Origin OS 6: Shortcuts & accessibility section settings explained

1) Split-screen settings

This screen only controls the three-finger swipe-up shortcut for split-screen. It does not turn split-screen itself on or off. Split-screen still works from Recents, Control Centre, the sidebar, and drag-and-drop even if this gesture is disabled.

Not every app can split. System apps (Settings, Camera, Phone, some games and banking apps) often refuse split-screen. The caption on this page says “supported apps” for that reason.

Each item on the screen

1.1) Toggle: “Swipe up with three fingers to split screen”

This is the only real switch on the page. In the screenshot it is off.

State	What happens
On	Inside a split-screen-capable app, put three fingers on the screen and swipe up. The current app snaps to the top half; the bottom half shows apps you can pick as the second pane.
Off	That three-finger swipe does nothing. Other split-screen methods still work.

How to use it when on

Open a supported app (WhatsApp, Chrome, YouTube, Notes, Gallery, etc.).
Place three fingers anywhere on the content (not only the bottom edge).
Swipe up.
Tap the second app for the lower pane.
Drag the divider in the middle to change the 50/50 (or other) ratio.
Use the handle / three-dot bar in the middle to swap apps, save a pair, or exit.

Why you might leave it off

Accidental triggers while typing or gaming
Conflict with three-finger screenshot (that is swipe down, not up, but similar muscle memory)
You prefer Recents or the sidebar instead

Why you might turn it on

Fastest way to split without opening Recents or Control Centre
Works from mid-screen, not only the navigation bar

1.2) “Learn gestures”

This is a link, not a switch. Tapping it opens Origin OS’s gesture guide (or the next tutorial pages for split-screen). Typical contents:

Three-finger swipe up → split-screen (this page’s gesture)
Three-finger swipe down → screenshot
How to resize, swap, or close split panes
How to save a frequent app pair as a home-screen shortcut
Other related gestures (sidebar, Mini Window / small window)

Use this if the illustration dots are not enough and you want the full official walkthrough.

Practical use after enabling the toggle

Turn Swipe up with three fingers to split screen on.
Open, for example, YouTube.
Three-finger swipe up → YouTube goes to the top.
Pick WhatsApp (or Notes, Chrome, etc.) for the bottom.
Drag the centre bar to give video more or less height.
To exit: drag the divider all the way up or down, or use the centre handle and choose close / full screen.

On foldables running Origin OS 6 Fold, the same three-finger swipe can start a multi-window layout (up to four panes on the inner screen). Phone screens stay at two panes.

2) Small window settings

A small window is a resizable floating pane that sits on top of whatever you are doing. You can move it, shrink it to a side bubble, expand it to full screen, or drag it to the top/bottom to turn it into split-screen. Chat, video, calculator, maps, and notes are typical uses. Not every app supports it.

This settings page does not enable or disable small windows globally. It only controls how they look, how you close them, and whether Share opens the target app as a small window.

Each item on the screen

2.1) Small window close gesture

Current value in the screenshot: “Drag to the Delete button area”

This chooses how you dismiss an open small window.

Tap the row to pick a method. Origin OS has used these close styles (names can vary slightly by region/build):

Other close methods still work regardless of this setting:

Tap the X on the window chrome (if style is Button).
Shrink the window all the way and dismiss the side bubble.
Expand to full screen, then use the app’s own Back.

What this page controls

When a mini-window is already on screen, these two radio options decide the primary close gesture. Other ways to close (the X button if style is Button, minimise then dismiss, expand to full screen) still work.

In the screenshot, Drag to the Delete button area is selected.

Option 1: Drag to the Delete button area

What you do

Touch the small window (usually the top bar or the window body).
Drag it toward the bottom of the screen.
A Delete / trash zone appears at the bottom.
Drop the window onto that zone.
The small window closes.

How it feels

Two-step: drag, then aim at a target.
The delete zone is a clear “yes, I mean close.”
Harder to trigger by accident while moving or resizing the window.

Best for

Games, video, maps — you often drag the window around and do not want a flick to kill it.
Anyone who prefers an explicit confirm.
When the window is large and a short swipe would be easy to fire by mistake.

Watch-outs

Slower than a flick.
On a tall phone, dragging a window from the top to the bottom delete zone is a long motion.
If your finger misses the delete zone, the window just moves; nothing closes.

Option 2: Quick swipe from bottom

What you do

Put a finger on the bottom edge of the small window.
Swipe upward (a short, quick flick).
The window closes immediately. No delete zone.

This is the “fast swipe-up close” Origin OS added so you do not have to hunt for a trash target.

How it feels

One motion, no aiming.
Similar to dismissing a notification card or a bottom sheet.
Easy to do with one hand if the window sits in the lower half of the screen.

Best for

Chat and reply bubbles you open and close many times an hour.
Calculator, notes, translation — short tasks.
When you already know you will not keep the window.

Watch-outs

Easier to close by accident while resizing from the bottom edge or while scrolling inside the window if the swipe starts on the chrome.
If you often grab the bottom border to make the window taller, this option can conflict with resize.
A timid swipe may be ignored; a firm flick works more reliably.

Side-by-side

	Drag to the Delete button area	Quick swipe from bottom
Motion	Drag window down onto a trash zone	Flick up from the bottom of the window
Speed	Slower	Faster
Accidental close	Unlikely	More likely if you resize from the bottom
Confirm step	Yes — must hit the delete area	No
One-handed on a large phone	Longer drag	Easier if the window is low
Typical use	Video, games, long-lived panes	Chat, tools, quick glance

What neither option changes

Small window style (Button vs handle) is the previous screen. Button style still shows an X you can tap.
Share in small window mode is unrelated.
Minimising to a side bubble is still done by shrinking the window to its smallest size or using the minimise control.
Converting to split-screen is still: drag the window to the top or bottom edge and pause.
Closing from Recents or by opening the same app full screen still works.

2.2) Small window style

Current value in the screenshot: “Button”

This changes the chrome (the bar at the top of the floating window).

Tap the row to switch styles. Common Origin OS options:

Style	What you see	How you interact
Button (selected here)	Visible controls on the window: close, full screen, minimize, sometimes resize.	Tap icons. Clear and beginner-friendly.
Simple/ Handle / bar (sometimes labelled without buttons)	A thin grab bar only, few or no icons.	Drag the bar to move; drag edges to resize; gestures to close/minimise. Cleaner, more screen for content.

In Button style you typically get:

Close
Full screen
Minimise to a side bubble
Sometimes a menu for split-screen or another app

In Button style you typically get:

A thin grab bar

Resize is still done by dragging the left, right, or bottom edge. Drag the top bar to move the window. Drag to the top or bottom edge and pause to convert to split-screen; drag a split pane to the centre to convert back to a small window.

Pick Button if you want obvious taps. Pick the handle style if the icons eat too much of a small video or chat pane.

2.3) Share in small window mode

Toggle in the screenshot: Off
Subtitle: “Open apps in a small window during system sharing”

This only affects Android’s Share sheet (the panel when you tap Share on a photo, link, file, or text).

State	What happens
Off (current)	Share behaves normally. WhatsApp, Messages, Drive, Gmail, etc. usually open full screen (or stay in their own flow).
On	When you pick an app from Share, that app can open as a small window on top of what you were doing. You send the photo/link, then dismiss the pane and stay in Gallery, Chrome, or Files.

Turn it on if you constantly share screenshots or links and hate leaving the current app. Leave it off if Share targets often fail in a tiny window, or if you prefer the full compose screen for long messages.

The receiving app must support small windows. Some share targets ignore this and still go full screen.

2.4) How small windows are opened

A small window only opens if that app supports it. Settings, Camera, some games, and some banking apps will refuse and stay full screen.

1. Pull down a floating notification

This is the method drawn on Settings → Shortcuts & accessibility → Small window.

You are in another app (video, game, Home).
A heads-up banner appears (WhatsApp, Messages, etc.).
Drag that banner downward.
The app opens as a small window instead of taking the whole screen.

Works only for notifications that support small-window mode. If the banner just opens the app full screen, that app or that notification type is not supported.

2. Smart Sidebar

Usually the everyday method.

Enable Sidebar: Settings → Shortcuts & accessibility (or System navigation) → Smart Sidebar / Quick app bar.
Swipe in from the right edge (sometimes left) and pause.
Tap an app in the bar, or drag its icon onto the screen.
It opens as a small window.

You can pin frequent apps (Messages, Calculator, Notes, Maps) in that bar so this is one swipe.

3. Recents / card background

Open Recents: swipe up from the bottom and hold (gesture nav), or tap the Recents key.
On the app card, tap the arrow / menu next to the app name (or long-press the card).
Choose Small window.

Same menu often also has Split-screen. System apps may grey this out.

4. Corner / lower-left gesture (“manual start”)

On many Origin OS builds:

Search Settings for manual start small window or open small window with gesture.
Turn on swipe from lower-left (wording varies).
Inside an app, swipe from the bottom-left corner inward / up.
The current app shrinks into a small window, or a picker appears.

This is easy to hit by accident if you use gesture Back from the left. Turn it off if that happens.

5. App library / Home drawer drag

Needs drawer-style Home (not the default icon-on-pages layout on every phone).

Settings → Home screen, lock screen & wallpaper → Home screen style → Drawer.
Swipe up on Home to open the app library.
Long-press a supported app and drag it to the “Open as small window” zone (often upper-right).
Release.

Useful when you are already on Home and want a tool overlay.

6. Convert from split-screen

Enter split-screen (three-finger swipe up, Recents, or Control Centre).
Grab the pane’s top handle.
Drag that pane toward the centre of the screen and release.
That pane becomes a small window; the other app goes full screen (or you can open another).

Reverse: drag a small window to the top or bottom edge and pause to snap it into split-screen.

7. Floating message icon (immersive scenes)

While in game, video, navigation, or reading, Origin OS can hide full banners and show a tiny floating avatar instead.

Search Settings for floating message / message start.
Turn on show floating message icon.
Set display style to open as small window if that option exists.
When the icon appears, tap it → that chat opens as a small window.

Meant so a message does not cover a video or match.

8. Share sheet (only if you enabled it)

On Small window → Share in small window mode, turn the switch on.

Then: Share a photo/link/file → pick WhatsApp, Drive, Messages, etc. → that app can open as a small window on top of Gallery or Files so you never leave the source app.

If the target app does not support small windows, Share still goes full screen.

9. Game Box / game sidebar

In a supported game:

Open the game assistant / Game Box sidebar.
Tap system small window (or an app shortcut).
Pick chat, browser, or calculator.

Keeps the game running underneath.

10. Control Centre / extra shortcuts

Some builds put a Small window tile in Control Centre, or let you drop an app from the sidebar after opening Control Centre. Availability depends on phone and region. If you do not see a tile, use Sidebar or Recents instead.

After it is open: what you can do

These are not “open” methods, but they complete the flow:

Action	How
Move	Drag the top bar
Resize	Drag left, right, or bottom edge
Minimise to a side bubble	Shrink to the minimum, or tap Minimise (Button style)
Full screen	Drag toward all edges and pause, or tap Full screen
Split-screen	Drag to top or bottom edge and pause
Close	Per Small window close gesture: drop on the bottom Delete zone, or quick-swipe up from the window’s bottom; or tap X

Which method to use when

Situation	Fastest open
Reply without leaving video/game	Pull down the banner, or tap the floating message icon
Calculator / notes over anything	Sidebar
App already in Recents	Recents → Small window
Two apps already split, want a third	Sidebar small window on top of split
Sharing a screenshot	Enable Share in small window mode
Current app should shrink, not a new one	Lower-left / manual-start gesture

If nothing opens a small window

Confirm the app supports it (try Messages, Calculator, Chrome, YouTube).
Sidebar switch is on.
You are not on the lock screen or in an app that locks multitasking (some payments, some DRM video).
Gesture navigation is on if the method depends on edge swipes.
Restart the app once; a few apps only expose small-window after the first full launch.

