The MIUI Quick Gestures found on Xiaomi, Redmi, and POCO may be one of their most useful features, and one of them lets you turn on your device’s flashlight in a fraction of a second and without the need for your mobile screen to be on.
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This simple gesture can enlighten you quickly, enough so that don’t waste time unlocking the mobile
This way you will spend less time in the dark, and if you want to turn off the flashlight again, just press the off button when the screen is off.
Turn on the flashlight of your Xiaomi mobile in less than a second
Xiaomi has a number of options for customize some quick gestures which will allow you to activate or deactivate some of the MIUI functions by pressing a button. In this case, you can activate your mobile’s flashlight by pressing the lock button twice by following these steps:
- Open Settings.
- Tap Additional Settings.
- Tap Gesture shortcuts.
- Click on Turn on flashlight and enable the option
You can assign other uses to this double-click gesture, but perhaps the flashlight is one of the most recommended to avoid having to activate the mobile screen every time you want to illuminate what is around you.
In addition, this option has the positive point of being able to be activated with the screen off, and to turn off the flashlight again You only have to press the power button once when the screen is off.
It’s a simple mechanism and it will help you save a lot of time when you’re in the dark. It’s ideal if you get up at night, as the brightness of the screen won’t dazzle you.