Google is working on predictable back movements to improve Android

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Google is working on predictable back movements to improve Android

Many Android users have had a problem with the back movement of the platform. It often takes them back a page, back through menus, or back to the home screen when all they wanted to do was swipe left or right. Google has been working on this for some time and it may finally have a solution that developers can use to make this gesture less of an issue for users of their apps.

Google I / O to host an event with a predictable gesture on May 12 at 9.00 PT

In other words, Google seems to be working on “predictive back-navigation,” which sounds like a feature that would fit perfectly with Google’s work on AI and Machine Learning. Perhaps over time, Android will learn what your intent is when using the backward motion based on previous use of the navigation. It sounds pretty promising, and we’ll definitely learn more about it at the I / O Developer Conference.

This writer has accidentally set the backstory in motion several times as the intention was just to swipe to the left and if this has happened to you, you know how aggravating it can be. There is often a thin line between getting the backbone to work as it should or using gestures and going sideways by accident. When full gesture navigation debuted on Android 10, some users were so frustrated with the backward gesture that they decided to use three-button navigation instead.

Users can still return to three-button navigation by going to Settings > System > Gesture > System navigation. You get two options, Gesture navigation or 3-button navigation. If you’ve now having problems with back movement and are so frustrated that you can not wait for Google to report an improvement, you can adjust the sensitivity of the back navigation to work properly.

Android users can set the sensitivity of the back movement in an attempt to customize it perfectly

This can be done by going to Settings > System > Gesture > System navigation. Touch the Settings icon, which is under the System Navigation heading, and you will see a sliding scale that will make the sensitivity of the movement lower or higher for both the left and right edges (by default, it is set exactly in the center).

You can play with the sliding scale to see if you can find a location that suits you. Remember that if you have the back movement less sensitive. If you accidentally activate the backward movement too many times when all you wanted to do was swipe left or right, drag the slider toward low. On the Pixel models, you will see separate sliders on the left and right edges, so you can control the sensitivity of pull-out menus that are on the left or right edge.

Most Android users would never dream of returning to the three-button navigation once they left it for the movements. To consider such a thing at all, you should have had an extremely frustrating time using the back movement.
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