Android already handles control via face gestures

Google’s developers are constantly trying to come up with new ways they can The Android system and applications in it can be used as easily and effectively as possible, even by disabled people or other users with limited classic control options. The so-called The Accessibility API, on which the basic Accessibility tool is based, puts both users and application developers ways to interact with the phone in a non-traditional way. In addition to the existing possibilities, one more is added, really interesting. Touchless control over face gestures.

The novelty uses the already existing tool “Access via switches”, which until now worked with physically connectable buttons, but can now also use the front camera of the mobile phone. After turning on the “Camera Switch” function (yes, the name is quite awkward and inaccurate), the user will have the option assign a series of actions to several facial gestures. You can find gestures in the list below, but it is possible that there will be more. The handy is that for each grimace, you can set the sensitivity or duration to make the tool as effective as possible.