Small window and split-screen are separate: split is two panes sharing the screen; small window floats on top of one full-screen app (or on top of a split). Combining both is how Origin OS gets three apps visible at once.

3) Smart sidebar

A hidden strip on the left or right edge. You swipe inward from a thin indicator bar, and a column of app shortcuts appears. Tapping (or dragging) an icon usually opens that app as a small window. Dragging an icon to the top or bottom of the screen can start split-screen instead.

Each item on the screen

3.1) Smart sidebar (master switch)

On in the screenshot.

State	Effect
On	Indicator bar appears. Swipe-in opens the sidebar. All options below become available.
Off	No indicator, no swipe-in sidebar. Small windows and split-screen still work from Recents, three-finger swipe, and notifications.

This is the only switch that enables or disables the feature as a whole.

Turn it off if:

The edge bar fights gesture Back
Games or drawing apps keep opening the bar
You never use small windows from the edge

How to open it after the master switch is on

Find the thin bar on the screen edge (right by default on many units).
Swipe inward from that bar and pause briefly. A quick flick without a pause is often treated as Back (gesture navigation).
The sidebar slides out.

You can usually long-press the indicator and drag it up/down or to the other edge. There is no left/right dropdown on this settings page; position is adjusted on the screen itself.

3.2) Show recent apps

On in the screenshot.
Subtitle: “Show 2 recent apps opened from the All small window apps panel at the top of the sidebar.”

When on, the top of the sidebar shows two app icons that you recently opened as small windows from the sidebar’s full app list (the “All small window apps” panel).

State	What you see at the top of the bar
On	Two shortcut slots for “last used as mini-window from the sidebar picker.” Fast return to those two apps.
Off	Those two slots are hidden. You only see pinned apps plus whatever Scene-adaptive adds.

This is not your general Recents list. It is only apps launched as small windows from the sidebar’s all-apps panel. Home-screen launches and full-screen Recents do not fill these two slots.

On if you bounce between two overlay apps (chat + calculator). Off if you want a shorter, pinned-only bar.

3.3) Scene-adaptive

Shows “On” with a chevron — tap the row to open a sub-page.

This is the “smart” part of Smart sidebar. When enabled, the bar can change tools by context instead of only showing your pinned apps. On Origin OS this family of features has included things such as:

Music recognition while audio is playing
AI captions / live subtitles on video
Screen reading / speak-aloud
Game-related shortcuts when a game is in the foreground
Other scene tools (translation, record, screenshot helpers — set varies by region and build)

The sub-page typically lets you turn the whole adaptive layer on or off and, on some builds, toggle individual scene tools.

State	Behaviour
On	Sidebar may insert extra icons that match what you are doing now.
Off	Sidebar stays static: pinned apps + optional two recents only.

Leave On if you want the bar to act as a toolbox. Turn Off if surprise icons annoy you or you want the same pins every time.

3.4) Idle opacity of indicator bar

Slider at 60% in the screenshot.
Labels: Transparent ← → Opaque.

This only affects the thin edge handle when the sidebar is closed, not the open panel.

Toward Transparent (0%)	Toward Opaque (100%)
Handle almost invisible; cleaner full-screen video and games	Handle easy to see and hit; better if you keep missing the edge
Easier to forget it exists	Slightly more visual clutter on the edge

60% is a middle value: visible enough to find, faint enough not to look like a second status bar.

The handle is more obvious while you are dragging it. After you let go, it fades to this idle opacity.

How you actually use the bar

Once the master switch is on:

Swipe in from the indicator.
Tap an icon → usually a small window.
Drag an icon to the top or bottom half → split-screen.
Drag an icon onto the current app → overlay / small window.
Open the sidebar’s edit / all apps control to pin or unpin shortcuts.
Long-press the indicator to move it up, down, or to the other side.

4) Super Dragging

With it enabled, you tap and hold text, a picture, a link, or a file until a floating preview appears, then drag that preview:

into another app that is already open in split-screen or a small window, or
up to Origin Island for share / save / open suggestions.

Typical uses: drop an Amazon product image into WhatsApp; drop selected text from Chrome into Notes; drop a Gallery photo into Lightroom; drop a number or address onto Island to call or navigate. You do not have to save the file first.

The screenshot caption states the window-to-window part: “When app dragging is enabled, you can tap and hold text, images, or other content in small windows and split-screen to drag them among apps for transfer.”

How the gesture works

Put two apps on screen (split or small window + full screen), or stay in one app and drag toward Island.
Long-press the text, image, or file until it “lifts.”
Keep your finger down and move the preview onto the other window or onto Island.
Release. The destination app receives the content (paste, attach, open, or a suggestion chip).

If the lift never happens, that app is not allowed yet, or the content type is blocked (DRM video, some in-app players).

Each item on the screen

4.1) Super Dragging (master switch for non-system apps)

On in the screenshot.
Subtitle: “Control Super Dragging-adapted non-system apps.”

State	Effect
On	The per-app list below becomes active. Third-party apps you switch on can take part in Super Dragging.
Off	The list is ignored. Non-system apps will not lift-and-drag. Built-in / system apps can still support drag where Origin OS implemented it itself.

“Non-system” means store apps (Amazon, Chrome, Instagram, WhatsApp, and so on). Gallery, Notes, Files, Messages and other vivo/system apps are handled by the OS and do not need a row in this list.

Turn the master switch On, then enable only the apps you actually drag from or into. You do not need every app on.

4.2) Per-app list (Amazon, Bing, …)

Each row is one installed third-party app that Origin OS has marked as Super Dragging–capable.

In the screenshot:

App	Switch	Meaning
Amazon	On	You can lift images/text/links from Amazon and drop them elsewhere, and accept drops if Amazon supports incoming content.
Bing	Off	Long-press in Bing will not start a Super Drag. Dropping content into Bing from another app may also fail.

The list is alphabetical (or install order) and continues below the fold. Only apps that opted in or that vivo adapted appear. An app with no row cannot be forced on from this page.

On vs Off for one app

On: long-press content in that app can create a drag preview; the app can also be a drop target when it supports it.
Off: normal long-press menus only (Copy, Share, Save). No lift-and-drag overlay.

Enable apps you copy from often (Amazon, Chrome, Instagram, shopping, news) and apps you drop into (WhatsApp, Telegram, Notes, Gmail, Drive). Leave games, banks, and DRM video Off — they rarely drop useful content and long-press may fight in-app gestures.

What this page does not control

Whether split-screen or small windows exist (those are their own pages).
Which apps may open in split/small window.
The Android Share sheet.
Copy & go (copy text, then Island suggests an app).
Per-content filters (you cannot allow images but block text for one app).

5) Super screenshot

Section: Screenshot

5.1) Gesture screenshot

On in the screenshot.

Subtitle: Use three fingers for full screenshot (swipe down) or area screenshot (swipe down and hold or tap and hold).

Gesture	Result
Three fingers swipe down	Full-screen still image
Three fingers swipe down and hold, or tap and hold	Area screenshot — a crop frame appears; drag handles (and on Origin OS 6, shapes such as rounded rect or circle) then confirm

After a full shot, the editor often offers scrolling / long screenshot to stitch extra pages (chat, web). Stitching can be adjusted if an app scrolls badly.

Off: three-finger swipe does nothing. Buttons, Control Centre, and any screenshot tile still work.

Turn off in games that use three-finger controls. Turn on for everyday capture without hardware keys.

5.2) Auto-delete after sharing

Off in the screenshot.

Subtitle: Automatically delete screenshots shared via the share panel or by dragging and dropping the preview window.

On	Off
After you Share or drag the preview to an app, the file is removed from Gallery / Screenshots	Every capture stays in the Screenshots album

On if screenshots are only for sending (OTP, tickets, one-off chats) and you hate album clutter. Off if you archive shots or edit them later. Deletion applies to that share/drag action, not to “Save” in the editor.

5.3) Overwrite original

Off in the screenshot.

Subtitle: Saving the edited screenshot will overwrite the original.

On	Off
Crop, scribble, or reshape, then Save → the first file is replaced	Save writes a new file; the unedited shot remains

On keeps one clean file. Off is safer if you might need the raw capture.

Section: Record screen

These apply when you start a recording from Super screenshot / Control Centre / Island — not to third-party recorder apps.

5.4) Display touch trajectory

Shows a dot or trail where your finger touches, so tutorials and bug reports show taps.
Off for a clean recording (gameplay, watching a video).

5.5) Record system audio

Captures media and UI sound from the phone (YouTube, game, call UI tones depending on the app).
Some apps block internal audio (banks, some DRM video); those recordings will be silent internally even with this on.

5.6) Record microphone audio

Captures your voice from the mic (narration, “this button here”).
On for tutorials. Off for silent demo clips or when you do not want room noise. You can use both system + mic together.

5.7) Picture quality

Currently: Medium (recommended).
Tap the row to pick a preset (typically Low / Medium / High, sometimes with resolution or bitrate).

Lower	Medium	Higher
Smaller file, longer recordings	Balance vivo recommends	Sharper, much larger files, more heat

Use Medium for chat clips. Use High only for short demos you will keep.

5.8) Disable notifications while recording

Subtitle: Mute floating notifications and ringtones or vibrations of notifications during screen recording.

On	Off
Banners, notification sounds, and vibration stay quiet so they do not appear in the video	Normal notifications still pop over the recording

Turn On before recording a tutorial or gameplay. You can still see the status-bar recording indicator.

5.9) Auto-select dynamic area

Subtitle: Automatically select the dynamic part of the screen as the initial recording area.

When you start a partial / region recording (not always full screen), Origin OS tries to frame the moving or focused region first (video player, game view) instead of the whole display. You can still resize the box.

On for recording a player while ignoring the rest of the UI. Off if you always want a full-screen record or a manual box every time.

5.10) Floating window preview

Subtitle: A floating window appears after screenshots or screen recordings for quick share, preview, or edit. Hidden when recording via Origin Island.

After a shot or a finished recording, a small preview card floats on screen. From it you typically:

Open the editor
Share / drag to an app (pairs with Auto-delete after sharing)
Save or dismiss

Off: no card; the file just lands in Gallery. You open it from notifications or the album.

Island-started recordings hide this preview on purpose so the Island UI stays clean. Power-button and three-finger captures still show it when this switch is on.

6) Origin Player

Origin Player is vivo’s system media controller. When a supported app plays audio (or sometimes video), Origin Player can show:

Play / pause, skip, album art
On Origin Island, the lock screen, and a Home widget

It is not a separate music store. Spotify, YouTube Music, the built-in player, and other apps that expose Android media sessions can drive it. Support varies by app.

6.1) Show on Origin island

On in the screenshot.

Subtitle: During playback, you can view and use Origin Player on Origin island.

On	Off
While something is playing, Island (the pill by the front camera / status bar) shows track info and compact controls. Tap or expand Island to skip, pause, or open the app.	Island stays a normal status/live-activity pill. Music controls do not live there. Playback continues; you use the app, lock screen, or widget instead.

This is the usual “Dynamic Island for music” behaviour: artwork, title, and skip without opening Spotify or YouTube Music. Some apps need official support (or a compatible media session) to appear.

On if you change tracks from the top of the screen. Off if Island feels crowded (navigation + timer + music at once) or you only want Island for maps and timers.

Island itself is enabled under Settings → Notifications & status bar → Origin Island. If Island is off globally, this switch has nothing to attach to.

