The touchscreen is a defining feature of smartphones… and also a somewhat annoying one. The limited real estate means to find apps, schedule appointments, or even play a song you’ll have to dig through menus and submenus. The Moto X was built to skip over that aggravation entirely; here are five things you can do with it by, essentially, asking.
Play Any Song, Movie, Or TV Show You’ve Got
On most allegedly smart phones, finding your music consists of opening up a player, searching your library, finding the song, and selecting it. On the Moto X? It consists of asking your phone to play the song. The same is true for other forms of media; if you want to catch a movie during the flight that doesn’t make you want to use the barf bag, just ask Moto X to play it and if it’s on your device, it’ll be on your screen in an instant.
Schedule A Meeting, And Then Set A Reminder For It And An Alarm To Wake Up On Time
We’ve all got important meetings in our lives, and we want to ensure we make them. Smartphones generally do their best to get in the way of that, though. Ask yourself this; how often do you set a reminder using your phone, versus how often you set it on your main computer and have your phone sync the meeting? Moto X saves a step; set the meeting, the reminder, and even an alarm so you know you’ll be up in plenty of time.
Have Your Phone Make A Call, Smartly
Many phones have a feature where you call somebody by asking it to, but most of those features are terrible; if you’ve got two people with the same first name, better hope one of them has a nickname, and if you’ve synced your phone to your social media contacts, you might wind up calling your college roommate instead of your boss. Moto X makes voice to call smarter by letting you tweak how calls are made; for example, you can configure it to make calling based on your previous calling history. That way, you call the right person, every time.
Hunt Down Your Phone
Can’t find your phone? Time for a little Marco Polo; simply say “OK, Google Now – find my phone” and the Moto X will alert you.
Do It All Naturally, And Even From A Distance
In quiet environments, the Moto X can hear you up to fifteen feet away, and you don’t need to. Talk. Like. This. To use its features: It processes everything you say as a single phrase. It’s like having a conversation with your phone, if your phone just did things instead of you having to poke at it.
How will you use your Moto X? Tell us in the comments!