Imagine you are listening to music on your Oppo phone and suddenly it becomes difficult to touch the screen due to some reason. Like you have water in your hand or the phone is kept far away. In such a situation, you can play or change the song just by waving your hand in the air because through the gesture control feature in Oppo smartphones.
How it works
Gesture control means giving commands to the phone through gestures. In this, the phone’s front camera or proximity sensor recognizes your movements and takes action on them. For example, if you move your hand from top to bottom in front of the screen, the next song will play. Or if you move your hand from bottom to top, the previous song can play.
How to activate
Now let’s get to the real deal – how to turn on this feature? Let’s go through the whole process step by step:
- Go to Settings
- Tap on “Features Devices” or “Special Features”
- There you will find the option “Gestures and Motions” – click on it
- Now open the “Air Gestures” or “Smart Controls” section
- There you will find options like “Music Control” or “Play/Pause with Gestures”
- Enable them
What music controls can be used
These features may vary slightly from one Oppo phone to another, but most offer the following gesture support:
- Play/pause song by raising hand
- Next song by moving hand to the right
- Previous song by moving hand to the left
- Pause music by waving hand in front of the screen
Which Oppo phones have gesture music control
The gesture control feature is not available on all Oppo phones, but it is available on some popular models:
- Oppo Reno series
- Oppo F series (such as F21 Pro)
- Some new models of Oppo A series
- Oppo Find X series
