What is Android 12’s Quick Tap and why do you want it?
So the biggest reason you will want to enable this gesture stems from exactly what this gesture is. Having access to a new gesture, in almost any context, is going to be useful for quickly getting things done. And this one adds a gesture that allows you to double-tap on the back of your phone to access apps or shortcuts. For example, you can set it to launch the camera — as we’ll show in this example. And, more specifically, you can set the gesture to launch the camera, launch into selfie mode and snap a photo, or launch into video mode. So, beyond simply adding a new gesture, there’s some deep customization for this gesture. With many apps allowing more than simply launching the interface. Of course, not every phone that gets Android 12 will support the new gesture either. Although there are still plenty of other new things to explore in the update aside from Quick Tap. Those phones that don’t support it won’t show the settings for the app at all, though. So if you can’t find the setting following this guide, it isn’t likely available for your device just yet. That doesn’t necessarily mean that your phone won’t ever see the feature. It may be added in the future. But, for the time being, there are some limitations for at least some non-Pixel users.
Here’s how to enable Quick Tap
Now, turning Quick Tap on is a straightforward affair. That is, as noted above, as long as you have a phone that delivers on the hardware needed to access it. Of course, also as noted above, Google may bring the feature to other devices in the future. But if you can’t find it using the following steps, it likely doesn’t exist yet for your handset.
Here’s how to customize Quick Tap in Android 12
Once turned on, Quick Tap in Android 12 is automatically set to take a screenshot when the gesture is activated. You can customize that, too. And there really aren’t too many limitations on that customization either. That’s a good thing since Android already has a quick-access method for screenshots. Having a second, potentially easier method for taking screenshots is useful. But since that’s already available elsewhere and that other method is already pretty easy, it may be a good idea to set the gesture to something else So let’s take a look at how to make Quick Tap do something even more useful.
