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A driver for ASUS trackpads, makes sure that your ASUS laptop continues to work

A driver for ASUS trackpads, makes sure that your ASUS laptop continues to work

Vote: (5 votes)

Program license: Free

Developer: Asus

Version: 4.0.12

Works under: Windows

Vote:

Program license

(5 votes)

Free

Developer

Version

Asus

4.0.12

Works under:

Windows

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Restores touchpad geatures

Cons

  • None

Asus Smart Gesture is an app to correct and enhance laptop touchpad and other gestures.

Windows 10 introduced many improvements for users, and this included more sophisticated gesture support. A gesture is a movement on touchpad or with a mouse or other input device that initiates an action. You could, for instance, have a particular application load when you make a Z movement or have your music player move to the next song when you move diagonally to the write.

Asus had already provided such support for its laptops, but when Windows 10 was released, it broke that support. This was not an issue for Asus Windows 10 laptops, but if you had an Asus Windows 8.1 laptop that could update to Windows 10, once you updated, gestures would break. Not only would gestures break, but control via the touchpad would be unsmooth.

Asus quickly released a driver update, and you have the option of downloading that driver independently and installing it. This program, which is freeware, contains that driver. This is just to make the update easier on the average person. Asus Smart Gesture also provides easy access to a number of gesture-related settings so that a person can calibrate his or her user experience in one go.

The four tabs are General Gesture, Edge Gesture, Touchpad Button and Mouse Detection. General Gesture provides access to general gesture settings. Edge Gesture lets you enable or disable the edge gestures—which are activated by swiping to a particular edge. The three edge gestures that can be enabled/disabled are Toggle Charm bar, Toggle Menu Bar and Switch running applications. Touchpad Button lets you calibrate the touchpad button and set behavior, and mouse detection has settings to ensure that your mouse is being detecting by Windows appropriately.

At the bottom of the dialog are four additional options. Set all default lets you enforce the default configuration. OK applies your settings and the driver and then closes the app. Cancel undoes any changes you have made. Apply applies your settings and the driver without closing the app. Once you have clicked OK or Apply, you will have a smooth and responsive touchpad that supports two-finger scroll, tap to right click and much more.

There are no negatives of which to write. The program does quite well what Asus set out to do and makes life easier on Asus customers. Be mindful that this is an Asus-specific and in particular a product-specific application. If you do not own an Asus laptop to which this utility applies, then it will not do anything for you in terms of making touchpad gestures more responsive.

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Restores touchpad geatures

Cons

  • None