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TL;DR
- Samsung seems to be engaged on a “Pointer Mode” function for Put on OS.
- The function would permit you to management your TV by your smartwatch with particular air gestures.
- You’ll have the ability to activate Pointer Mode by shaking your watch hand.
Are you all the time dropping the TV distant or uninterested in having to rise up as a result of it’s simply out of attain? It’s possible you’ll not have to fret about these issues within the close to future. Samsung seems to be engaged on letting you management your TV together with your Galaxy smartwatch.
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Within the SmartThings app on Put on OS (model 1.3.12.9), we seen some strings of code referencing a function referred to as “Pointer Mode.” That is most probably a function that will likely be unique to Galaxy smartwatches.
Code
Pointer Mode
Pointer mode will not be supported in all apps
To make use of Pointer mode, disable all gesture controls.
You need to use gesture whereas on this display
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You possibly can activate the Pointer mode by shaking your watch hand
To make use of Pointer mode, disable Common Gesture.
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You haven't any gadgets that assist Pointer mode.
Activate Pointer mode with shake gesture
Pinch to pick
Make a fist to return
Make a fist twice to go House
Transfer your wrists forwards and backwards to play/pause
Rotate bezel to scroll up or down in your TV
Use your wrist to regulate the cursor's motion Based mostly on the strings above, it seems Pointer Mode will use gesture controls like wrist and finger actions. It sounds considerably paying homage to the gesture controls used for the Imaginative and prescient Professional and Apple Watch. For instance, you’ll shake your hand to activate pointer mode. Pinching could be how you choose a channel, making a fist would ship you again to the earlier channel you had been on, and making a fist twice would take you to House.
Try the video under to see an indication of how Pointer Mode would work primarily based on this info.
Pointer Mode could be somewhat totally different than the Wiimote-like function coming to the SmartThings telephone app later this yr. That function offers a touchpad within the telephone app, permitting you to regulate a cursor on the TV. It can additionally permit you to level your smartphone on the TV for cursor management. There could be no touchpad interface for Pointer Mode.
