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How to Launch Google Assistant by Tapping the Back of Your Android Device

Android devices include a few options for launching Google Assistant. Some can be squeezed, others have physical buttons, and there are screen gestures

By Student MattersPublished 5 years ago 2 min read
Source: google.com

It’s also possible to launch by tapping the back of your device. Here’s how to do it.

First, in order to do this, you’ll need an app called “Tap, Tap.” It’s not available to download from the Google Play Store, but it can be easily sideloaded on any Android 7.0+ device. Before we proceed, follow our guide for getting Tap, Tap installed and ready to go.

RELATED: How to Perform Actions by Tapping the Back of Your Android Phone

Now that you have Tap, Tap set up, we can configure the Google Assistant gesture. Open the app and select either “Double Tap Actions” or “Triple Tap Actions.” For this guide, we’ll use Double Tap.

Next, select the “Add Action” button at the bottom of the screen.

From the “Launch” category, tap “Launch Assistant.” This will launch the default assistant app. For the majority of people, that will be Google Assistant.

The assistant will now launch when you tap the back of the device. Next, we can add requirements that need to be met in order for the gesture to run. For example, you can set it so that the gesture will only run when the display is on. Tap “Add Requirement.”

Select one of the requirements from the list.

That’s it! Now you can launch Google Assistant by simply tapping the back of your device.

How to disable users from changing proxy settings in Windows 10

Windows 10 comes with several advanced features for managing or customizing different aspects of the operating system. Similarly, it comes with support for advanced options for the networking settings.

One of them is Proxy configuration, which comes in handy for the users in terms of privacy, speed, and traffic monitoring. It is an important factor in browsing anonymously as instead of requesting data directly, it passes through the proxy server, helping users to hide the public network address.

There are several other reasons for using the proxy server. So, if you want to disable changing proxy settings for the users, you can do so in Windows 10. This can come in handy when you have configured your proxy settings in the system and don’t want the users to change them.

So, in this step-by-step guide, we will show you how to disable the proxy changing feature in Windows 10 which is available in the Settings app.

How to disable users from changing proxy settings in Windows 10

Disable users from changing proxy settings

Step 1: Open Local Group Policy Editor on your computer. For this, click on the Start menu and search for “gpedit.msc” and select the first app from the search results.

Step 2: Now, in the Local Group Policy Editor, go to the following location:

User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Internet Explorer

Step 3: On the right side pane, double-click on the “Prevent changing proxy settings” policy to modify it.

Step 4: In the new window that opens, select the “Enabled” option and click OK button.

How to disable users from changing proxy settings in Windows 10

Once you complete the steps, the proxy settings available in the Settings application on your Windows 10 computer and through the Internet Options will no longer be available for the users.

Do note that it just blocks users from changing the settings, this means that if there’s a previously set up custom proxy configuration, it will still be available, and users won’t be able to change it.

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