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Nokia XR20

Nokia / HMD · catalog updated 2026-10-21

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Nokia / HMD
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Android phone · released 2021-07 · last update Android 14
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Nokia XR20

Rugged. Has a programmable emergency key and a Google Assistant key; the Assistant key can only be switched off, not mapped to an app.

Gestures on the Nokia XR20

Briefly press the programmable emergency key (top left)

DocumentedInput: Extra key

Requires: Nokia XR20

Set it up

  1. Settings
  2. System
  3. Gestures
  4. Programmable emergency key
  5. Change sound profile
  6. Pick the option that opens an app
  7. Quick signal: key

Each brief press opens the app, so presses can be counted one by one. "Change sound profile" is the default brief-press action; tap it to change it. Press and hold is set separately (default: Dial emergency contacts). HMD's guide says only "select from the available options" and that the key can "open apps"; the exact label of the app option is not documented. Nokiamob reports the key can launch any installed app.

Sources

Press and hold the programmable emergency key (top left)

DocumentedInput: Extra key

Requires: Nokia XR20

Set it up

  1. Settings
  2. System
  3. Gestures
  4. Programmable emergency key
  5. Dial emergency contacts
  6. Pick the option that opens an app
  7. Quick signal: key

One hold opens the app, so one event means one hold. "Dial emergency contacts" is the default hold action (it calls your emergency contacts and texts them your location); mapping the hold to our app replaces it. HMD's guide says only "select from the available options" and that the key can "open apps"; the exact label of the app option is not documented.

Sources

Plus what the app offers on every Android phone: In-app button, Widget, Quick Settings tile, Shake, Volume keys, Voice phrase. How to set those up

Recommended presets

  • Shake ×3Sends a signal

    Three sharp shakes within 2.5 s: hard to do by accident, easy to do without looking.

    Shake ×3, 0.15–1 s apart · whole gesture within 2.5 s

  • Widget ×2Sends a signal

    Two taps on the home-screen widget within 3 s; a single accidental tap does nothing.

    Widget ×2, 0.1–3 s apart · whole gesture within 3 s

  • Emergency key ×3Sends a signal

    Three brief presses of the XR20's programmable emergency key within a few seconds; each press is one event, so a stray single press does nothing.

    Extra key ×3, 0.15–2 s apart · whole gesture within 6 s

Gestures are set up in the phone settings as shown, then combined into a trigger recipe in the app, where practice mode shows step by step whether a gesture would trigger.