6.2) Show on lock screen

Off in the screenshot.

Subtitle: During playback, you can view and use Origin Player on the lock screen.

On	Off
Lock screen shows Origin Player: cover art, title, play/pause/skip. On Origin OS 6 this can include richer artwork / light effects on the cover.	Lock screen does not show this player. You may still get a small Android media notification after you swipe down, or nothing until you unlock.

On for skip-from-pocket use (Bluetooth, commuting). Off if you do not want album art or song titles visible on a locked phone (privacy on a desk or in photos of the lock screen).

Unlock is still required for anything that opens the full music app. Play/pause/skip on the lock player typically work without unlocking, same as a standard media notification.

There can be a similar toggle under lock-screen settings; this Shortcuts page is the Origin Player–specific one.

6.3) Manage audio sources

Row with a chevron, not a switch.

Subtitle: Manage audio sources in the Origin Player widget on the home screen.

Tap it to open a list of apps that may drive the Origin Player Home widget.

Typical use of that sub-page:

See which players the widget can follow (Spotify, YouTube Music, vivo Music, podcast apps, and so on).
Turn individual sources on or off so the widget only tracks apps you care about.
Avoid the widget jumping to a random Chrome tab or game that started a sound.

The widget itself is added the normal way: long-press Home → Widgets → Origin Player (or Music). These switches do not add the widget; they only filter which apps it listens to.

If an app never appears here, it does not publish a standard media session (or vivo has not listed it). System apps are often included by default; store players appear when installed and compatible.

7) Smart Motion

The phone uses the accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, and sometimes the front camera so you can wake the screen, sleep the screen, or handle calls by moving the device instead of tapping buttons. Feature set can differ by model.

7.1) Smart Screen On/Off

Sub-page (chevron). Tap to open the wake/sleep gestures.

7.1.1) Raise to wake

Subtitle: Turn on the screen when you pick up your phone.

Lift the phone from a desk, or tilt it toward your face from a lying position. The motion sensors treat that as “you intend to look at it,” and the screen turns on (lock screen or AOD → interactive lock screen). You do not press Power or tap.

On	Off
Pickup / raise → screen on	Pickup does nothing; use Power, tap-to-wake, fingerprint, or AOD glance

Works well: face unlock at a table, checking the time after you grab the phone.

Problems: bag bounce, putting the phone in a pocket at an angle, or setting it down and picking it up again can wake the panel and use battery. Some models also support a separate “out of pocket” wake; this switch is the general raise gesture.

Leave Off if the phone keeps lighting up in a bag. Leave On if you almost never use the power key to wake.

7.1.2) Double-tap to wake

Subtitle: Turn on the screen when you double-tap it.

With the screen off, tap the glass twice (not a long press). The display turns on to the lock screen.

On	Off
Two taps on a dark screen → wake	Taps on a dark screen do nothing (fingerprint / Power / raise still work)

Works well: phone on a desk, one hand free, no need to find the power key.

Problems: fabric in a pocket can register two taps; the digitizer stays more alert, which can add a little standby use. Accidental wakes also start the fingerprint animation on some units.

This is independent of double-tap to turn off. You can enable only one of them.

7.1.3) Keep screen on while viewing

Subtitle: Keep the screen on when the front camera detects you are looking at the screen. By turning it on, you agree to use camera.

Grey note under the card: The Keep screen on while viewing feature is unavailable in Battery Saver mode.

This is vivo’s “Smart keep bright.” While you are reading, the front camera checks for a face aimed at the panel. If it sees one, the normal screen-timeout does not fire. Look away (or cover the camera) and the usual timeout applies again.

On	Off
Face detected → timeout paused	Screen follows the normal timeout in Display settings

It often fails when:

You are not facing the screen
A case, finger, or sticker covers the front camera
Light is very strong or very dark
Another app is using the camera (video call, scanner)
Battery Saver is on (explicitly disabled, as the note says)

Privacy: the subtitle is the consent line — the camera is used for presence, not for storing photos. If you do not want the camera active during reading, keep this Off.

This is not “raise to wake” and not attention-aware dimming of the whole UI. It only delays sleep while a face is seen.

7.1.4) Double-tap to turn off

Subtitle: Double tap the blank area on the locked interface or standby interface to turn off the screen.

Screen is already on but you are on the lock screen or standby / AOD-style lock interface. Double-tap an empty region (not the clock, widgets, or notifications). The panel turns off.

On	Off
Double-tap empty lock/standby area → sleep	Only Power (or timeout) turns the screen off from lock

Works well: putting the phone down without reaching for Power.

Misses: tapping the clock, a widget, or a notification does not sleep the screen — those controls still open. Inside an unlocked app this switch does nothing; use Power or the app’s own flow.

Safe to leave On for most people. It does not wake the phone.

Typical switches inside (names vary slightly by region):

Option	What it does	Notes
Raise to wake	Pick the phone up from a table / lift it toward you → screen turns on.	Handy with face unlock. Can wake in a bag if the phone is tossed around. Uses extra sensor time.
Double-tap to wake	Screen off: tap the display twice → screen on.	Easy pocket wakes on OLED. Turn off if the phone lights up while walking.
Double-tap to turn off	Lock screen (or AOD / standby) on: double-tap a blank area → screen off.	Avoids hunting for the power button. Do not tap widgets or the clock.
Keep screen on while viewing/Smart keep bright (some models)	Front camera sees a face looking at the screen → auto-brightness timeout is paused.	Fails if you are not facing the camera, the camera is covered, light is extreme, or another app has the camera.
Light screen when out of a pocket (some models)	Pull the phone out of a pocket → screen on.	Works best if the phone sits upright in the pocket; very fast or very slow pulls can miss.

None of these replace the power button or fingerprint. They only add ways to wake or sleep.

Battery / accidents: Raise-to-wake and double-tap-to-wake are the usual causes of “phone lit up in my pocket.” If standby drain or pocket dials bother you, turn those two off first.

7.2) Smart Calling

7.2.1) Smart Call

Subtitle: You can call a contact by putting the phone close to your ear when on the contact details or call details interface.

You are already looking at one contact’s page or a call-details / recents entry for that person. Raise the phone to your ear. The Phone app dials that contact — no tap on the green call button.

On	Off
Contact or call-details screen + phone to ear → outgoing call starts	Raising to your ear does nothing; you must tap Call

Use it when: you opened someone’s card and want to dial hands-busy.

Avoid it when: you often hold the phone to your cheek while reading a contact (it would dial). It does not dial from Home, from a notification, or from a random app — only from contact / call-details screens.

7.2.2) Smart Answer

Subtitle: Lift phone to ear to answer calls automatically.

An incoming call is ringing. You lift the phone to your ear. The proximity sensor sees “against face,” and the call is answered. No swipe on the incoming-call screen.

On	Off
Ringing + phone to ear → answered	You must swipe, tap Answer, or use a headset/watch

Use it when: you pick up the same way every time and want zero extra tap.

Avoid it when: the phone sits in a tight pocket against your body, or you press it to your face to read the caller ID without meaning to answer. Pocket-answer is the usual complaint.

Bluetooth / wired headsets still answer from their own buttons. This switch only covers the handset-to-ear path.

7.2.3) Smart Switch

Subtitle: During hands-free calls, lift phone to ear to switch to handset.

You are already in a call on speaker (or another hands-free route on the phone itself). You put the phone to your ear. Audio moves to the earpiece and speaker turns off. Same motion as answering, but mid-call.

On	Off
Speaker call + phone to ear → earpiece	You must tap the Speaker button to leave speakerphone

Use it when: you start on speaker, then walk into a quieter place and raise the phone.

Avoid it when: you gesture with the phone during a speaker call and it keeps flipping to earpiece. It does not connect or disconnect Bluetooth by itself; it switches between this phone’s speaker and this phone’s earpiece.

7.2.4) Smart mute

Subtitle: Cover the screen with your hand to mute incoming calls.

A call is ringing. You palm the display (cover the screen). The ringer goes silent (and usually vibration follows the phone’s mute-on-silence rules). The call is not rejected; it still rings on the other side until it goes to voicemail or you answer.

On	Off
Hand over screen while ringing → local ringer muted	Covering the screen does nothing to the ringtone

Use it when: the phone is on a table and you want silence without flipping it or finding a button.

Avoid it when: you pick the phone up and your fingers naturally cover the panel (it would mute before you can see who is calling). Proximity + a large cover gesture are what trigger it — a light brush may not.

This is mute, not decline.

7.2.5) Flip to mute

Subtitle: Flip phone upside down to mute incoming calls.

A call is ringing. You turn the phone face down (screen toward the table). The ringer mutes. Again, the call is not rejected.

On	Off
Place face-down while ringing → local ringer muted	Face-down does nothing special

Use it when: the classic “phone ringing on the desk → flip it over” habit.

Avoid it when: you already set the phone face-down as your normal rest position; a ring would auto-mute before you decide. Also easy to trigger if the phone falls screen-down.

Same idea as Smart mute: silence locally, do not hang up.

Side-by-side

Setting	When it fires	What happens	Does not do
Smart Call	Contact / call-details screen + to ear	Starts an outgoing call	Dial from Home
Smart Answer	Incoming ring + to ear	Answers	Decline
Smart Switch	In-call on speaker + to ear	Speaker → earpiece	Toggle Bluetooth
Smart mute	Incoming ring + hand over screen	Mutes ringer	Reject
Flip to mute	Incoming ring + face down	Mutes ringer	Reject

Smart mute and Flip to mute can both be on. Either gesture will silence the ring.

Turn these off if:

Calls answer while the phone is in a bag or against your face by accident
You use a watch or headset and always answer from there
You want every call to stay ringing until you swipe

Smart Calling does not change Bluetooth headsets, Call screening, or “answer with volume key.” Those are under the Phone app or Sound settings.

7.3) Shake for flashlight

Toggle. Off in the screenshot.

Subtitle: Shake to activate the flashlight on the home or lock screen with the display on.

On	Off
Screen on, Home or lock screen visible → shake the phone → torch turns on (shake again is usually off).	Shake does nothing. Use Control Centre, lock-screen shortcut, or Quick action on Volume Down (if you assigned torch there).

Conditions from the subtitle and vivo’s manual:

Display must be on
You must be on Home or the lock screen, not inside an app
Locked is fine as long as the panel is lit (including AOD on some builds)

Off is the safer default: shaking a bag or jogging will not blast the LED. On if you want a no-look torch when the phone is already awake.

This is not “shake from a fully off screen.” For off-screen torch, use a lock-screen shortcut or Quick action (press-and-hold Volume Down while the screen is off), which is a different Shortcuts page.

8) Quick action

8.1) How Quick action works

Screen is off (not lock screen on — fully off / AOD-only).
Press and hold Volume down.
The feature you picked runs (torch, recorder, an app, and so on).

Grey note at the top: Quick action is unavailable during music playback or when the IR sensor is blocked.

Music playing: Volume down must stay a volume key, so the shortcut is suppressed.
IR / proximity sensor blocked: a pocket or case over the top sensor is treated as “in pocket / against a surface,” so the shortcut will not fire (stops pocket torch and pocket app launches).

8.2) Quick action (master switch)

On in the screenshot.
Subtitle: Press and hold “Volume down” with screen off to enable features.

On	Off
Hold Volume down on a dark screen → runs the selected feature	Hold Volume down always changes volume (or does nothing if the screen is off and media is not playing)

The radio list below is ignored when this switch is off.

8.3) Select feature (one choice only)

Exactly one action is assigned. The check mark is on Turn on/off flashlight.

