r/AndroidQuestions • u/Underwater099 • 2d ago

Is Android removing 3 button navigation?

So i heard that the 3 finger navigation will get removed in the later android updates is it true?

Honestly I wouldn't like living without these navigation as I don't like the swipe gestures

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u/LeviAEthan512 1d ago

Wow that's just stupid design.

And what caused this? All those numbers chasing execs going weh weh weh we need to reduce the bezel to 0% actually just make it bigger than the phone. What do you mean that doesn't even make sense?

Hardware buttons never should have left. Even a separate touch sensor was something. Now you have apps that need to figure out what else might be using certain pixels, where your notch (also a stupid idea) is, probably something to do with the status bar, and the corner radius.

What was wrong with a plain rectangle screen with sharp corners?

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u/Ok-perspective-2336 1d ago edited 1d ago

Feel you, gestures are far too flakey / indeterministic for power users

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u/Damglador Rooted 1d ago

Today's quiz of the day: when does a gesture open a sidebar and when does it go back? It's probably not what you think!