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
- Go to Settings > Display & gestures
- Tap Motion Launch gestures
- Select the Motion Launch gestures you want