8.3.1) Turn on/off flashlight

Hold Volume down (screen off) → torch toggles. Hold again (screen still off) → torch off.

Best everyday pick. Does not need unlock. Still blocked in-pocket if the IR sensor is covered, which is what you want.

Different from Shake for flashlight (Smart Motion), which needs the screen on and Home/lock visible.

8.3.2) Record

Hold Volume down (screen off) → starts the system voice recorder (or the assigned Recorder app). Useful for lectures or a sudden note. You still have to stop recording in the app. First use may ask for mic permission after you unlock.

8.3.3) Open Facebook (uninstalled)

This row is a leftover. Facebook is not installed, so choosing it would fail or prompt you to install. Uninstall leftovers sometimes stay in this list until you pick another feature. Do not leave this selected.

8.3.4) Open app

Opens a picker (chevron). You choose any installed app (Camera, Notes, Wallet, Torch app, and so on). Hold Volume down (screen off) → that app launches. If the phone is locked, you usually land on the lock screen first, then the app after unlock — unless the app is allowed over lock (Camera often is; a messaging app usually is not).

Use this for one high-frequency app. Only one app can be bound here because only one feature can be selected at a time.

8.4) Quick action for Camera

Subtitle: When the screen is off, double-press the “Volume down” button to launch Camera.

Tap the row to open its own on/off (and any extra camera options).

This is a second Volume-down shortcut:

Gesture	Typical result
Press and hold Volume down	The feature in “Select feature” (torch in your screenshot)
Double-press Volume down	Camera

They can both be on: hold = torch, double-press = Camera. That matches how many vivo phones ship.

Double-press is easier to fire by accident in a bag than a long hold, but Camera-over-lock is the usual reason people enable it (quick photo without finding the Camera icon).

If this is off, double-press Volume down on a dark screen does nothing (or only wakes volume if media is playing).

8.5) When it will not run

Screen is on (use Control Centre or in-app keys).
Music / video / other media is playing (volume key stays volume).
IR / proximity sensor covered (pocket, desk face-down, thick case lip).
Master Quick action switch is off.
Selected app is uninstalled (the Facebook row).

9) Power button

9.1) Double-press the Power button

Pick one option. In the screenshot, Off is selected.

9.1.1) Open Access Card

Two quick presses of Power → Access Card (vivo’s card pack: transit cards, bank cards, some IDs, depending on region and what you added). Works from a dark or locked screen on many units so you can tap a gate without unlocking.

Use this if you tap transit daily and want the same habit as some other brands’ “double-click power for wallet.”

If Access Card is empty or not offered in your country, this option may still appear but open an onboarding screen.

9.1.2) Off

Double-press Power does nothing extra. It will not open cards or an app. Two presses close together still just wake/sleep like two single presses.

Safest if you bump the key often or use double-press Power on another device for Camera and would hit this by mistake.

There is no “double-press Power = Camera” on this list. Camera from keys is Quick action → double-press Volume down, not Power.

9.2)Press and hold the Power button

Pick one option. In the screenshot, Launch digital assistant is selected.

9.2.1) Launch power menu

Hold Power → the power menu (Power off, Restart, sometimes Emergency / screenshot / lock). This is the classic Android behaviour.

Choose this if you want a visible power-off screen from one key.

9.2.2) Launch digital assistant

Hold Power → the digital assistant (on global Origin OS 6 this is normally Gemini / Google Assistant, depending on what is set as the default assistant). The power-off screen does not appear from a hold.

That is why the footnote exists (see below): you still need another way to shut down.

9.3) Footnotes (always true on this page)

9.3.1) Power menu: Press the Power and Volume up buttons at the same time

Because hold-Power is assigned to the assistant, Power + Volume up is the official way to open the power-off / restart menu. Press both together, hold briefly, then tap Power off or Restart.

Memorise this if you keep “Launch digital assistant.” Otherwise a long-press never shows shutdown.

9.3.2) Prevent ringing: Press a volume button for the shortcut

While a call is ringing, a volume key silences the ringtone (or lowers it), so those keys are not stolen by other shortcuts in that moment. This line is a reminder, not a switch. Incoming-call mute via flip/palm is still under Smart Calling.

10) Easy Touch

10.1) What you get when it is on

A round (or styled) button appears on the screen. It usually:

Sits on the left or right edge and semi-hides when idle
Tap → opens a radial / grid menu (screenshot, lock, Home, notifications, apps you pinned)
Can also use double-tap, tap-and-hold, and sometimes a side-swipe for extra actions
Can be dragged around; it does not replace gesture navigation unless you map Home/Back to it

Official vivo copy: after it is on you can screenshot, open notifications, lock the screen, go Home, and edit that menu. Gestures on the Easy Touch button are configurable on builds that still show those rows.

10.2) How to use the button (after it is on)

Drag it to a comfortable edge (usually mid-right).
Tap once → menu.
Tap a tile (screenshot, Home, lock, an app).
If you assigned gestures: double-tap or hold the Easy Touch button for that action.
When idle, it shrinks to the edge; swipe it out to use it again.

It overlays every app, including the lock screen on some versions (lock shortcut still needs your PIN/fingerprint to unlock, but “lock now” can work immediately).

10.3) Easy Touch (master switch)

On in the screenshot.

On	Off
Floating button is shown. You can drag it, tap it, and use its menu/gestures.	Button disappears. Navigation goes back to gestures or the three buttons only.

Turn On if the power/volume keys are hard to reach, you use the phone one-handed, or you want screenshot / lock / Recents without gestures.

Turn Off if the Easy Touch button sits on content, games fight it, or you never tap it. It is not required for Smart sidebar, split-screen, or Quick action.

Games and full-screen video: the button often auto-fades; you can still pull it out from the edge. If a game records the button, hide it (switch Off) before recording.

10.4) Personalized skins

Shows “Default black” with a chevron.

This is the look of the button and, on many vivo builds, the doorway to the rest of Easy Touch options.

Tap it to:

Pick a skin (Default black, other colours, themed art, sometimes a transparent / edge-only style)
Apply the skin so the idle button matches the theme

vivo’s manual also puts these next to skins:

Extra control (if your skin page has it)	What it does
Idle visibility	How faded the button is when you are not using it
Customize menu	Add/remove/reorder shortcuts in the tap menu (screenshot, lock, Home, Recents, apps)
Tap / Double tap / Tap and hold	What a single tap, double tap, or long-press on the button does without opening the menu (e.g. double-tap = Home, hold = Recents)

“Default black” is the stock dark button. Changing skin is cosmetic unless you also edit the menu on that same screen.

Older OriginOS / Funtouch videos show the same idea: Settings → Easy Touch → enable → change skin, menu, and gestures.

10.5) Function settings

10.5.1) Customize menu

When Easy Touch is on, a tap on the button opens a small panel. That panel is built from two groups on this screen:

Add apps — installed apps
Add tools — system shortcuts (screenshot, torch, calculator, …)

The footer: Hold down and drag an icon to rearrange the menu. Order on this page is the order in the pop-up.

A red ⊖ means “already in the menu; tap to remove.” A + Add tile means “slot free; tap to pick something.”

10.5.1.1) Add apps

Apps you want to launch in one tap from Easy Touch, without going Home.

Currently in the menu

Tile	Red minus	Meaning
Messages	Yes	Tapping this in Easy Touch opens Messages
Albums	Yes	Opens the Gallery / Albums app
Add	Plus	Empty slot — tap to pick another app

Dashed empty squares are unused app slots. Fill them with + Add or leave them blank so the Easy Touch panel stays short.

Tap + Add → app picker → choose an app (WhatsApp, Chrome, Notes, Camera, …). It appears with a red minus.

Tap the red minus on Messages or Albums → that app drops out of Easy Touch. The app stays installed; only the shortcut is removed.

There is a practical limit (this layout shows two used + one add + six empty outlines). You do not need to fill every cell. A crowded Easy Touch menu is slower than Home.

Good app picks: chat, camera, notes, wallet, maps — things you open mid-task.
Poor picks: apps you already keep in the dock, or one-shot utilities that already exist under Add tools (calculator, flashlight).

10.5.1.2) Add tools

System actions, not third-party apps. These run immediately from Easy Touch.

Currently in the menu (all have red minus = removable)

Tool	What a tap does
Screenshots	Captures the current screen (same idea as Power + Volume down / three-finger swipe)
Screen recordings	Starts the system recorder (uses Super screenshot recording options if you set those)
Flashlight	Toggles the LED torch
Search	Opens system / global search
Easy Touch settings	Jumps back to Easy Touch settings (skins, this menu, gestures) so you can edit without hunting through Settings
Calculator	Opens the system calculator

+ Add under tools opens a list of more system tools that are not in the menu yet (typical vivo set: Home, Back, Recents, Lock screen, Notifications, mute, and similar — exact list varies by model).

Dashed circles are empty tool slots.

Tap a red minus → that tool leaves Easy Touch. You can add it again later with + Add.

Easy Touch settings inside the menu is optional. Keep it while you are still tuning; remove it later so a fat-finger tap does not dump you into Settings.

10.5.2) Tap

Current: Open menu

One short tap on the Easy Touch button.

Typical choices	Result
Open menu (selected)	Opens the Easy Touch menu panel. This is the default and the reason Easy Touch exists.
A single tool (Home, Back, screenshot, calculator, Search …)	That action runs immediately; the grid menu does not open.
None	Tap does nothing (the buttton is then only useful for drag + the other gestures).

Leave this on Open menu unless you want the Easy Touch button to be a one-purpose button (for example tap = screenshot only).

10.5.3) Double-tap

Current: None

Two quick taps on the Easy Touch button.

Current	Meaning
None	Double-tap is ignored. A slightly slow double-tap is treated as two single taps (menu opens twice if Tap = Open menu).

Common assignments: Primary screen / Home, Back, Lock, Screenshot.

Use double-tap for something you want without opening the menu. If Tap is already Open menu, double-tap = Home is the usual pairing (tap = tools, double-tap = leave the app).

10.5.4) Tap and hold

Current: Primary screen

Press the Easy Touch button and keep holding (no slide).

Primary screen = Home: hold the button → you leave the current app and land on the main Home screen (same idea as the Home button / home gesture).

Other typical picks: Recents, lock, screenshot, Open menu, None.

Hold is slower than tap, so it suits a “go Home” or “see Recents” action you do on purpose, not a tool you fire constantly.

10.5.5) Hold and slide sideways

Current: Back

Touch the Easy Touch button, keep holding, then drag left or right.

Back = one step back in the current app (same as the Back gesture / Back key). Direction (left vs right) usually does not matter; the slide itself is the trigger.

Good match: the button sits on the edge, you pull it inward or along the edge to go back without a navigation bar.

If this fights with dragging the button to a new position, use a clear sideways flick rather than a slow drag. A slow drag without a committed slide still moves the button.

10.5.6) Hold and slide down

Current: None

Hold the Easy Touch button, then drag down.

None = that motion only moves the button or is ignored as a shortcut.

Typical assignments: Notifications, Control Centre, lock screen, screenshot, Recents.

None is reasonable: a downward slide is easy to do by accident when you are just repositioning the button lower on the screen.

10.5.7)Hold and slide up

Current: None

Hold the Easy Touch button, then drag up.

Same idea as slide down. Common picks: Recents, Home, notifications.

None avoids clashing with dragging the button upward to park it.

10.6) Display effects

10.6.1) Idle visibility (opacity)

50% in the screenshot.

How solid the Easy touch button is when you are not touching it.

Toward 0%	50% (current)	Toward 100%
Almost invisible when idle; easy to lose; less on-screen clutter	Compromise: findable, not loud	Always obvious; sits on video and games

Opacity applies to the idle button. While you drag it or open the menu, it is typically drawn fully visible so you can aim.

