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Enable or Disable Automatic Screen Rotation on Nexus 6P

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, I'm going to demonstrate how to turn on or off "Auto-rotate" on the Nexus 6P. "Auto-rotate" allows to change the screen orientation automatically when you turn the device around. Let's say you are in bed and you are viewing your phone in a weird angle and you want to maintain the portrait position.

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What you can do is go back to the portrait position
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Then, swipe down the screen with your two fingers
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This is going to reveal the "Auto-rotate" button.

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If you tap on "Auto-rotate", the button will change to "Portrait"
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Now, rotate the phone by a right angle
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It's no longer going to automatically rotate the displayed content.

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If you want to re-enable the automatic rotation, swipe down from the top
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Tap on "Portrait"
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You will go back to "Auto-rotate".

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Turn the phone by the right angle
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The displayed content will rotate as well.
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This has been a video tutorial on how to turn off and turn on the automatic rotation feature on the Nexus 6P. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them in the space below. Thanks for watching VisiHow!