The Android back button and why we cling to redundant features Our tech is filled with buttons and functions that are no longer needed, but we're not always ready to give them up.

The back button has been a steadfast feature of Android devices since the smartphone operating system debuted. But it looks like if Google ’s current plans for the next Android update go through ...

While it might take long-time Android users a while to adjust to life without a back button, a larger immediate challenge might be that app developers regularly use swiping from the sides to open ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google is testing new tweaks to Android’s gesture-based navigation interface that could see the company drop the operating system’s dedicated back button from Android Q, according to XDA Developers.

At Google I/O, Google made it known that it’s building an all-new gestural navigation for Android 10 Q, one that ditches the buttons and makes swiping in from either edge of the phone act as a ...