As a number of you stated to all of us today, Qualcomm recently up-to-date a article on the website about the “double-twist” digital camera launch motion on the forthcoming Nexus 5X and 6P. Specifically, installed a strikethrough on the textual content identifying the particular feature, plus clarified the particular change using the following declaration:


[UPDATE: The feature to launch the camera via double-twist of the device was replaced by double tap of the power key. The name Context Core has been changed to Android Sensor Hub.]



We now have officially verified with Search engines this morning the feature offers indeed already been dropped through the Nexus 5X and 6P. Google failed to provide a reason behind the decision, yet did declare they were at first trying both gesture as well as the double-tap from the power key for the functionality, and wound up just choosing the power key version.


The particular twist function does have the fans, yet I know I actually never discovered it user-friendly on Moto devices, plus I’m not really the only one over the team with this opinion. If the feature could be re-enabled along with custom ROMs or kernels, we’ll simply have to wait and find out.