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The Pixel 4 and 4 XL are great, but they have a number of problems that Display issues: Pixel smartphones haven't had the best track record. The Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are the latest phones from Google, a glittering Android 10 just presents a small line indicating that something will you just have to wave your hand past your phone's display to skip tracks.
Google is also offering the Pixel 4 in a larger size, the Pixel 4 XL. The XL features a 6. Learn more about the latest Google phone with our hands-on Google Pixel 4 review and our Google Pixel 4 launch live blog.
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Also crammed into that top bezel is a radar chip for detecting movement. Except it actually works here. Granted, the uses are extremely limited—both in practice and scope—but Motion Sense really does work.
I tried them all, and they all worked without a hitch. The fact that Google has built a touches gesture system into a phone that works the first time and every time is impressive, but now the challenge is to make it useful.
Snoozing alarms and silencing timers is fine, but Motion Sense has far greater promise than those simple uses. For example, you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen to go back to the home screen, or a quick swipe across the bottom of the screen will switch back to the last app you used.
Once you get used to the new gestures, you'll be navigating your phone with ease. The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL both come with Android 10 and gesture navigation enabled by default, but -- for now, at least -- gesture navigation is optional. You'll need to turn it on if you want to swipe your way around your phone.
Below we cover how to enable gesture nav, and walk you through each gesture with a fancy animated image. The process will vary based on who makes your phone, but if you search the Settings app for "Gestures" you should be able to find it.
As an example, here's how to enable gesture navigation on a Pixel 4 XL:. Your screen will flash, and a few seconds later the buttons that were just present along the bottom of your screen will be gone. In their place will be a single white line. To view all open apps, you swipe up from the bottom of the screen but pause about a third of the way up the screen.
You can quickly switch between apps by swiping right over the small line at the bottom of the screen. After you start scrolling through open apps, you can swipe to the left in the same area to go back and forth between apps. Accessing the app drawer is simple. From the home screen, just swipe up.
All changes will be saved. The more you use VeryMe Rewards, the more it becomes very you — and all Vodafone Pay monthly customers can benefit. All the helpfulness of Google. Finally, the biggest draw-back of the Pixel 4 series in our testing was the battery life. Google has made a name for itself with some of the best smartphone cameras on the market, and the Pixel 4 XL is no different, now with a dual-camera system on the back.
It's the same gesture you use to get back to the home screen from inside an app.