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Google bundles several lesser-known features with its Pixel software that can significantly improve your everyday experience. One such feature is Quick Tap, which lets you double-tap the back of your phone to perform an action. I mostly use Quick Tap on my phone to take screenshots or open the Simplenote app for quick note-taking, and it’s one feature I miss the most every time I switch to a non-Pixel phone.
Thankfully, there’s an app that offers similar functionality on non-Pixel phones. It’s called Tap, Tap, and it’s one of the first few apps I install on all my Android phones, including Pixels — yes, it’s that good. Sure, Samsung phones have the RegiStar Good Lock module, which unlocks a similar back-tap functionality. However, Tap, Tap one-ups it by bundling a few additional features.
If you find Quick Tap on your Pixel phone limiting or miss it on your non-Pixel phones, you should give Tap, Tap a shot.
Do you want to see back-tap functionality on more Android phones? 27 votes Yes. 48 % No, don't find it intuitive. 22 % Don't care. 30 %
How Tap, Tap has transformed my Android phone
Tap, Tap is essentially a port of Google’s Quick Tap feature, with the same objective: turning your phone’s back into a virtual button for quickly performing frequent actions. However, it does a few things differently, which makes it better than Quick Tap.
For starters, Tap, Tap supports two gestures: double-tap and triple-tap. Then, there’s the ability to perform multiple actions with a single gesture: all you need to do is specify conditions for each action, and the app triggers the assigned action accordingly. This alone makes Tap, Tap so much more useful than Quick Tap, allowing you to perform more than two actions with just two gestures.
Tap, Tap offers over 50 actions across multiple categories, such as toggling the flashlight, taking a screenshot, launching the default assistant, opening the Camera app, and rejecting a call. But that’s not all. You can unlock more actions, such as system-level changes or access to an app’s menus, using the Shizuku app or by rooting your phone.
Tap, Tap is so much more useful than Quick Tap.
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