The Alert Slider, which has been on most OnePlus telephones (it disappeared for the OnePlus 10T) for the final decade, permits you to rapidly change between regular, mute, and vibrate-only modes. Lau says the slider is “an enormous piece of {hardware} simply to change sound profiles,” and {that a} “smarter, customizable button” may allow “a extra personalised expertise.” The change might be “for the higher,” he provides later.
Lau doesn’t say what telephones the button will seem on or when. He does name out that the button will nonetheless let individuals change sound profiles with out waking their telephone — one thing he says was non-negotiable — and guarantees the button will work nicely for each energy customers and people who “desire simplicity.”
Provided that, it’s simple to think about OnePlus doing one thing just like the Motion Button Apple launched within the iPhone 15 Professional. The Motion Button has a number of pre-set choices tied to a long-press, like silencing your telephone or turning on the flashlight, however can even run complicated iOS Shortcut automations, which I nerdily take pleasure in.