Moto Gestures are shortcuts for your phone that let you summon certain tools or open functions incredibly quickly. Crucially, they don't require you to press certain icons on your mobile to enable them. To illustrate: My favorite is one called Karate Chop Torch — actually, no, that's what I call it, because that describes how you enable it. If you give a Moto phone two quick karate-chop gestures, your torch will turn on (or off, if it's already on). I do this all the time, so I can quickly and easily summon some illumination without unlocking my phone, go into the quick settings menu, and swip
One unique feature of Motorola phones is so useful, I'm surprised Samsung and Apple haven't pinched it…I can ask, "When's my next appointment?" or "Find the email with my hotel reservation" rather than typing a detailed prompt. If you haven't enabled these integrations yet, open the…
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