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Motion gestures

Use motion gestures to mute HTC 10, lower the ring volume, and more.

Lift phone to auto answer a call

To automatically answer an incoming call, lift the phone and look at the screen first to see who's calling before you hold it to your ear.

You can turn this feature on or off. Go to Settings, tap Call, and then select or clear Auto answer calls.

Flip to mute

Image illustrating flip to mute.

If your phone is facing up when a call comes in, turn the phone over to mute it.

If you go to Settings and then tap Sound & notification > Flip to mute, you can set your phone to:

Mute once Mute only once after flipping the phone. While the phone is still facing down, it will ring again when there are other incoming calls.
Mute always After flipping the phone to mute a call, keep it always muted while it's still facing down when there are other incoming calls.

Pick up to lower volume

Image illustrating quiet ring on pickup.

In a business meeting or restaurant, pick HTC 10 up when a call comes in to lower the ring volume automatically.

You can turn this feature on or off. Go to Settings, tap Sound & notification, and then select or clear Quiet ring on pickup.

Increase ring volume automatically while phone is in your pocket or bag

Image illustrating pocket mode.

Pocket mode makes HTC 10 recognize when your phone is in your bag or pocket and raise the ring volume so that you can hear it in noisy environments.

You can turn this feature on or off. Go to Settings, tap Sound & notification, and then select or clear Pocket mode.

Rotate HTC 10 for a better view

Image illustrating how to change the screen orientation.

For many screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning HTC 10 sideways.

When entering text, you can turn HTC 10 sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.

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