How To Control Your Galaxy Device Without Touching the Screen (Air Gesture)
Air gesture is a feature that registers hand motions to perform the following actions without touching your Galaxy device’s screen:
- Flick through photos in Gallery.
- Scroll up and down emails in Email.
- Pick up calls (on speakerphone by default), check notifications and changing songs without waking your Galaxy device.
- Control songs from Music.
- Move between pages in S Notes
This might seem gimmicky as using your finger/thumb to perform those actions is easy and natural, how could Air gestures possibly make it easier? Truth is, it’s just another way to do these things, but the hand motions are very intuitive and easy to pick up. I especially like Air gestures when using my Galaxy device at fast food restaurants as I can read emails without scrolling with greasy fingers and leaving streaks all over the screen.
You should make the gestures around the front-facing camera at the top of the device since that is where the sensor is located. Below, I show you how to turn on Air gesture, what each gesture does, how to use them, and how to turn it off.
I. Turn On Air Gesture
1. Swipe down from the the top of the screen to pull down the notifications menu.
2. Tap the Setting icon on the top right (it looks like a gear).
3. Tap Controls towards the top right.
4. Scroll down to Air gesture and tap it. Don’t worry if it isn’t on.
5. Slide the slider button on the top right from Off to On.
6.Tap the box next to Do not show again, and tap OK so the tutorial doesn’t popup anymore.
II. Choose Which Air Gestures To Turn On
1. Slide the slider button from Off to On for each Air gesture you want to use. I explain below what each Air gesture does and how to use them.
- Quick glance: wave your hand over the phone’s sensor to show you the information below when the phone is asleep (screen off):
- Time and date
- Notification icons
- Missed calls
- Unread messages
- Battery Power
- Current music info
- Air jump: wave the side of your hand up and down to scroll “screen-sized” jumps in emails. It only works in the Email app.
- Air browse: wave with the side of your hand from the left or right across the screen to flick through:
- Photos in Gallery
- Your music from the “Now playing” screen in Music
- Your music from the lock screen
- S Notes
- Air call-accept: wave the palm of your hand left and right to answer a call.
III. Customize Settings For Air gesture
1. Tap on an Air gesture to customize its settings.
2. Scroll down to find the settings and tap the ones you want to activate or deactivate.
IV. Turn Off Air Gesture
1. Follow steps 1-3 in Section I.
2. Scroll down to Air gesture and slide the slider button left to the Off position.
There’s something really satisfying about waving your hands rather than tapping the screen to make things happen. Air gesture is pretty reliable and you won’t even realize your doing it until someone notices and says “that’s cool!”
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