Google Now takes up one of the preset home screens, and it also can be accessed by long-pressing the home button. This model runs Android KitKat 4.4.4, and navigation among the three set home screens, and among icons and apps, is seamless. The Android experience on the second-generation Moto X is similar to the original. On the Laptop Mag Audio Test, the Moto X measured 86 decibels, which is better than the One M8 and the category average (80 dB) and much louder than the Galaxy S5 (73 dB). When I moved the Moto X a little farther away from me, however, it nearly erased that scratchiness. When I blasted the song at the maximum volume, however, the entire track sounded a bit scratchy when I had the smartphone close to me. With the volume at about 65 percent, the speakers played Marc Anthony's "Vivir Mi Vida" with robust vocals, powerful horns and bouncy percussions, although I found the background vocals to be slightly washed out. The Moto X's front-facing speakers deliver surprisingly powerful, clear sound. That's much dimmer than the 353-nit smartphone average, and lower than the Galaxy S5 (373 nits), the One M8 (402) and the ultrabright iPhone 6 (559). Unfortunately, the Moto X doesn't have the brightest screen, averaging only 268 nits in our testing. While that's better than the category average (4.9), the One M8 (5.8) and the iPhone 6 (3.0), the Galaxy S5 (0.9) has the Moto X beat. The Moto X didn't perform as well on color accuracy, measuring 2.5 on the Delta-E test (a score of 0 is perfect). Those who prefer more natural-looking colors might want a rating closer to 100 percent. That's higher than the Galaxy S5 (158 percent), the One M8 (116.1 percent) and the iPhone 6 (94.9 percent). Using our colorimeter, the screen displayed 164.7 percent of the sRGB color gamut. Like the Galaxy S5, the Moto X tends to produce saturated hues.
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