We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. The smartphone industry likes to change sh*t for the sake of changing sh*t far too often. The people who make ...

Sometimes, what really makes the smartphone experience is the number of gestures you can use. These are quick and easy ways to perform different actions, activate functions, open apps, etc. Different ...

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 ...

Senior UK Editor — My interest in Android began with the beautiful Nexus 4 and the less-ugly-than-before Jelly Bean. Right now, I'm probably watching Black Books, playing football (soccer), or ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. The Android UI team took the time this week to publish a post on its rationale behind implementing the new ...

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 ...

Google I/O 2019 has delivered a ton of new Android developments, but in one of its sessions, Google confirmed an interesting detail about navigation. Going forward, Google will only support two ...

Google is adding a swipe gesture to the Play Store for purchases to help try and minimize the risk of accidentally buying something you didn’t mean to. While it might seem like it’s not that easy to ...

If you’ve been plugged in to the Android community for the past few months, you have probably seen that there’s been a growing controversy over the gestural navigation system coming in Android Q.