While gesture-based navigation is the more fluid and intuitive solution for interfacing with phones and tablets, I have a soft spot for Android's traditional three-button navigation setup. The ...

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Android XR will support several input methods, with Google even building a “Gesture navigation” system that uses the familiar 3-button layout. When you bring up your hand, a circle housed in a ...

A persistent back gesture bug affecting Pixel phones since the Android 15 update (around three months ago) is finally getting a fix in an upcoming update. The bug primarily affects right-to-left swipe ...

Android 16 Beta 1 has a predictive back animation for three-button navigation. Pressing and holding the back button will show a preview of the previous app or screen. You can slide your finger off of ...

Samsung may switch to gesture navigation as the default in One UI 8.5, moving away from its long-standing use of the three-button layout. While users can still revert to the classic setup, this change ...

That said, a bug in Android 15 is impacting how the swipe-back gesture works on Pixel 8 Pro devices. It can be quite frustrating, as it prevents users from going back to sections within an app, ...

New findings reveal that Samsung’s upcoming One UI 8.5 update for Galaxy devices will likely make it easier to use gesture navigation on a new device, something Samsung is years behind the rest of the ...

Back in 2011, Google made a tough call, making one of the biggest changes to Android over the years. Until then, devices running the mobile operating system had come with a distinctive set of hardware ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. I’ve been going about my days, assuming that nearly all Android users are now using gesture navigation. I ...