If Auto-hide is also on, opacity only matters in the moments the button is still on screen. After it hides, opacity does not apply until it comes back.

vivo’s manual describes this as idle visibility under Easy Touch display styles.

10.6.2) Auto hide in full screen

Subtitle: Slide down from the top of the screen to unhide it.

When an app is in full screen (immersive video, many games, some readers — status bar hidden), the Easy touch buttondisappears so it does not sit on the picture.

On	Off
Easy touch button hides in full-screen apps	Easy touch button stays visible on top of movies and games

To bring it back (per the subtitle): slide down from the top of the screen — the same kind of motion as opening notifications / Control Centre. The Easy touch button reappears; you can then tap it.

Use On for watching and playing. Use Off if you rely on Easy Touch during full-screen video (screenshot, lock) and do not want the extra swipe.

This is not the same as “hide after 3 seconds.” A full-screen YouTube player can hide the Easy touch button immediately even if you just used it.

10.6.3) Auto-hide after 3s of idle time

If you have not touched the Easy touch button for about three seconds, it retracts to the edge (or fades off the edge), leaving a thin hint or nothing, depending on skin.

On	Off
Unused Easy touch button tucks away after ~3 s	Easy touch button stays at 50% (or whatever opacity) in the last place you left it

Pull it out from the edge (or tap the remnant) when you need it again.

On keeps Home and articles clean. Off is better while you are still learning the gestures, or if you use tap/hold/slide many times in a row and hate fishing the Easy touch button off the edge every few seconds.

Both auto-hide switches can be on together:

Normal apps: hide after 3 s of no use
Full-screen apps: hide at once; swipe down from the top to restore

10.7) Restore defaults

Tap the row → confirm → Easy Touch display (and often gesture / menu) settings snap back to factory.

Expect something like:

Idle visibility back to the stock value
Auto-hide switches back to default on/off
On many builds, Tap / double-tap / slides and sometimes Customize menu also reset

Use it if the Easy touch button is invisible, always in the way, or gestures feel “wrong” after experiments. It does not uninstall Easy Touch; the master switch stays as you left it.

11) One-handed

11.1) What one-handed / mini screen does

The full interface scales down into a smaller window aligned to the bottom-left or bottom-right. Your thumb can reach the top status bar, app title, and far-corner controls on a tall phone. Tap outside the mini screen (or use the same gesture again, depending on build) to go back to full size.

This is not:

Easy Touch (floating puck)
Smart sidebar
One-handed keyboard (that is in the keyboard / input settings)
Split-screen or small window apps

11.2) Access mini screen by gesture

Off in the screenshot.

On	Off
The in-then-out edge gesture shrinks the display to the mini screen	That gesture does nothing extra; edge swipes stay Back / sidebar only

This is the only setting on the page. There is no extra slider here for mini-screen size or left vs right — the side you gesture from usually chooses the corner (left edge → mini screen toward the left; right edge → toward the right). Size, if adjustable, is done on the mini screen itself (drag a handle) on some models.

Turn On if the phone is large and you often operate it with one thumb.

Leave Off if:

You already trigger Back or Smart sidebar from the same edges and would open mini screen by mistake
You use a case that makes edge swipes sloppy
You never need the shrunk UI

11.3) How to use it after the switch is on

Enable Access mini screen by gesture.
Swipe in from an edge, then back out.
Work inside the small pane (notifications, top tabs, address bar).
Exit: tap the dimmed area around the mini screen, swipe again, or use the handle on the mini screen if one is shown.

Keyboard, fingerprint, and Power still work. Apps do not have to “support” mini screen; the system scales the whole display.

12) Motion prompts

12.1) What Motion prompts does

In a car, bus, or similar, the cabin moves but the phone UI stays still. That mismatch can cause motion sickness. Origin OS draws dots along the sides of the display and shifts them forward when you accelerate and backward when you brake, so the screen contains a motion signal that matches the vehicle. vivo has described this as easing motion sickness by a large margin in its own tests.

Grey note on the page: Screen-side dots move with the vehicle to ease motion sickness. Battery usage and device temperature may rise while active.

The sensors (accelerometer / IMU) stay busy while the effect is on, so heat and drain can go up. That is why Don’t display is the sensible default when you are not riding.

12.2) Display mode (pick one)

12.2.1) Auto-display

The system turns the dots on when it thinks you are in a moving vehicle and off when you are not.

Use when	Avoid when
You sometimes read in a car and forget this page	The phone already false-detects “driving” (walking, train, shaky desk) and you do not want surprise dots

Detection is motion-based, not GPS-only. Walking hard or a bumpy ride on foot can theoretically trigger it. If dots appear while you are not in a vehicle, switch to Don’t display.

12.2.2) Always display

Dots stay on whenever the screen is on, until you change this setting.

Use when	Avoid when
You are a passenger for a long trip and want the cue the whole time	Everyday use at a desk — constant animation, extra battery and heat

“Always” does not mean AOD / screen off. No screen = no dots.

12.2.3) Don’t display

Selected in the screenshot.

Dots never show. Sensors are not kept in the “draw motion cues” path. Lowest battery and heat impact.

Use this as the daily setting. Switch to Auto or Always only for a journey.

12.3) Custom display

Subtitle: Real-time preview of the dot display effect when Motion prompts is on.

Open this to preview and tune how the dots look before you ride:

Style / density of the side dots
How strong or fast they shift with acceleration
A live preview so you can see the effect without being in a car

If Don’t display is selected, Custom display is still useful: set the look once, then flip to Auto or Always when you travel.

12.3.1) Dot color

Green selected (ring around the green swatch).

Seven presets, left to right:

Swatch	Typical use
Black	Low contrast on dark UIs; easy to miss on dark video
Red	High attention; can feel urgent or clash with alerts
Orange	Warm, visible on many wallpapers
Yellow	Bright on dark themes; harsh on light pages
Green (selected)	Medium contrast; less “warning” than red
Blue	Calm; can disappear on blue maps / cold wallpapers
Purple	Distinct from most app chrome

Color is cosmetic and practical: the dots only help if your eyes notice them in peripheral vision without staring at them.

Light apps / daylight: darker dots (black, blue, purple) read better.
Dark video / night: lighter dots (yellow, orange, green) read better.
If red makes you tense, don’t use red.

There is no custom hex picker on this screen — only these seven.

12.3.2) Dot size

Slider at Small (left end).

How large each individual dot is.

Toward Small (current)	Toward Large
Thin specks; less cover over text and video	Easier to catch in the corner of your eye; more occlusion

Small is right if you want the cue without covering chat bubbles or subtitles.
Large is right if Small dots vanish on a busy page or you sit far from the phone (e.g. phone in a cup holder while you glance).

Size does not change how far the dots travel when the car speeds up or brakes. Travel is tied to acceleration; this slider is only diameter.

12.3.3) Dot count

Slider near the middle (between Low and High).

How many dots are drawn along the screen edges.

Toward Low	Middle (current)	Toward High
A few dots; quieter UI; weaker motion field	Balance	Dense column; stronger “the screen is moving too” signal; busier look

Motion-sickness research (and vivo’s own pitch) is about giving the eyes a flow that matches the vehicle. More dots = a clearer flow, but also more clutter on the page you are actually reading.

If the mid setting still feels sparse on a tall phone, nudge toward High. If you can see the pattern immediately, you do not need High.

Count is independent of size: Small + High = many tiny dots; Large + Low = a few big ones.

12.4) How to use it on a trip

Before you sit in the passenger seat, set Auto-display or Always display.
Optionally open Custom display and confirm you can live with the dots.
Read or watch as usual; the dots sit on the left/right (and similar) and slide with accel/brake.
When you get out, set Don’t display again so the phone is not animating at a desk.

Driver use is a bad idea if the dots pull your eyes off the road. This feature is aimed at passengers looking at the phone.

12.5) Side effects

Slightly higher battery use and warmth while active (as the page warns).
Dots overlay content; they are meant to be peripheral, but they are still on-screen chrome.
Not a cure-all: looking out the window still helps more than any UI trick.
Unrelated to Motion Prompts vs Smart Motion naming — Smart Motion is wake/call/flashlight; this page is only the vehicle dots.

13) Simple Mode

Simple Mode is the “easier phone” skin: bigger icons and type, a short Home list, louder rings. It is aimed at people who find the full Origin OS Home crowded. You can leave it later from Settings inside Simple Mode.

13.1) The two previews (choose one)

This is a radio choice. Only one style is used when you enter Simple Mode. In the screenshot, New version is selected.

13.1.1) New version

Home still looks like a modern Origin phone, but simplified:

Larger icons and fonts
Fewer, clearer shortcuts
Clock / weather still at the top
Layout is closer to the normal Home, just roomier

Caption under the phones (applies especially to this option):

The new version of Simple Mode will simplify the home screen layout, enlarge icons and fonts, turn on Ring mode by default, amplify the ringtone and notification volume, and more.

So besides the look, New version also:

Change	Why
Simpler Home	Fewer icons per page, less hunting
Larger icons and fonts	Easier to see and tap
Ring mode on	Not silent / vibrate-only by surprise
Louder ringtone and notification volume	Calls and alerts are harder to miss

“And more” on vivo builds often includes larger buttons in Settings and a short app list rather than a full dense grid. Third-party apps may not all scale; some banks still use their own type size.

13.1.2) Classic

Old-style Simple Mode: big coloured tiles (Phone, Messages, Contacts, Albums, Camera, Manager) on a dark grid — the “large tile / senior phone” look, closer to older Funtouch / Windows Phone-style simple launchers.

New version	Classic
Still “looks like this phone,” just bigger and quieter	Clearly a different, tile-based launcher
Keeps clock/weather chrome	Huge labelled tiles
Easier if the user already knows Origin Home	Easier if the user wants maximum size and only a handful of apps

Pick Classic if the goal is maximum contrast and the fewest decisions. Pick New version if you want them to recognise the same clock and icon style as the rest of the family.

The three-dot menu (top right) is overflow for this page (help or extra options). It is not a third layout.

13.2) What happens when you actually enter Simple Mode

Choosing New vs Classic on this screen does not switch yet. You still confirm Enter Simple Mode (wording varies). Then:

Home becomes the chosen layout
Icons and system text get larger
New version also forces audible ring + higher alert volume (per the caption)
Many extra Home customizations (dense widgets, drawer tricks) are hidden or limited
Phone, Messages, Contacts, Camera stay front and centre

Exit: open Settings from Simple Mode and choose Exit simple mode / Exit simple view. The phone returns to the normal Origin Home. Apps and accounts are not wiped

14) Accessibility

14.1) Vision

14.1.1) TalkBack

Google’s screen reader. When on, the phone speaks what has focus. Gestures change: one tap highlights, double-tap activates, swipe moves to the next item. Needed if you cannot see the screen well enough to tap icons.

Off (now)	On
Normal taps	Explore-by-touch + speech

Turn it on only if you need a reader. Accidental on is confusing (every tap talks; you must double-tap to open). To turn it off later: volume keys together, or the same Accessibility shortcut you set, or ask someone to open this row. The sub-page has TalkBack settings, tutorial, and the shortcut (usually Volume up + down).

14.1.1.1) TalkBack (master switch)

Off in the screenshot.

Off	On
Phone behaves normally	Screen reader on: speech, new gestures, focus box

Do not turn this on to experiment unless you already know how to turn it off. After it is on, every accidental tap talks and nothing opens until you double-tap.

To turn it off after it is on (also printed at the bottom of this screen):

Settings → this TalkBack page. The TalkBack switch will have an outline.
Double-tap the switch.
On Stop, double-tap again.

