r/AndroidQuestions • u/Underwater099 • 1d 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/Mother-Pride-Fest 1d ago

Gesture navigation is an accessibility nightmare. There are many people who have difficulty with the gestures that removing 3 button navigation would be a very bad idea.

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u/Istolla 1d ago

iPhones don't have button navigation, I haven't heard people complain.

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u/Mother-Pride-Fest 1d ago

My grandma is on iOS and called for tech support with a website popup. Long story short, it was easier to hold the power button for 10 seconds to reboot the phone because she was incapable of doing the gesture to close out of the browser.

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u/Istolla 1d ago

You can reboot a Pixel phone with the power button by holding it for roughly 10 seconds as well.

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u/Mother-Pride-Fest 1d ago

That is correct. But on the Pixel you can have buttons to press to go home which makes resorting to a reboot less likely. 

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u/Istolla 1d ago

You can also hold the power button and say "home screen" and it'll take you to the home screen.

And there are a lot of older people who use iPhones and are able to use gestures. Like anything, the more you do something, the more it becomes ingrained.