Gestures Beta

The touch screens of smartphones have revolutionized the world of mobile devices. And it is that they are not only more comfortable and agile in their use (despite some detractors who continue to bet on the physical keys), but also means enjoyinglarger content But there are still situations where interacting with this type of screen is not comfortable or possible in some cases. Something that Nokia already thought of in its first terminals Lumia, even offering the use of gloves for their interaction.Now, Microsoft wants users to interact with their Lumia devices without having to touch the screen

This is possible thanks to the application Gestures Beta A curious tool developed by the Microsoft team that is looking for a new way to take advantage of the characteristics of the terminals to adapt to any situation without having to touch the mobile screen. Of course, it is still an application in development (beta), focused for the moment only on voice calls Thus, it allows you to manage issues such as speaker, answering a call or muting the microphone without having to touch the screen.

Just install the app Gestures Beta and reboot the deviceto have gesture control of the call function of terminals LumiaAt the moment, this tool offers the possibility to pick up the phone just by holding the terminal close to your ear. To do this, it uses the proximity sensor, being able to receive a call without using more than the hand that holds the terminal. A good option to avoid taking the other out of your pocket. But there are more gestures available.

Thus, during the call itself, the user can activate the handsfree to speak without holding the terminal too close. To do this, you do not need to press the speaker button, just leave the device face up on a flat surface. With this, the application is in charge of detecting the gesture and activating it to continue the call comfortably.

Besides, there is one more gesture available in this app. It is a question of turning the terminal over on a flat surface and place it upside down Thus, it would be possible to maintain the conversation through the speaker (hands-free), but it would block the signal from the user's microphone, being able to speak freely and perform other tasks without the interlocutor hearing anything at the regard.

All these gestures can be carried out in any order, returning to a normal conversation just by bringing the terminal close to the screen again ear. A useful combination of gestures especially when you are doing other tasks, you have dirty handsor simply want to take advantage of the comfort of the sensors integrated into Lumia terminals.

In short, a curious and useful tool for the busiest. Of course, we must not lose sight of the fact that it is still in the beta or testing phase, so its operation may have some failure in different terminals. The good thing is that Gestures Beta is completely free It is available through Windows Phone Store It is expected that, in future updates, new gestures and possibilities will be added to this tool.