Unlock your screen if prompted. Place your fingertip gently anywhere on the Android home screen. Swipe your finger in a straight downward line to pull down the notification bar.

Accessing the new Quick Settings panel in Android 16 won’t require swiping down with two fingers, after all.

Google has pushed the Android Q Beta 5 with a feature that many stock Android owners wanted for a looong time - pull-down gesture for the notification bar.

One feature that was removed in Android 14, but went largely unnoticed, is the long-press notification quick action for home screen apps.

The Pixel Launcher already lets users swipe down anywhere on their homescreen to pull down the top shade. In Android 12 DP2, Google extends a similar notification swipe gesture to the entire ...

There is a really annoying bug in Android that makes your Home and Recents buttons disappear and prevents the notification shade from working.