Android 14 introduced a new predictive back gesture, but Google did not enable it by default across the system. If you want to preview the feature, the in-app version of this predictive back gesture ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

The release of Android 10 in 2019 included plenty of new features and improvements for Google’s mobile operating system. Perhaps the most controversial new additions are the Android 10 gestures. These ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

Navigation gestures in Android 10 and beyond have been controversial from day one, and years after it started, Google is still tweaking the formula. In Android 12, navigation gestures now work ...

Google's latest mobile operating system, Android 12, is still under development, and Google has introduced a novel accessibility feature that relies on the phone's camera and a user's face gestures -- ...

Android 12, Google's latest take on its mobile OS, includes an accessibility feature that allows the user to control the phone via multiple face gestures, like open mouth and smile--to name a few. A ...

Google introduced an entirely new way to navigate Android back with the debut of Android 10, but one odd decision was the lack of a tutorial for that new system. Now, with Android 11, Google is ...

Google announced an experimental application for its Android mobile operating system, which allows you to search your phone using written gestures. Instead of bringing up the keyboard, users of the ...

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