Other off methods (if you enabled them):

Hold Volume up + Volume down (TalkBack shortcut, next row)
Accessibility button, if you added one

Voice, language, and speed are not on this switch. They are under Accessibility → Text-to-speech output and More TalkBack settings.

14.1.1.2) TalkBack shortcut

Lets you toggle TalkBack with a hardware or on-screen shortcut without opening Settings — usually press and hold Volume up and Volume down together, or the accessibility button.

Off	On
Only this Settings page (and any other shortcut you set elsewhere) can toggle TalkBack	Volume-key chord (or the shortcut you confirm on the next sheet) turns TalkBack on or off

On is strongly recommended before you enable TalkBack, so you can panic-off if the UI becomes unmanageable.
Off avoids turning TalkBack on by squeezing the phone in a bag. If you leave this off, practise the double-tap “Stop” path first.

The first time you turn the shortcut on, Android shows a confirmation and may ask which shortcut to use.

14.1.1.3) TalkBack watermark

A small on-screen mark (often a tiny TalkBack / accessibility hint near the edge) that shows TalkBack is running.

On	Off
Visible reminder that the reader is active	No extra badge

Useful if someone else picks up the phone and wonders why taps do not open apps. Cosmetic only; speech still works if this is off.

14.1.1.4) More TalkBack settings

Opens the full TalkBack app settings. Typical groups:

Area	What you set
Speech	Verbosity (how much is spoken), punctuation, keyboard echo
Voice / TTS	Engine, rate, pitch (overlaps Text-to-speech output)
Gestures	What one-finger / two-finger swipes and taps do
Focus	Whether focus follows typing, highlight style
Braille	Braille display, if you use one
Audio	Duck other audio while speaking, speaker vs headset
Tutorial	Practice gestures

Change those only after TalkBack is on and you can navigate by double-tap — or change them now while TalkBack is still off, then enable the master switch.

14.1.1.5) App info

Standard Android App info for the TalkBack package (Android Accessibility Suite / TalkBack):

Force stop, storage, permissions
Notifications
Open by default
Version

Use this if TalkBack is stuck, needs an update from Play Store, or you must stop the process. It is not where you set speech rate.

14.1.1.6) Printed help on the page

How to use TalkBack

Swipe right or left — move to the next / previous item
Double-tap — activate the focused item
Drag 2 fingers — scroll (one finger is reserved for explore-by-touch)

Also standard (not printed here): tap once to hear what is under your finger; two-finger tap often pauses speech; L-shaped or assigned gestures open the TalkBack menu.

How to turn off TalkBack

Same as above: outline on Use TalkBack / the switch → double-tap → double-tap Stop.

14.1.2) Select to Speak

14.1.2.1) Select to Speak shortcut

This is the real enable switch for everyday use. It assigns a way to start and stop Select to Speak without opening Settings.

Typical shortcut choices (Android asks when you turn this on):

Shortcut	How you start speaking
Accessibility button	Tap the small person / accessibility icon on the edge or navigation bar
Hold both volume keys	Press Volume up + Volume down together
Triple-tap screen (if offered)	Three taps to start

Off (now)	On
Select to Speak is not ready from the Home screen; you would have to start it from this page or another accessibility entry	Shortcut appears; tap it, then tap content to hear it

Turn On if you want to hear articles, settings labels, or image descriptions. Leave Off if you do not use spoken feedback.

This is not the TalkBack shortcut. You can have both off, one on, or both on. If both use volume keys, Android will make you pick or will share the accessibility button instead.

14.1.2.2) More Select to Speak settings

Opens the feature’s own options.

Common items:

Change speech rate, pitch, and engine under Accessibility → Text-to-speech output. This sub-page is behaviour; TTS is the voice.
Change Reading voice
Read in background
Read text on images

14.1.2.3) App info

Android App info for Select to Speak (part of Android Accessibility Suite):

Force stop, storage, permissions
Notifications
Version / update

Use it if the reader crashes or never speaks. It is not where you pick the shortcut.

14.1.2.4) How to use Select to Speak (printed on the page)

After the shortcut is on:

Start Select to Speak (accessibility button or volume shortcut).
Then:

Action	Result
Tap a specific item (text or image)	That item is read or described
Drag a finger across the screen	Selects several items and reads them
Tap Play	Reads everything on the screen
Point Camera at text and select it	Reads text seen by the camera

Use the on-screen play / pause / stop (and back/forward if shown) to control speech.
Stop the session with Stop or by tapping the shortcut again.

You still tap buttons normally to navigate. Only the Select to Speak session uses “tap to hear.”

14.1.2.5) Select to Speak vs TalkBack

	Select to Speak	TalkBack
When it talks	Only after you start a session and tap/play	Always, on every focus change
How you open apps	Normal single tap	Double-tap
Best for	“Read this paragraph / this label”	Using the phone without looking
Risk if turned on by mistake	Low	High (whole UI changes)

Use Select to Speak if you can see the screen but want text spoken. Use TalkBack if you need full spoken navigation.

14.1.3) Text-to-speech output

14.1.3.1) Preferred engine

14.1.3.1.1) Preferred engine

Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google (gear icon).

The TTS engine is the software that turns text into audio.

What you have	Meaning
Speech Recognition and Synthesis from Google	Google’s engine (voices downloaded per language). Default on most Origin OS / Android phones.

Tap the row or the gear to:

Open that engine’s own settings (install / delete voices, voice quality, reset)
Switch engine if another is installed (Samsung TTS, eSpeak, a vendor engine — rarely present on vivo)

If speech is silent, robotic, or the wrong accent, the engine or its downloaded voice pack is usually the cause. Open the gear → install the language pack you need (for example English UK English US, Hindi).

Only one engine is “preferred.” Apps that request TTS use this one unless they bundle their own voice.

14.1.3.2) Language

Use system language.

Which language the engine tries to speak.

Use system language (current)	A specific language
Follows the phone’s Settings → language	Always speak that TTS language, even if the UI is another language

Tap the row to pick:

Use system language — best default
A listed language (English, French, and others the engine supports)

Mismatch example: phone UI in English, TTS set to another language → TalkBack and Select to Speak may pronounce English words with the wrong voice or skip words.

For mixed-language pages, Google TTS often auto-detects if the right voice packs are installed; still set this to the language you hear most.

14.1.3.2) General

Speech rate

Slider left of centre (slower than default mid, not minimum).

How fast the voice talks.

Toward the left	Mid	Toward the right
Slower, easier to parse	Stock speed	Faster; good after you know the voice

This applies to TalkBack and Select to Speak. Some apps have their own speed; many still respect this slider.

If TalkBack feels rushed, move left. If you are used to the reader, move right so spoken menus do not drag.

Pitch

Slider slightly left of centre.

How high or low the voice sounds.

Toward the left	Mid	Toward the right
Lower / deeper	Engine default	Higher

Pitch does not change language or speed. Use it only for comfort or to tell TTS apart from other system sounds. Extreme left or right can sound unnatural and harder to understand.

14.1.4) Extra dim

Extra dim is a software overlay. The backlight/OLED is already at hardware minimum; Extra dim then darkens the image further. It is not Dark theme (which changes colours) and not the normal brightness bar.

14.1.4.1) Make screen extra dim

Master switch for the overlay.

Off (now)	On
Brightness stops at the normal minimum	Screen goes darker than that minimum

Turn On only when the slider is already at the bottom and the panel still feels bright (bed, cinema, pitch-dark room).

Turn Off in any normal light or text and icons look greyed-out and “broken.” Extra dim stays on until you switch it off here or with the shortcut — it does not follow sunrise.

This Origin OS page does not show an Intensity slider. Strength is whatever vivo set as the extra-dim step. If you need finer control, use Dark theme plus a low brightness slider first; then add Extra dim only if that is still too bright.

14.1.4.2) Extra dim shortcut

Lets you toggle Extra dim without opening this page.

When you turn it On, Android/Origin OS asks which shortcut to use, typically:

Shortcut	Action
Quick Settings tile	Swipe to Control Centre → tap Extra dim
Accessibility button	Tap the accessibility icon on the edge / nav bar
Volume up + Volume down (hold)	Hardware toggle — only if TalkBack / Select to Speak are not already using that combo

Off (now)	On
Only this Settings page turns Extra dim on or off	Shortcut can toggle the overlay anytime

On if you dim only at night and want one tap. Off if you rarely use it and do not want another tile or volume-key conflict.

The shortcut does not change how dark Extra dim is. It only starts and stops Make screen extra dim.

14.1.4.3) Footer (when to use it)

Printed on the page:

Your phone’s default minimum brightness is still too bright.
You’re using your phone in dark situations, like at night or in a dark room before going to bed.

Those are the only intended cases. Not for outdoors, not for saving battery in daylight (the overlay can even look worse and you may crank other settings to compensate).

14.1.5) Magnification

14.1.5.1) Magnification shortcut

This is what turns magnification on and off in daily use. There is no separate “enable magnification” master switch on this screen. Without a shortcut, the other options have nothing to fire.

When you turn it On, you choose a trigger, typically:

Shortcut	How you start zoom
Accessibility button	Tap the accessibility icon
Triple-tap the screen	Three taps to start / stop
Hold Volume up + Volume down	Hardware chord (conflicts with TalkBack / Extra dim if those already use it)

Off (now)	On
Magnification is not available from the Home screen	Shortcut starts and stops zoom

Turn On only if you will use zoom. Leave Off if a triple-tap would fight other gestures.

14.1.5.2) Magnification type

Switch between full and partial screen (chevron).

Opens a choice of how the zoom looks:

Type	What you see
Full screen	The entire display scales up. Two fingers pan; pinch changes zoom. Matches the “To zoom in” help at the bottom.
Partial screen	A magnifier window floats over the normal UI. Drag the window; the rest of the screen stays 1×.
Switch between full and partial (label on this row)	You can change type after starting zoom (often via the magnifier toolbar).

Pick partial to read one line without losing the rest of the page. Pick full to examine a whole settings screen. You can leave this on “switch between…” if you want both.

14.1.5.3) Magnify while typing

Subtitle: Magnifier follows text as you type.

When zoom is active and the keyboard is up, the magnified area tracks the cursor so the letters you type stay in view.

On	Off
Zoom window / full zoom follows the insertion point	You must pan yourself while typing

Keep On if you zoom to fill forms. Turn Off if the follow-cam jumps too much.

This only matters after magnification is running. It does not auto-zoom whenever you type.

14.1.5.4) Keep on while switching apps

Subtitle: Magnifier stays on and zooms out when you switch apps.

On	Off
Leave an app → zoom remains armed; it typically zooms out to 1× in the new app so you are not lost, then you tap to zoom again	Switching apps cancels magnification; you must use the shortcut again

On is convenient if you hop between Messages and Chrome while reading small type. Off if you only wanted zoom in one app and do not want the next app to start in “magnification session” mode.

14.1.5.5) Printed how-to (not settings)

To zoom in (stay zoomed)

Use the shortcut to start magnification.
Tap the screen (zoom in).
Drag two fingers to pan.
Pinch two fingers to change zoom level.
Use the shortcut again to stop.

To zoom in temporarily (full screen type only)

Magnification type must be full screen.
Use the shortcut to start.
Touch and hold anywhere.
Drag one finger to pan.
Lift the finger — zoom ends.

Temporary hold is for a quick peek. Persistent zoom is tap + two-finger pan.

14.1.6) Color and motion explained

14.1.6.1) Color correction

Opens a sub-page to apply a colour-vision filter so similar colours separate better.

