The HTC U11 supports a number of gestures that can be used when the display is off.

• Double tap to wake up & sleep – pick up the phone in portrait and double-tap to wake, do it again to sleep
• Swipe up to unlock – pick up the phone in portrait and swipe up to unlock
• Swipe left to go to Home screen – pick up the phone in portrait and swipe left to go directly Home
• Swipe right to launch Blinkfeed – the same thing, but swipe right to go directly to Blinkfeed
• Swipe down twice to open Camera – pick up the phone in portrait and swipe down twice to launch the camera

To enable Motion Launch gestures:

1. Go to Settings > Display & gestures
2. Tap Motion Launch gestures
3. Select the Motion Launch gestures you want