New highlights of Android 12 revealed: double-click the back of the phone to quickly perform various operations

Every year after Android and iOS are updated, what everyone cares about most is what new features will appear. In the past, iOS often launched some practical features first, and then Android manufacturers began to pay tribute. However, as iOS has become more and more open, it has begun to pay tribute to Android. However, this also brings a benefit, that is, the user experience is getting better and better.

Basically, Android and iOS are updated once a year, but there is a big difference in the update speed between the two users. I believe that there are still many Android users who have not used the latest Android 11, but now some media have revealed this year's Android 12.

What was exposed this time is a double-click function on Android 12. When the user double-clicks the back of the phone, a specific function can be activated. In fact, this function was experienced by developers as early as last year's Android 11 developer preview. At that time, this function was running on Pixel phones, and the code name of this function was "Columbus".

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The feature is activated when users double-click the back of the Pixel phone. By default, the action is to activate the Google Assistant, but you can also customize it to turn off the timer, launch the camera, play/pause media, collapse the status bar, mute incoming calls, snooze alarms, unpin notifications, launch the camera, turn off alarms, take screenshots, etc.

However, when Android 11 was released, this feature was not seen in the new Android version. Now, foreign media have stated that this feature will officially appear on Android 12. It will replace the Active Edge squeeze function that is not available on Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, and Pixel 5.

When the user double-clicks the back of the phone, you can define functions such as activating Google Assistant, taking a screenshot, pausing/resume media playback, opening the notification shade, opening the recent application view, etc.

To prevent the double-click function from being accidentally triggered, users need to enable it themselves, and you can also disable it completely. Do you think this function is useful? If you want to get more technology information, come and follow us!