Pixel 4 Soli motion gestures will only work in these countries – XDA Developers, Xda-developers.com

Earlier today, we wrote about the Pixel 4 (possibly)passing through the FCC. One of the things that makes that listing likely for the Pixel 4 is the mention of the (GHz) 58 – 63 .5GHz) transmitter, which ties nicely with the frequencies used byProject Soli. These new gestures use the Soli radar chip located in the top bezel to let you skip songs, snooze alarms, or silence phone calls with a wave of your hand. When Google talked about Soli on the Pixel 4, they said it would be available in “select Pixel countries.” We’re now learning more about what countries will get Soli thanks to a U.S. retailer.

TheBest Buy landing pagefor the Pixel 4 talks about Motion Sense:

Wave hello to Motion Sense * – You no longer have to touch your phone to make things happen. Motion Sense is a new technology in Pixel 4 that can detect your gestures without you having to touch the screen.

You probably noticed the asterisk next to “Motion Sense.” Best Buy says Motion Sense is“Not functional in Japan. Motion Sense functional in the US, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Taiwan, and most European countries. Not all phone features are controlled by Motion Sense. For more information see g.co/pixel/motionsense.((

Although the URL currently doesn’t go anywhere, the description is enough to tell us which countries will and will not be able to use the Pixel 4’s Motion Sense gestures. Given that the description says “most European countries,” there’s bound to be a few countries in Europe thatdon’tsupport Motion Sense gestures, but we won’t know until Google confirms the exact availability. We’ll have to wait and see what those features all entail and how big of a selling point they are for the Pixel 4. We reached out to Google for confirmation on the countries that will support the new Soli gestures and will update this article if we hear back. ******

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