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Double Tap to Wake: Nexus 6P has a secret feature

The Feature Double Tap to Wake is also found on the new Google Nexus 6P. Use leaves it to the smartphone so far only with root privileges. Why Google and Huawei have hidden and disables the function is still unclear.

Double Tap to Wake is probably one of the most practical and one of the most underestimated features of smartphones. With a double tap the screen can thus arouse directly from the standby devices. The search for the home button is unnecessary. Apparently, there is the practical function well hidden in the new Nexus 6P how Phandroid reported.

Double Tap to Wake currently only available via Root
However, Huawei and Google have the function pretty well hidden in the operating system kernel and disabled in the factory state. To activate the feature, the Nexus 6P must be rooted. Then the user has with Rooting rights the opportunity with the help of special software to add a line of code that activates the function. Of course, such an action should also be carried out by experienced users with basic programming skills. After a reboot the smartphone Double Tap to wake up will also automatically deactivated.

If the feature officially for Android Apps?
It is unclear whether the feature of the Nexus 6P could not be maybe even automatically unlocked with a future software update. It would be conceivable, for example, that Google Double Tap to Wake officially become part of the next Android update, and makes the feature thus potentially unlock for all devices with the operating system. So far, the function is not included in the stock Android, some manufacturers like LG build Double Tap to Wake However, for some years now by default in their smartphones.

In Europa, the Nexus 6P is not yet available. However, the price for the new flagship of Google and Huawei is already fixed: So is the version with 32 GB of internal memory for an MSRP of 649 Euro to be available. In the US where the smartphone will be offered much cheaper, the rush to the Nexus is already large.
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