Last updated: January 10, 2023, 6:47 PM IST
Switch access can be useful if you can’t communicate directly with your device.
The app allows users to interact with their Android device using one or more switches or a keyboard instead of the touchscreen.
Google has released the standalone “Switch Access” app on the Play Store, which was originally part of the Android Accessibility Suite.
The app allows users to interact with their Android device using one or more switches or a keyboard instead of the touchscreen.
“Control your phone or tablet with switches or the front camera. You can use switches to select items, scroll, enter text and more.
“Switch access can be useful if you can’t interact directly with your device,” it added.
The app scans the items on users’ screens and highlights each item until they make a selection.
Users can choose from a number of switch types: physical switches and camera switches.
Physical switches include: USB or Bluetooth switches, such as buttons or keyboards, and switches on the device, such as volume buttons, while camera switches include facial gestures, such as: opening your mouth, smiling or raising your eyebrows, looking left, right, or up, the apps about said page.
To get started with the app, users need to open their device’s Settings app, then tap Accessibility, then Switch Access.
Meanwhile, Google has announced that it is adding new features to smartphones that have not received operating system (OS) updates for years.
The company releases a tool called “Extension Software Developer Kit” (Extensive SDK), which allows developers to use features such as Android 13’s new photo picker in applications running on some Android 11 and 12 versions.
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