From Android 10 Q 'Back button' is also deleted and unified with gesture operation

In Android 9 Pie provided in 2018, the home button and multitasking button disappeared, and gesture operation to operate by swiping the screen was adopted. XDA Developers of overseas media revealed that the "return button" was also eliminated in Android 10 Q which will be the next version of Android and will completely shift to gesture operation rather than button operation.

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According to XDA Developers, Android 9 Pie saw the only remaining "back button" eliminated on Android 10 Q and it was completely unified with gesture operation. The appearance of actually touching Android 10 Q can be seen from the following movie.

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Two Pixel 3 XLs were prepared. The left is equipped with Android 9 Pie and the right is equipped with Android 10 Q.

In Android 9 Pie, the back button "[" is displayed at the lower left of the screen.

However, since the task button has disappeared, switching tasks and calling up the home are all done by swiping gesture operations.

XDA Developers had Pixel 3 XL with a leak build of Android 10 Q.

In Android 10 Q, the "back button" that was in the lower right has disappeared, and in the center is only an oval icon called "pill" is displayed.

Sliding the pill displayed in the center to the left:

The screen returned.

According to XDA Developers, concrete operations are as follows.

· Tap the pill · Display the home screen · Long press the pill: Start the Google Assistant · Slide the pill short and up: Expand the task · Slide the pill up long and slide up: Display the drawer of the app · Slide the pill to the right: Scroll the task · Quickly slide the pill to the right: Display the last opened task · Slide the pill left: Go back

Android 10 Q also added new functions such as dark theme, change of authority, desktop mode and others. Details of Android 10 Q are expected to be announced on Google I / O 2019 to be held on May 7, 2019 .