Typical options on that page:

Mode	Who it is for
Off	Normal colour
Deuteranomaly	Green-weak (most common red–green issue)
Protanomaly	Red-weak
Tritanomaly	Blue–yellow
Grey scale / intensity sliders (if shown)	Reduce or flatten colour

When a mode is on, the whole screen is remapped (icons, photos, video). Photos will look “wrong” to someone with typical colour vision; that is the point of the filter.

Use it if you mix up reds and greens on maps, charts, or game HUDs. Turn it Off for photography and colour-accurate work.

The row stays “Off” until you pick a correction mode on the sub-page. Many builds also offer a shortcut there so you can toggle the filter without opening Settings.

14.1.6.2) Color inversion

Opens a sub-page to invert colours: light backgrounds become dark, dark text becomes light, and hues flip (blue ↔ yellow, and so on).

Off	On
Normal colours	Negative-style screen

This is not Dark theme. Dark theme redraws apps with designed dark palettes. Inversion is a raw pixel invert, so:

Photos and videos look like negatives
Brand colours are wrong
Some already-dark apps become blindingly light

Use inversion only if Dark theme is not enough and you need maximum polarity for reading. Prefer Settings → Display → Dark theme for night use.

The sub-page may include a shortcut and “invert while keeping media normal” on some Androids; if yours has that, keep media un-inverted so camera and gallery stay usable.

14.1.6.3) Remove animations

A switch on this page (no chevron).

Off (now)	On
Origin OS motion plays (app open, page transitions, springs)	Those animations are shortened or removed

This is Android’s “remove animations” accessibility option. It cuts duration of window and view animations so the UI jumps instead of sliding. That can:

Help if motion makes you nauseous
Make a slow phone feel snappier
Make the system feel abrupt or “broken” if you like Origin OS’s spring animations

It does not stop:

Video and games
Motion prompts (vehicle dots)
Always-On / lock-screen effects that are not standard view animation

Turn On for vestibular sensitivity or to shave a bit of jank. Turn Off to keep Origin OS 6’s intended motion.

Related but different: developer options “Animator duration scale” (0.5× / off) is the power-user version of the same idea.

14.1.7) Increase contrast

Subtitle: Improve content visibility by increasing the contrast of screen elements.

Boosts separation between text, buttons, and backgrounds (stronger outlines, less faint grey-on-grey). System apps follow it best; some store apps ignore it.

On	Off
Higher-contrast controls and type	Default Origin OS styling

Turn On if labels disappear into the wallpaper or light-grey text is hard to read. It is not a full high-contrast theme and not the same as bold font (that is under Display → font).

14.1.8) Underlined hyperlinks

Subtitle: Add underlines to hyperlinked texts.

Links in supported apps show an underline, not colour alone. Helps if you cannot rely on blue vs black.

On	Off
Links are underlined	Links use colour / weight only

Web pages and apps that already underline links will not look worse. Apps that never mark links still will not.

14.2) Hearing block

14.2.1) Sound Notifications

The phone listens for real-world sounds (doorbell, smoke alarm, baby cry, appliance beep — the list is on that page) and alerts you with flash, vibration, or a notification when it hears one.

Use it if you might miss alarms in another room. It needs microphone access and uses extra battery while scanning. Turn the individual sound types on only for what you care about, or it will ping often.

This is not “notification sound on/off.” That is still Sound & vibration.

14.2.2) Mono audio

Subtitle: Combine channels when playing audio.

Stereo sends different sound to left and right. Mono mixes both channels into each ear / speaker.

Off (now)	On
Normal stereo	Left and right content both play on both sides

Turn On if:

You wear only one earbud
One ear hears much less than the other
You sit on one side of a pillow speaker

Turn Off for music and films where stereo placement matters.

Calls may still follow the phone’s call routing; the subtitle on Audio balance notes calls are treated separately there.

14.2.3) Audio balance

Slider, centred.

Subtitle: Balance left and right audio channels (except call audio). Shifting the balance away from the center reduces the volume on one channel.

Slider	Effect
Centre (now)	Left and right equally loud
Toward Left	Right gets quieter
Toward Right	Left gets quieter

Use it when one ear or one bud is weaker: slide toward the weaker side so that side stays louder relative to the other.

Except call audio means in-call earpiece / telephony often ignores this slider so a call does not go quiet in one ear by accident. Media, games, and most Bluetooth stereo still follow the slider.

This is a balance control, not a master volume. Overall loudness is still the volume keys.

14.2.4) Hearing aids

Shows “Bluetooth off.”

Sub-page to pair and manage AHAs / Bluetooth hearing aids (including many Hearing Aid Audio support profiles).

“Bluetooth off” means the radio is off, so the phone cannot see aids right now. Turn Bluetooth on, then use this page to:

Pair compatible hearing aids
Set them as the audio output
Use hearing-aid-specific controls if the model supports Android’s hearing aid protocol

Normal Bluetooth earbuds are usually picked under Bluetooth / output switcher, not this row. This row is for devices that present as hearing aids.

14.2.5) Live Caption

Automatically captions media playing on the phone (YouTube, files, many apps). A caption box appears over the video; you can drag it.

Typical sub-options: on/off, hide or show profanity, caption size, whether to caption always or via a volume-key shortcut.

Needs language packs / Google components and works best on clear speech. It captions the phone’s playback, not people talking in the room (that is Live Transcribe).

14.2.6) Caption preferences

System-wide style for captions (Live Caption, app captions, videos that use Android’s caption renderer):

Text size
Text and background colour
Opacity
Language, if offered

“Off” here usually means you have not turned on a preferred caption style / language pack, or captions are not forced on. Open the row to set appearance so captions stay readable on bright video.

App-specific captions (Netflix, YouTube in-app) may still use that app’s own look.

14.2.7) Live Transcribe

Sub-page. Opens Live Transcribe: the microphone listens to speech in the room and types it on screen in near real time.

Use it for conversations, announcements, or a lecture when you cannot hear clearly. It is not the same as Live Caption (which reads media already playing).

Typical extras: languages, offline vs online speech, sound labels (laughter, applause), text size. It uses the mic the whole time it is open and may need a network for some languages.

14.3) Interaction control

14.3.1) Switch Access

Android’s switch system: you control the phone with one or more external switches (buttons, sip-and-puff, keyboard keys, or on-screen switches) instead of pointing at every control.

When it is on, the UI highlights items in sequence (or you move the highlight). Activating the switch selects the highlighted item.

Off (now)	On
Normal touch	Scan / point with switches

The sub-page covers: assign switches, auto-scan vs manual scan, scanning speed, talkback-style spoken feedback.

Turn this on only if you actually use a switch device. Like TalkBack, it changes how the whole phone is driven. Configure the shortcut on that page before enabling so you can turn it off.

14.3.2) Timing controls

Sub-page for how long the system waits on time-based UI.

14.3.2.1) Tap & touch delay

Short (default).

Subtitle: After “Medium” or “Long” is selected, the screen responds slower when you tap it.

How long the system waits after a finger-down before it commits to “this was a tap” (and fires the tap).

Short (default)	Medium / Long
Taps feel instant	A brief pause before the tap registers

Use Medium or Long if a light brush is often taken as a tap (tremor, thick case, using a knuckle). The UI will feel slightly laggy on purpose.

Leave Short for normal use. Games and fast typing feel worse on Medium/Long.

14.3.2.2) Long press & hold delay

Subtitle: After “Medium” or “Long” is selected, the screen responds slower when you tap and hold it.

How long you must keep your finger down before a long-press starts (app shortcuts on Home, text selection handles, “drag this icon”).

Short (now)	Medium / Long
Home shortcuts and select-text appear sooner	You must hold longer; accidental long-presses drop

Use Long if icon menus pop up when you only meant to open the app. Use Short if you want shortcuts quickly.

This is independent of Tap & touch delay: one is “when does a tap fire,” the other is “when does a hold fire.”

14.3.2.3) Time to take action (Accessibility timeout)

How long temporary UI stays visible: permission chips, “undo” bars, some toasts, accessibility prompts, and other “act now” banners that Android marks with the accessibility timeout.

Default	Longer values (on the sub-page)
Stock few seconds	Banner stays longer so you can reach it

Use a longer timeout if messages vanish before you can tap them. Use Default if banners lingering annoys you.

This does not stretch video ads, OTP timers inside apps, or alarm snooze unless those apps honour the accessibility timeout (many do not).

14.3.2.4) Autoclick (dwell timing)

For a mouse or other pointer: if you leave the cursor still over a control, the phone clicks for you after a dwell time.

Off (now)	On
You must click the mouse / tap	Hover long enough → automatic click

The sub-page sets how many seconds to hover. Meant for people who can move a pointer but cannot press a button easily (often with Switch Access or a head mouse).

Leave Off unless you use an external pointer and need dwell-click. On a touch-only phone it does nothing useful and can fire clicks if a mouse is connected.

14.3.2.1) Ignore repeated touches

Subtitle: Set a time period during which multiple taps count as one.

After a tap is accepted, further taps inside that window are ignored.

Off (now)	On (with a time window)
Every tap counts	Double/triple taps in that window become one tap

Use it for tremor or bounce: one intentional tap does not become three app opens. The cost is that a real double-tap (keyboard, maps zoom, double-tap wake) may be eaten if the window is long.

Leave Off if you rely on double-tap gestures (Easy Touch double-tap, photos zoom, double-tap Power, and so on).

This does not change game timing or video.

14.3.3) System controls

Power button ends call

While you are in a call, pressing the Power key hangs up instead of only turning the screen off.

Off (now)	On
Power during a call sleeps the display; the call stays connected	Power during a call ends the call

On if it is hard to find the on-screen End button (large phone, one hand, gloves).
Off if you press Power to pocket the phone mid-call and do not want to cut people off.

This does not change:

Ending a call with the red button
Bluetooth / headset hang-up
What a long-press Power does (assistant vs power menu — that is Shortcuts → Power button)
What Power does when you are not in a call (still wake/sleep)

A short press is what hangs up when this is on. You can still hold Power for the action you set on the Power button page.

Auto-rotate screen

Allows the UI to rotate when you turn the phone (portrait ↔ landscape), using the accelerometer.

Off (now)	On
Screen stays in the current orientation until you rotate it from Control Centre / Display	Apps that support landscape rotate when you tilt the phone

Why it sits under Accessibility: some people need rotation locked so content does not spin while they lie on a side or use a mount; others need rotation on because a locked portrait UI is harder to use with a physical keyboard or overlay.

This is the same idea as the Control Centre Auto-rotate / Portrait tile. Changing it here or there usually updates both.

It does not force every app into landscape. Games, video, and camera follow their own rules; many Home screens stay portrait anyway.

This is not Easy Touch and not the normal three-button nav settings (those live under system navigation). It is the accessibility control surface.

14.3.4) External device cursor

Subtitle: Adjust cursor size, color, and outline.

For a mouse, trackpad, or other pointer connected over Bluetooth / USB.

The sub-page typically lets you set:

Option	Why
Cursor size	Larger pointer on a high-res screen
Colour	Contrast against wallpapers
Outline / stroke	Extra ring so the pointer does not vanish on white pages

No mouse connected → changing these still saves for the next time you plug one in. Touch use is unchanged.

This is not Magnification (that zooms content). It only restyles the pointer.

14.3.5) Accessibility Menu

A large on-screen panel of big buttons: Power, Volume, Screenshots, Quick Settings, notifications, Lock, and sometimes Google / extra shortcuts.

When the menu is enabled, you open it with the accessibility button or a chosen shortcut, then tap those large targets instead of tiny status-bar icons or hardware keys.

