A breakdown of some early Android Q code suggests that the back button might not be present. Instead, the "pill" icon will be your one-stop shop.

Android’s back button might be going away entirely. ... Android Q may change the back button to a gesture. Here we go again. Here we go again. by Dieter Bohn. Feb 18, 2019, 10:53 PM UTC ...

In the meantime, if you have one of the devices already capable of running Android Q, going back to the classic 3-button system – or the 2 button system of Android Pie – is easy enough.

We don't yet know when the next Android 16 update will arrive, but the best guess is sometime next month alongside the July security patch — meaning users might wait another two ...

Android is phasing out its traditional triple-button navigation system for a more iPhone-like gesture control approach. But we're now in a time of transition—which means you're likely to have a ...

For 3-button, you can swap the Back button from one side to the other. For gestures, you can choose from two layouts, decide if you want the gesture hint bar to show, adjust sensitivity, and more.

It’s been a few months since I started using Android’s take on gesture navigation, having enabled it on my Pixel 2 XL smartphone as a beta feature back in May. Now that the feature is out of ...

Android Pie's gesture controls can feel clunky at times with its mix of newer concepts with legacy holdovers. However, Google might just restore some consistency. XDA has discovered that an early ...

Android 16 Beta 1 has a secret. The three button navigation option comes with a predictive back gesture animation to let ...

I recently upgraded to an iPhone XS Max (and spent way too much doing so), and much to my surprise, I don't miss the home button like I thought I would. It hasn't taken long to get used to system ...

And this isn’t just a Pixel issue, either. All Android partners, including Samsung, OPPO, HMD Global (Nokia), Xiaomi, LG, and Motorola, have adopted Android 12’s new gesture-based method for selecting ...