Convenience Aid

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Simple gestures lead you with more precise and convenient use with ColorOS.

Go to "Settings" > "Convenience Aid". View and customize gestures such as tap, swipe, drag, and spread.

Awake Google Assistant

You can enable "Turn On Awaking Google Assistant by Pressing Power Button for 0.5 Seconds". While you can press and hold Power Button for 3 seconds to power off pages and hold down Power Button and Vol Up Button simultaneously for 10 seconds to force a reboot.

Assistive Ball

Once the Assistive Ball is enabled, you can try different gestures using the Assistive Ball. There are two ways to operate the Assistive Ball.

 

Gestures

  • Tap to return to the upper page

  • Double-tap to enter the multi-task mode

  • Touch and hold to go back to Home screen

You can also personalize the gestures for Assistive Ball based on your preferences and usage habits.


Tap Menu

After you open the "Tap Menu", tap the Assistive Ball and you will see five buttons with different functions. Click the button to complete your action.

 

  • Return to the upper page

  • Screenshot

  • Multi-task

  • Lock screen

  • Go back to the home screen




After you enable Assistive Ball, you can also customize the display.

 

  • Drag Assistive Ball to change its location

  • Adjust the transparency of the Assistive Ball

  • Auto hide Assistive Ball in full screen

 

Screen-off Gestures

About Screen-off Gestures

When the screen is off, you can use custom gestures on the screen for quick operations.

 

Go to "Settings" > "Convenience Aid" > "Gesture & Motions" > "Screen-off Gestures".

 

After enabling Screen-off Gestures, you can choose to add the following gestures:

  • Double tap to turn the screen on.

  • Draw an O to enable the camera.

  • Draw a V to open Flashlight.

  • Music control: You can use two fingers to draw "II" on the screen  to stop or resume playing music and "<" or ">" to previous or next music even when the screen is off.

 

Add Screen-off Gestures 

You can also add your personalized Screen-off Gestures, for example, slide up to open the calculator.