Off (now)	On
No extra overlay menu	Shortcut opens the large-button menu

Useful if hardware keys are hard to press or status-bar targets are too small. It overlaps a bit with Easy Touch, but this menu is the Google accessibility panel (high-contrast, large hit areas), not vivo’s customizable puck.

Turn the shortcut on from this row before you rely on it.

15) AI Captions

15.1) Home screen shortcut

Puts an AI Captions icon / widget entry on Home so you can start captions without opening this page.

Off (now)	On
Start captions from Settings, a system tile, or in-app entry if the phone offers one	Home shortcut to turn the overlay on

Turn On if you caption meetings often. Leave Off if you do not want another Home icon.

This row sits under the “Enable AI Captions” heading; it is the launcher for the feature, not a global “captions always on for every video” switch. You still start a session when you need it (or via whatever tile Origin OS adds).

15.2) Caption language

Two linked pickers:

Picker	Your value	Role
Recognize original language	Auto-detect	Language the AI listens for
Translation display language	English	Language the subtitles are written in

Flow: audio → recognise speech in the source language → show text in the display language.

Auto-detect is right when clips change language. Pick a fixed source if Auto-detect keeps guessing wrong.
English as display language means you read English even if the speaker is using another language (when translation is supported).
If source and display are the same (e.g. both English), you get a transcript, not a translation.

Language quality depends on vivo’s AI pack and whether that pair is supported offline or needs a network. Auto-detect can lag a second at the start of a clip.

15.3) Bilingual display

Subtitle: Display bilingual subtitles when the source language and the displayed translated language are different.

Off (now)	On
One line: the display language only	Two lines: original + translation, when they differ

Turn On to learn or to check the translation. Turn Off for a cleaner overlay on small screens.

If source and display are the same language, bilingual has nothing extra to show.

15.4) Caption text size

Standard (slider mid).

How large the subtitle type is.

Small	Standard (now)	Large
Less cover over the video	Default	Easier to read; covers more of the picture

This is only the AI Captions overlay. YouTube’s own captions and Accessibility → Caption preferences are separate.

15.5) Caption background transparency

About 70% (slider right of centre).

How see-through the bar behind the words is.

Toward 5%	Toward 100%
Solid dark bar; max contrast	Almost no bar; video shows through; words can wash out

Your preview bar is a dark pill; this slider is that pill’s opacity. Mid–high (as now) is readable on both bright and dark video. Go toward 5% if text disappears on a white scene; toward 100% if the bar hides too much of a film.

15.6) Save recognized audio simultaneously

Subtitle: When you save caption content to Notes, microphone audio and caption audio of meeting, Phone, social media, and other apps will also be saved. Plus View details.

Off (now)	On
Saving captions to Notes stores the text (typical)	Saving also keeps the audio that was recognised (mic + in-app / call audio, per the subtitle)

Turn On only if you want a recording plus transcript in Notes. That has privacy and storage costs: meetings, Phone, and social apps are named explicitly.

View details is the legal / scope note (what is stored, which apps). Read it before enabling.

This is not a system-wide call recorder. It applies when you save caption content to Notes.

15.7) How this differs from other caption tools

Tool	What it captions
AI Captions (this page)	Video / meeting / call with vivo AI, optional translation
Live Caption (Accessibility → Hearing)	Media playing on the phone (Google)
Live Transcribe	People talking in the room, full-screen text
Caption preferences	Look of system/Google captions

16) Voice isolation

16.1) How each app row works

Tap a row to pick that app’s mode. Labels on the right are the current mode.

Typical choices (names may vary slightly when you open the row):

Mode	Meaning
Close / Off	Voice isolation stays off in that app
Always on	Isolation is on whenever that app uses the mic on speaker / stream
Control via Floating button	A small on-screen button appears during the call/stream so you can turn isolation on or off live

Only apps vivo has plugged into this API appear here. Other messengers keep their own noise-reduction.

16.2) Apps on the screenshot

16.2.1) Phone

The system Phone app (cellular / SIM calls).

Close (now)	Always on / floating
Normal uplink on speaker	Isolation when you use speaker or wired/BT hands-free, depending on implementation

Close is reasonable if you already sit in a quiet room or use a headset with its own mic. Turn isolation on if you take speaker calls in traffic or a kitchen.

Does not change Bluetooth headset mics that process audio themselves; those often bypass this.

16.2.2) WhatsApp

WhatsApp voice/video calls.

Same modes. WhatsApp also has its own noise suppression; stacking both can make you sound thin or “in a tunnel.” Try Close first; use isolation only if the other person still hears a fan or street.

16.2.3) Telegram

Telegram voice/video. Same trade-off as WhatsApp.

16.2.4) Meet

Control via Floating button.

Google Meet. During a meeting a floating control appears so you can switch isolation when someone walks in, then switch it off if it starts clipping your voice.

Best default for Meet: rooms change, you want a live toggle rather than always-on.

16.2.5) Zoom

Always on.

Zoom meetings / streams always get isolation when this path applies.

Good for a consistently noisy desk. If colleagues say you sound gated or robotic, open the row and change to Close or Floating button.

16.3) When isolation helps vs hurts

Helps	Hurts
Fan, traffic, café behind you	Quiet room (can thin your voice)
Speakerphone on a table	Headset already doing NR
Live stream with room echo	Music / several people talking (it may treat others as “noise”)
Privacy: less of the room is sent	You walk while talking; the algorithm chases you

“Better privacy” in the caption means less of the environment is transmitted, not encryption. Encryption is still the app’s.

17) Face beauty for video call

17.1) What the feature does

When a listed app is On and you are in a video call on that app, Origin OS applies a face-smoothing / beauty layer to the outgoing camera image before the app sends it.

Typical effect (same family as vivo camera beauty): softer skin, milder blemishes. Strength is usually a system default; this page has no intensity slider.

It applies to what the other person sees, not to a local preview filter you add inside the app. The other person cannot turn it off on their side.

Official path matches vivo’s manual: enable Face beauty for video call, then pick apps.

17.2) WhatsApp

Off (now)	On
WhatsApp video calls send the camera as the app + WhatsApp’s own tools see it	System beauty is applied on WhatsApp video calls

WhatsApp may also have its own beauty / low-light tools. If both run, faces can look over-smoothed. Try one or the other.

Voice-only WhatsApp calls are unaffected (no video).

17.3) Phone

The system Phone app’s video call (carrier / Jio / whatever video-call path that app uses on this unit — not WhatsApp).

Off (now)	On
Video calls from Phone send an unbeautified system camera feed	Beauty applied on those video calls

If you never video-call from the Phone app, this switch does nothing useful. Audio calls are unchanged.

17.4) When it will not run

The app is Off on this list
The app is not listed (Telegram, Zoom, Meet, Instagram — unless they appear on your model)
You are using the rear camera (beauty is a front-camera / face feature)
The app uses its own camera pipeline in a way that bypasses the system effect
You are recording a story / in-app camera, not a video call

Camera → video recording beauty is a different setting inside Camera.

18) Flash notifications

Incoming calls

When a phone call arrives and the screen is off, the rear flash blinks.

On (now)	Off
Missed-visual: flash pulses for an incoming call in a quiet / dark room	Flash stays off; you rely on ringtone, vibration, and the screen waking

Use On if you miss rings (phone face-down, hearing-off, noisy room but you can see a blink).
Use Off if the flash would disturb others (bedroom, cinema) or you often leave the phone camera-up on a glass table.

This is calls only on your screenshot. vivo’s manual also mentions a Messages switch on some regions/models; it is not on this page, so SMS/WhatsApp will not blink the flash unless another build adds that row.

19) Task timer

This page is a scheduler for system modes: power the phone on or off, force vibrate, or force airplane at set times. It is not the Clock app’s timers/alarms and not a focus mode.

You want each item on Origin OS 6 → Shortcuts & accessibility → Task timer explained. This page is a scheduler for system modes: power the phone on or off, force vibrate, or force airplane at set times. It is not the Clock app’s timers/alarms and not a focus mode.

All three toggles are Off. The times under them are last-configured windows, waiting to run only when you turn that row on.

19.1) Scheduled power on/off

Opens clocks for:

Action	Typical use
Power off at a time	Phone shuts down at night
Power on at a time	Phone boots itself in the morning
Repeat (once / daily / weekdays)	Same schedule every day

The phone must have enough battery to boot unattended. Power-off here is a full shutdown, not sleep. Alarms that need the OS running will not ring while the phone is off, unless you only use power on before the alarm time.

Use it for a hard “dead phone at 23:00, alive at 07:00” routine. Do not use it if you rely on overnight alarms, Find My, or downloads.

19.2) Scheduled vibration mode

Subtitle: 9:00 AM–12:00 PM Only once

When On, for that window the phone is forced into vibration (ringer suppressed; vibrate on). After the window it returns to whatever Sound mode you had.

Your saved window	9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, only once
Meaning	Would run on the next matching morning, then not repeat

Tap the row to edit start, end, and repeat (once / daily / custom days), then turn the switch On.

Use it for a meeting or exam block. It is not Do Not Disturb (notifications can still arrive silently). DND / Focus is a different settings page if you also want to hide banners.

19.3) Scheduled airplane mode

Subtitle: 11:00 PM–7:00 AM Every day

When On, the phone turns airplane mode on at the start time and off at the end time, every day with this schedule.

Your saved window	11:00 PM – 7:00 AM, every day
Effect if you enable it	Radios off overnight; back on at 7:00 AM

Airplane mode cuts cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth unless you manually re-enable Wi-Fi/BT after it engages (behaviour can vary slightly by build). Calls, SMS, and mobile data will not work in the window.

Use it for sleep without a full power-off (alarms still work). Do not use it if you need overnight calls or smart-home connections that require the radio.

The times are already filled in; only the switch is off, so nothing happens until you turn it On.

19.4) Countdown vibration

Subtitle: Set vibration on for a period

A one-shot timer: you choose a duration (for example 45 minutes). When you turn it On / start it, the phone stays in vibration mode until the countdown ends, then restores the previous sound mode.

Unlike Scheduled vibration mode, this is not tied to the clock (“from 9 to 12”). It is “from now, for N minutes.”

Use it when a meeting starts now and you do not want to build a calendar schedule. Turn it off early if the meeting ends first.

20) Mistouch prevention

Pocket mistouch prevention

Subtitle: Protect your phone from accidental touches when it’s in a pocket or bag.

The phone uses the proximity / IR sensor, sometimes plus the accelerometer, to guess “in a dark enclosed space, often vertical.” Then it:

Ignores taps, swipes, and often accidental Power / wake-related touches
May show the mistouch screen instead of opening apps
Stops pocket-dial, pocket-TalkBack, and random Easy Touch / gesture wakes

On (now)	Off
Pocket/bag touches are blocked until you swipe to exit	Every tap counts, even against fabric

On is the usual default and what you want if the phone lives in a pocket.

Off if:

The sensor is blocked by a case lip or film and the phone falsely enters mistouch mode on a desk
You use the phone under a blanket or in a pouch on purpose and cannot swipe out
A thick cover makes proximity think the phone is always “in a pocket”

How to get out when it triggers

Take the phone out so the top sensor is uncovered.
Swipe in the designated area (as the caption says).
If it will not dismiss: uncover the earpiece / IR sensor, wait a second, swipe again. Power still wakes the panel; the shield may still be there until the swipe.

Do not cover the top bezel while you try to swipe — the phone will think it is still in the bag.

Practical picks

Daily pocket carry: leave On.
Phone never leaves a desk / stand: Off is fine and avoids false locks.
False triggers with a case: check that the case does not cover the top sensor; if it still false-triggers, Off or a different case.

Official vivo manuals list pocket mistouch prevention as the setting that stops accidental touches in a pocket or backpack. Your switch is that feature.