2ayozr2022 16:22 ‘All the Sensors in Your Smartphone, and How They Work GIZMODO | seer cutue sep sheate = HOME LATEST TECH NEWS REVIEWS SCIENCE EARTHER 109 All the Sensors in Your Smartphone, and How They Work By David Nds820 038 | one 8 e0e000 Image: IFbxit hitpsgizmodo.com/alne-sensors-in-your-smartphone-and-how-hey-work-1797 121002 462ayozr2022 16:22 {All the Sensors in Your Smartphone, and How They Work Your smartphone is a remarkable feat of engineering. It’s half a dozen or more gadgets packed into a single slab, and many of its coolest feats are accomplished with a wide range of sensors—but what are they and what do they all actually do? ADVERTISEMENT How does your phone count your steps and replace your fitness tracker? Does GPS use up your data? Which sensors should you make sure are in your next handset? Here's all you need to know. Accelerometer ‘Snapchat knows if you're moving because of your phone's accelerometer. Screenshot: Snapchat ‘nips:fglamodo,convall-she-sensors-n-your-smartphone-and-howthey-vork-1797121002 262ayozr2022 16:22 {All the Sensors in Your Smartphone, and How They Work Related Stories + How to Not Waste Data When Using Your Phone as a Hotspot + Faitly OddParents! New Paramount+ Series Promises Plenty of Live-Action Mayhem + Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites Production Workers Have Filed to Unionize Accelerometers handle axis-based motion sensing and can be found in fitness trackers as well as phones—they’re the reason why your smartphone can track your steps even if you haven't bought a separate wearable. They also tell the phone's software which way the handset is pointing, something that’s becoming increasingly important with the arrival of augmented reality apps. | Save 10% Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6GHz CPU See for yourself the power of overclocking ‘nips:fglamodo,convall-she-sensors-n-your-smartphone-and-howthey-work-1797 121002 362evon022 16:22 ‘Altho Sensors in Your Smartphone, and How Thoy Work This processor has a 3.6GHz clock speed, with boosts up to 5.0GHz, and reviewers seem to be very impressed with its performance. As the name kind of gives away, accelerometers measure acceleration. That means the map inside Snapchat can put a cute toy car around your bitmoji when you're driving, and a host of other actually useful applications can be enabled too ‘The sensor is itself made up of other sensors, including microscopic erystal structures that become stressed due to accelerative forces. The accelerometer then interprets the voltage coming from the crystals to figure out how fast your phone is moving and which direction it’s pointing in. ADVERTISEMEN. From switching apps from portrait to landscape, to showing your current speed in a driving app, the accelerometer is one of your phon most important sensors. Gyroscope hitpsgizmodo.com/althe-sensors-in-your-smartphone-and-how-they-work-1797 121002 4n62ayozr2022 16:22 David Niels 1307 979m {ikisja.comvim-thatoneguy3) “Gyroscopes aren't exclusive to phones. They're used in altimeters inside aircraft to determine altitude” I think you mean “attitude”, Altitude ig elevation and attitude is the roll and piteh of the Show all 6 replies plane. Gyros tell you orientation. Barometric pressure and gps tells vou altitude. hitpsgizmodo.com/althe-sensors-in-your-smartphone-and-how-they-work-1797 121002 1816