Get Motorola's Active Display Features on Your Pixel or Nexus

                                  

Regardless of what they call them—be it Pixel or Nexus—Google's line of smartphones have a cool feature called "Ambient Display" that wakes your screen in a low-power black and white state when you receive a notification. This feature was added back when Google owned Motorola, as Moto's phones had a similar lock screen effect called "Active Display."

But Motorola's implementation has always been the better of the two. Unlike Ambient Display, Active Display wakes your screen when you wave your hand in front of your phone, and it pulses every so often when you have an unread notification, among other advantages.

The playing field has now been leveled, thanks to a new app from developer grokus. Without even requiring root, the app can add several extra wake gestures to Ambient Display, including wave to wake and flip to wake, so you can now get Motorola's best Active Display features on your Nexus or Pixel.

1. Enable Ambient Display

This mod will only work if your phone or tablet already includes Google's Ambient Display feature, which is normally exclusive to Nexus (6, 5X, 6P, and 9) and Pixel devices. However, it's possible this would work if your device has a custom ROMthat includes the Ambient Display feature.

Either way, the first thing you'll need to do is make sure the Ambient Display feature is actually enabled. So head to the Display menu in Settings, then enable the switch next to the "Ambient display" option if it's not already turned on. If you don't see this option, you don't have Ambient Display.

               

2. Install Ambi-Turner

Next up, you'll need to install the app that lets you customize the times when Ambient Display is activated. The free app is called Ambi-Turner, and you can grab it from the following link.

• Install Ambi-Turner from the Google Play Store

                           

3. Enable Notification Access

The first time you open Ambi-Turner, you'll be prompted to give the app notification access. This is how the app controls your Ambient Display feature, so enable the switch next to "notification listener" on this screen, then press "OK" on the popup and tap your back button once.

                

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