6T will include many software upgrades that start from a completely new user interface that has been confirmed by the OnePlus team
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Global private DNS in Android P and a new navigation mode
It's not just about security while internet browsing, but also an iPhone X user interface motif that might get imported to Android P, according to some conspiratorial monitors.
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iPhones could get ‘touchless control’ and drastic curves in ‘as little as two to three years’
Apple reportedly sees the iPhones of the (distant) future as curved "gradually from top to bottom", while supporting various non-touch gesture controls.
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This is the OnePlus 6 notch that you’ll need to ‘learn to love’, as it ‘just makes sense’
The OnePlus 6 is technically not official yet, and it may not even be called that way, but we already know exactly what size its notch will be, and why it's there to begin with.
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Essential Phone patched of KRACK with Android 7.1.1 update
The Essential Phone is getting a fix for one scary Wi-Fi vulnerability. On the other hand, some big feature improvements are also in this update.
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HTC U, aka Ocean, tipped for early May global release with Edge Sense and SD835
Codenamed Ocean, possibly the most innovative smartphone of 2017 is reportedly breaking cover in April as the HTC U, Snapdragon 835 power and all.
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Android 7.1.2 beta 2: Pixel C gets new launcher, Nexus 6P gets fingerprint gestures
The Pixel C finally gets a launcher of its namesake while the Nexus 6P finally gains something its lesser sibling could do since a while back.
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New fingerprint sensor move for Nexus 5X in Android 7.1.2 update
The Maintenance Review features a new gesture that is actually carried over from the Google Pixel. The Nexus 6P might get it soon.
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Microsoft getting patent for fingerprint authentication gestures
Most fingerprint sensors are also capacitive touch sensors. Being able to read biometrics and use the little pad for some useful tasks would be cool to do. In fact, Huawei and Google have both made those things happen on their phones.
Now, Microsoft is talking about doing the same thing in a patent, originally filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office in June of 2015, but just passed to us recently.
The patent which protects “biometric gestures” goes into how a smartphone or similar design with some biometric security features can recognize and authenticate a user based on a proper read of the user’s credentials and then also immediately act to deliver certain interfaces based on a gesture straight onto the reader.
Plainly speaking, we’re talking about waking up a phone in locked position, then either tapping, tapping and holding or tapping and swiping to not only get past the lockscreen, but — depending on the gesture — quickly respond to texts, open up an app and other potential actions.
Microsoft has built illustrations into its case for this patent that utilize an on-screen fingerprint reader of some sort, which the company also has a patent for. Apple and Samsung are said to have future phones with on-screen readers.
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Google shows off Project Soli evolution in gesture-controlled smartwatch
It’s practically impossible to keep count of Google’s innumerable groundbreaking, sometimes weird, sometimes downright nutty “projects”, especially as they often evolve and unite towards a common goal.Of course, you also have the occasional nonstarter, but in recent years, we’ve seen Aura, Ara, Tango and
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Ultrasonic touch gesture control previewed for smartphones
The idea of interacting with our phones through in-air gesture controls is nothing new; companies like Samsung have been doing this trick for a while now. But so far the way of pulling that off has involved the use of optical sensors; is there a better way to do things? Elliptic Labs thinks so, and has just revealed its own ultrasound-based system for interacting with your phone at a distance.Elliptic’s Multi Layer Interaction system measures both hand position and distance, letting users control ...
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Why a top screen edge gesture doesn’t belong on a smartphone
We’ve seen some leaks of the new Windows Phone action center that will be coming to Windows Phone 8.1 recently. It’s basically a screen where you can find all of the missed notifications, but also quickly access toggle buttons for things like WiFi power, Driving mode, etc. The method to access this new action center is exactly the same as Android, which Apple also copied for iOS… swipe down from the top edge of the screen. Now, I am of the opinion that copying bad design is bad. Just because everyone else is doing it, doesn’t make it right. What’s bad about ...
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Building your own gestures
2013 is coming to a close, and slipping in under the wire is a brand new operating system brought to us by Jolla called Sailfish. You can check out our coverage of Sailfish from MWC 2013 all the way to our quick impressions having actually used the device, or at least as much as we Americans could use it. One thing that really stuck with us was the major use of gestures in the interface. Just about anything you want to do comes with its own gesture. Now, we here at Pocketnow have special places in our hearts, down near but just to the left of the cockles of our hearts, for gesture-based ...
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