Android 16 brings predictive back navigation support to three-button navigation and new APIs to help developers enable predictive back system animations.

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.

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 ...

If you've upgraded your Pixel to Android 16 already, you may be having the same problem as me: inconsistent back button performance. As frustrating as this is, there is a fix on the way, and it's ...

Android 16's broken back gesture is finally getting patched Google reached out to Android Police co-founder Artem Russakovskii, confirming that the company has already fixed the bug affecting the ...

The Pixel "pill" sits at the bottom of the home screen on every Google Pixel smartphone running Android 9 Pie right this minute. This little object allows the user to navigate throughout the ...

The folks at XDA have been playing with a super early build of Android Q in recent weeks and discovered that the navigation gesture system may ditch the back button in favor of a gesture.

Many Facebook users are complaining about why their back button on Android phones is not working. Facebook, the social media giant, has stirred the pot with its recent alteration to the "back ...

Starting with Android 7.1, Google has added a so-called "panic button" behavior in its mobile operating system, so users can immediately shut down any app they suspect of being infected with malware.

If you've updated to the new Gmail app for Android, you'll see there's a lot to love about it. One little quirk however is that the delete button is gone from the toolbar, leaving you only with ...

But Steve Jobs wanted it to have two; he felt they’d need a back button for navigation. Chaudhri argued that it was all about generating trust and predictability.