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No the Nexus 6 has Ambient Display. Active Display which I believe has been renamed Moto Display is Motorola's version, which actually shipped on the 2013 version of the Moto X. They have made some slight tweaks to it over the year(s), but it is largely the same. Google when playing with the Nexus 6, I guess decided it would be a neat idea to have an Active Display of sorts for their phone since it uses an AMOLED screen. Google, then made their version of it and pushed it onto the N6.
This is surprising. I was weighing coming back to Moto since my 5X's Active Display acts this way.
Are you using the Moto Display app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.motodisplay&hl=en
I'm not. They still have the screen wake upon sensing movement or light changes/motion. It still shows active notification icons, clock, etc. They still have the handfree mode where you wave over it and control it without touch. All standard Moto features.
You can see in the screenshots, these are the apps that give you the features.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.motodisplay&hl=en_US&gl=US
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.actions
Are you refering to screen dimming/no blue light at night?
On my G6 on 8.0, The Moto app has that option under MotoDisplay.
If you don't have that, there are a bunch of apps on the app store that do it.
I think it's from "Moto Display" app update:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motorola.motodisplay&hl=en&gl=US
At around $150, the Moto E (2020) is the least expensive phone you can buy that you won’t regret, thanks to surprisingly good performance, a huge display, a fingerprint sensor, and solid build quality. It’s the same Android OS that you get on the more expensive Moto G Power with useful extras like Moto Actions gestures and Peek Display notification management. This phone has a light, durable plastic design, but it uses a slow-charging Micro-USB port rather than USB-C, and the camera is barely usable in low light.
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The Moto E (2020) is the best phone available right now for those on a strict budget. Priced around $150, the Moto E has acceptable performance, good software, and surprisingly solid build quality. Its 6.2-inch LCD offers a lot of viewable area without making the phone too wide and uncomfortable to hold. The Moto E also has a fingerprint sensor, which is unusual for such an inexpensive device.
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Most budget phones ship with slow, cluttered software so the manufacturers can make a little more money from app makers, but the Moto E has the same software as the Moto G Power. This version of Android is mostly free of extra cruft but adds a few nice extras like Peek Display notification management and Moto Actions gestures. While the software that ships on the phone is good, don’t expect much update support. The phone will get security updates every several months for the first year, but Moto isn’t promising Android 11.
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The Moto E is fast enough in daily use and more powerful than what you get in most ultra-budget phones. The Snapdragon 632 eight-core processor is a few years old, and because there’s just 2 GB of RAM, only a few apps will stay alive in the background at once. This makes multitasking slower, since more apps will have to restart when you return to them. You get only 32 GB of storage, but there’s a microSD card slot for expansion. Naturally, there’s no NFC support in this phone, which means no contactless payments.
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The Moto E has a 6.2-inch 720p (1520×720) LCD that’s sharp enough as long as you don’t look too closely or compare it side-by-side with a 1080p screen like that on the Nokia 6.2. Bright outdoor light will wash out the screen, too. It’s still readable, but it’s not pleasant to use. The screen has a 19:9 ratio with bezels that are almost as slim as on other good phones, but there’s a larger “chin” at the bottom. The phone isn’t oversize or difficult to hold in spite of its large display. The Moto E has a glossy plastic back that looks and feels almost as good as glass, but it is more slippery than you’d expect from plastic.
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With the lower-resolution screen, the 3,550 mAh battery on the Moto E can run multiple days on a charge even with heavy use. However, it charges using an old Micro-USB port and supports only 5 W charging speeds, so it takes at least a few hours to reach a full charge. More expensive phones have all moved to USB-C ports, which are more convenient and at least twice as fast at charging.
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The Moto E has a single 13-megapixel camera on the back that’s usable but not great. It’s slow to focus and slow to capture, and photos are just okay in daytime conditions. If your subject isn’t moving, you can get some nice photos, but in low light you don’t get many usable shots. Although a secondary depth sensor is available on the back, it doesn’t provide any clear benefits. The performance still isn’t bad, considering the phone’s price.