Best Uses for the Smart Key Fingerprint Scanner Button on the Honor 8

The Honor 8 has a very unique fingerprint scanner. Not only is it one of the fastest fingerprint scanners around but you’ll also have a feature called Smart Key, which turns this fingerprint scanner into a physical button that can be programmed to launch various tasks or apps with a single press, double press, and press-and-hold. Here are some of the best ways you could setup your Smart Key, based on the kind of phone user you are. Before we get into it, be sure you read about the partnership we have with Honor, and also check out the Honor 8 forums on XDA.

Multimedia

The Photographer-

Press: Camera

Double Press: Gallery

Press and Hold: Instagram

Once your camera app is open, the smart key functions are taken over by the camera app. You’ll have to go back to your homescreen so that you can use double press and hold.

Productivity

The Email Power User-

Press: Screenshot

Double Press: Launch Email

Press and Hold: Contacts

If you use email a lot, then you’ll find this setup will save you a lot of time. Sharing screenshots is one of the more common things done through email. One press will capture your screen then go right into your email with two presses to attach the screenshot. You can also launch right into your contacts with a press and hold.

Google Docs Maven-

Press: Google Docs

Double Press: Google Sheets

Press and Hold: Google Drive

For those of you that use Google Docs for all of your work-related files, you’ll find setting shortcuts to docs, sheets and drive will make things a bit easier.

 

 

Communications

Chat Addict-

Press: Snapchat

Double Press: Facebook Messenger

Press and Hold: SMS

Map your favorite chat apps to the Smart Key and easily get to Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, and also your SMS app. Boom!

 

Driving

The Driver-

Press: Voice Search

Double Press:  Google Maps

Press and Hold: Camera

When driving, keep your eyes on the road. One press will activate Google voice search, two will launch Google Maps and hold will launch your camera. The camera shortcut is ideal because you never know when you’ll need to take a photo of someone’s licence plate.

Tweak your smart key settings until you find a setup that is perfect for you. After a while you’ll be wondering how you ever get along without it. Let us know in the comments how you would set up your Smart Key.

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