Correct, but it being adaptive is. I have my screen timeout set for 5 minutes. If it's adaptive, when I set my phone down it will recognize that I'm no longer using it and turn off the screen before it gets to 5 minutes.
If you use smart launcher. It has a feature called Smart display off. Basically, whenever you place it on a flat surface it turns off the display. Sounds similar to that.
Me rereading the title because i thought they added a feature that ive been using since android exists basically and my lego mindstorms EV3 brick has...