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we've given you some fun things to try on the Galaxy s5 and on the one I made so why not give you some for one of 2013's most memorable smartphones I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and here are three fun things to do on your Moto X the Moto X is still one of the most unlikely flagships its specs aren't terribly impressive its small budget a standards and its software looks mostly stock but if you dig just beneath the surface there are a lot of really cool features on the Moto X here are three of those features the first feature is extremely simple and seems a little strange at first if you pick up the Moto X and twist it twice like you would turn a screwdriver it will launch the camera you can do this from standby or from within any application it takes some getting used to at first but once you figure out the motion that works best for you you'll be flicking your wrist every time you want to launch the camera another awesome feature on the Moto X is trusted devices if you secure your device with a pin password or pattern lock it can get annoying constantly having to re-enter it you could sacrifice some security by extending the password we prompt time limit or you could use trusted devices if you connect a Bluetooth device to your phone regularly and want to disable your device security when you're connected to it add it as a trusted device for instance if you connect a pebble to your Moto X as a trusted device the only time your phone will lock is if your pebble dies or if you walk out of Bluetooth range and the pebble disconnects from the Moto X when they disconnect the security will be re-enabled automatically you can do this with your car stereo bluetooth bluetooth headphones or any Bluetooth device you want finally motorola assist this is one of the hidden gems of the Moto X there are four different ways Motorola Assist can help you when you're driving and a meeting when you're sleeping or when you're at home using one of the Moto X is contextual computing course it can detect when you're driving and begin playing music and speak calls and texts to you you can then speak to the Moto X and tell it how you want to handle incoming messages or calls based on your calendar entries it can also determine whether you're in a meeting or not it will silence your phone for the duration of the meeting and it can auto respond to text messages with a custom message when you're sleeping motorola sis works similarly to the mini do-not-disturb features out there you can sign with all incoming notifications between set times you can tell it to allow a ringer for favourites or when someone calls twice finally the newest addition to assist is a home set your home location and motorola assist like when you're in the car will read text messages aloud and tell you who is calling it's a very helpful feature when your hands are tied up washing dishes or playing video games do you have some favorite features on the Moto X tell us about them in the comments below folks thanks for watching if you enjoyed this video be sure to let us know and to help us out by clicking the thumbs up button below and subscribe to our Channel be sure to follow us in all the usual places twitter facebook and google+ at pocket now I'm Taylor Martin you can find me on twitter at casper tech and i will see you next time that's it