Features; Motions And Gestures - Samsung Galaxy S 4 User Manual

Features

Your phone offers new features for using motions and gestures for interacting with your phone.

Motions and Gestures

Interact with your phone using motions of the phone itself, or with gestures you make with your hands.
Air Gestures
Control your phone by making specific gestures with your hand above the Gesture sensor, located near
the Earpiece at the top of your phone.
Air gestures include:
● Quick glance: Reach toward the device with the screen off to see important information at a
glance.
● Air browse: Move between pictures, pages, or music tracks.
● Air move: Move app shortcuts or Calendar events.
● Air call-accept: Wave your hand over the screen to answer incoming calls.
To enable Air gestures:
1. From home, tap
Air gesture.
2. Tap the ON/OFF switch to enable Air gestures, and then tap the ON/OFF switch next to the
features you wish to enable. For more information, see
Motion
Control your phone with natural movements, like putting the device to your ear to call a contact displayed
on the screen.
Motions include:
● Direct call: Lift the device to your ear while viewing a contact to call the contact.
● Smart alert: Lift the phone to receive notifications of missed calls and notifications that occurred
while the device was stationary.
● Zoom: Tilt the phone to zoom in or out when viewing pictures in Gallery.
● Browse an image: Move the phone in a side-to-side motion to pan from side to side while
viewing an image.
● Mute/pause: Mute incoming calls and pause playback by turning the phone screen-side down.
Phone Basics
Apps > Settings > MY DEVICE tab > Motions and gestures >
Motions and Gestures Settings.
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