Control OPPO Phone With Air Gesture & Motion

The new Gestures and Motions feature is available on all the latest OPPO smartphones including F series and Reno series. We have tested these features on our F19 Pro model. Here’s how Air Gesture on OPPO smartphones work!

1. Pick Call With Air Gesture

This feature lets you pick up phone calls with a hand gesture in the air. Here’ how:

  1. Go to Settings and select Convenience tools.
  2. Here look for Gestures & motions and tap on it.
  3. Scroll to the Air Gesture section and tap on it.
  4. On the next page, enable the toggle for Air Answer. That’s it. Now when you receive a call, you’ll see a hand icon appears on the screen. All you have to do is flip your hand as shown in the image and the call will be picked up. Note: Remember to place your hand at least 20-40 cm away from the screen.

2. Motion Gestures

Motion gestures also let you do a several things on your OPPO phone without touching the screen. You can enable Raise to wake, Auto ear pickup calls, Auto switch to ear receiver and Flip to mute incoming calls. Here’s  how to enable these:

  1. Again go to Settings and then select Convenience tools.
  2. Go down to Gestures & motions and tap on it.
  3. Scroll to the Motions sections and you will see all the above-mentioned options here. Enable all the options and here’s what they’ll do-

Raise to wake- The screen will wake when you raise the phone.Auto ear pickup calls- The calls will be picked up when phone is near your ear.Auto switch to ear receiver- Audio switches from speaker to receiver when the phone is near your ear.Flip to mute incoming calls- When you flip the phone, the calls will be muted.

3. Bonus Tips: Screen-off Gestures

Apart from above-mentioned tricks, the OPPO phones also have some other gesture controls and one of them is Screen-off gesture, i.e. gestures that you can use when your screen is off. Here are all the screen-off gestures on OPPO phones-

Double tap to turn screen onDraw O to open CameraDraw V to turn on FlashlightMusic Control- Draw || to stop/resume and > or < for next and previous.

Apart from these, you can also add your own gestures to screen-off gestures. The gestures include draw ∧, draw M, draw W, Slide up, slide down, slide left, and slide right. You can add any action to these gestures from Unlock, Call, and Start an App. These were a few ways to control your OPPO phone with air gesture and motions. If you are a OPPO user, tell us your experience of using these gestures in the comments. For more such tips and tricks, stay tuned!