Xamarin.Essentials provides developers with cross-platform APIs for their mobile applications. On this week's Essential API of the week we take a look at [Accelerometer](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials-accelerometer), which enables you monitor the device's accelerometer sensor, which indicates the acceleration of the device in three-dimensional space.

Show Notes:

*   [Xamarin.Essentials Documentation](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials)
*   [Xamarin.Essentials Getting Started Documentation](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials-getstarted)
*   [Accelerometer Documentation](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials-accelerometer)
*   [Source Code: Tilt Maze](https://developer.xamarin.com/samples/xamarin-forms/Sensors/TiltMaze/)
*   [Source Code](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials-app)
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