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these dif erent ges tures
and settings on and of
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Shake to update There are lots of apps tha t update their content regularly.
Email, news apps and the Samsung weather widget are a few examples. You
can force updates of these apps by interacting with the refresh buttons, but
the Galaxy also lets you update by just shaking it (Fig 6). No finger prodding
necessary here, just shake the device to stay up to date with the latest apps.
9 Palm swipe to capture screen There is a key combination that lets you save
an image of wh a tever your device is currently displaying – hold do wn the
Power and Home buttons together. However, you can also do it by sweeping
the edge of your hand from one side of your Galaxy to the other (Fig 8). It’s
neater, faster and is far easier than using any button combinations.
11 Smart scroll (S5 / S4 only) If y o u want t o work your way through an ema il or
a document and don’t fancy using the basic finger gestures to scroll, then you
can achieve the same thing by just tilting your Galaxy S5/S4 back and forth
and letting the page slide up and down. It’s an immersive way to browse
through your content, but the feature was discarded for the S6 onwards.
8 Turn over t o mute/ pause Sometimes an i ncoming call comes along j u st a t
the wrong time, or an alarm sounds and it is inconvenient. Y ou might want
the simplest poss i ble wa y of silencing these intrusions, or of shutting off music
playback for a while. Well, the simplest way is to turn your Galaxy face down
(Fig 7). That’s right, just flip it over to mute all unwelcome distractions.
10 Palm touch to mute/pause If you are watching a video or listening to music
and you want it to just stop for a few minutes, you could pick your Galaxy up
and hit the pause button. There’s a simple gesture that can do the job too,
though. If you put your whole pal m on the screen, your devic e will be s ilenced
(Fig 9). Ideal f or when y ou don’t want to be d i sturbed.
12 Air gesture (S5/S4 only) You don’t even ha v e to touch the Galaxy S5/S4
in order to use gestures. The new Air Gesture controls allow owners of this
flagship device to wave their hand in front of their screen to skip between
music tracks or queued videos, answer incoming calls and more (Fig 10). It’s
handset c ontrol with the very lightest of touches.
Fig 6 Refresh with a wrist-flick
Fig 7 Flip for silence
Fig 8 Take screenshots i n seconds
Fig 9 Cover it up to mut e or pause
Fig 10 W ave your hand to control
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