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 ...

Over the years, we’ve seen phone makers attempt different ways to help users navigate their devices’ UI. There was the physical home button, which later evolved to on-screen buttons, and these days, ...

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 ...

Whatever the Galaxy S26 actually upgrades, I can guarantee Samsung won't have changed this long-outdated bit of software.

You can now hide the gesture navigation bar on your Samsung Galaxy device as long as it supports Good Lock. The latest update for NavStar, which is part of the Good Lock suite, brings this ability. It ...

Samsung has started updating its devices with its latest One UI update, One UI 6.1. The update not only bumps the version number but packs a lot of new features, and more importantly, a host of Galaxy ...

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 ...

Samsung has removed its navigation system from One UI 6.1, leaving users to choose between the navigation bar and default Android navigation gestures. Samsung had introduced its own gestures with its ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smartphone gestures entered the mainstream after Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007. When the first Android phone, the HTC Dream, ...

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 ...