The latest Android 15 QPR1 beta introduces a tutorial on how to use touchpad gestures for navigation. Although Google introduced touchpad gestures for navigation in last year’s Android 14 release, it ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Android users are no stranger to gestures. While I'm sure there are still some holdouts using trusty three-button navigation, many of us have embraced gesture navigation on our Android phones with ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Android smartphones come with a wide range of smart gestures, yet many users never take full advantage of them. These gestures can help you navigate your ...

Ah, gestures. Whether we’re waltzin’ around the world or working on a touch-enabled tech toy, don’t you just love how much you can convey with a simple swish of a single finger? While our ...

Android has multiple gestures built into the system and certain apps that are easy to miss. These gestures make navigating Android faster and easier, and allow you to access key functions with minimal ...

Android smartphones have a gesture navigation system that allows users to navigate through the phone's interface using gestures. Here are some hidden tricks for making the most of Android gestures: ...

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 ...

It’s wild to think that the current Android gesture navigation system has been around since Android Q, which eventually launched as Android 10. At the time of that system’s initial introduction, I was ...

When we mention Android gestures, we usually refer to on-screen actions like swipes, swirls, and swivels that help you navigate your phone quickly. However, there's a lesser-known trick: you can also ...

Close up of a man's hands holding an Android phone with one hand and swiping the screen with the other. - MS_studio/Shutterstock Smartphone gestures entered the mainstream after Apple introduced the ...