Motorola's Touchless Control App Now Lets You Use More Google Now Commands Without Unlocking, Say Your Pin To Unlock

Motorola’s Touchless Control app now lets you use more Google Now commands without unlocking, say your pin to unlock

BY Gautam Prabhu

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Published 14 Dec 2013

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Motorola has released an update for its Touchless Control app.

The update allows users to use more Google Now commands without unlocking their device, and the ability to unlock the device by saying the pin.Here’s what’s new in the Touchless Control v4.1:

More Google Now commands now work without having to unlock your phone first. Personal information such as emails, messages, and contacts are still protected by your PIN or password.

Say your pin to unlock your phone when using Touchless Control

New listening tone when you say “OK Google Now”

Compatible only with Android 4.4 KitKat

Bug fixes

While privacy is an issue with such features, it is good to see Motorola take a more pragmatic approach, and add more commands that don’t need the device to be unlocked.

You can download the update using this link.