Motorola's phones could soon do away with all physical buttons
The Motorola Moto Z3
As revealed by a recently-published patent, the Chicago-based brand is researching a new gripping system that individually fingerprints each user’s fingers. This technology could be applied along the sides to smartphones, tablets and even Moto Mods, and would allow the device to determine how it’s being gripped and how much pressure is being applied in any given moment.
Another possibility is an alternative to HTC’s Edge Sense or Google’s Active Edge. In this case, a squeeze of Motorola’s smartphones would automatically activate a predetermined command. Multiple features could also be compatible by associating them with different levels of pressure.
As usual, there’s no guarantee such technology will ever make its way into Motorola’s devices. Nevertheless, the patent does confirm that the Lenovo-owned company is at least toying with the idea.
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