Of the three great Android kingpins, only one is left

As early as in native Android 9.0, the traditional three big buttons were changed to two. The original "Recent Apps" on the right was deleted, leaving only the "Back" on the left and the "Home" in the middle which was changed into a thin strip.

I believe that many native Android users are already familiar with this new set of interactive operations. However, it won’t be long before this operation will be changed again, and one of the three diamond keys will be reduced.

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XDA Developers, a foreign forum, said that after compiling the leaked version of Android Q code, they found that Google has made some changes to the gesture operation of the upcoming Android Q. First, the smoothness of the transition animation when opening the "recent apps" has been improved. Secondly, they have further deleted the "back key" and integrated its function into the remaining thin navigation key in the form of gestures. Moreover, this time Google did not give users the right to choose. Users cannot disable the new gestures and choose to use the three navigation keys again.

▲ Back

XDA also gave a clear list of how to use the Android Q navigation keys:

• Click the navigation key: Return to the desktop
• Long press the navigation button: Launch Google Assistant
• Quickly slide the navigation key: open the recent application
• Swipe right to scroll through recent apps
• Swipe right to open the previous app
• Slide the navigation key to the left: Return

▲ Open the previous application

Since the current system is still in the internal stage, all functional and operational changes may not be the final version, and everything has to wait until the official version arrives. However, XDA said that since many native Android Pie users hope that the current gesture operation can be improved, it is very likely that Google will retain this part of the change in Android Q.

Illustrations in this article are from: XDA Developers, title image is from: Android Central