96 PCWorld NOVEMBER 2019HERE’S HOW 10 ESSENTIAL ANDROID 10 FEATURES
than the 2-button
gesture setup
from Android Pie,
as long as you
know how to use
it. As this is a full
gesture setup
similar to the
iPhone, some of
the intricacies are
unclear.
In addition to
swiping up on
the gesture area
to go home, you
can swipe left and right to quickly cycle
between recent apps. The back gesture has
gotten a lot of attention because of the way
it interferes with opening navigation
drawers on the edge of the screen, but
there’s a simple way to avoid accidentally
triggering the back gesture. Just drag in
and down toward the opposite corner of
the screen. As long as you’re far enough
away from a horizontal swipe, the back
gesture won’t fire, and you can open the
drawer every time.- SAVE YOUR EYES
WITH DARK THEME
Google has teased us with dark mode
options in previous beta versions of
Android, but Android Q is the first one that
stuck. The final version of Android 10
includes a Dark Theme system UI, and there
are already some apps that will respect your
dark mode setting.
To turn on dark mode, open the quick
settings and just tap the Dark Theme icon.
You can also find it under Settings > Display
> Dark Theme. Sadly, there’s no way to
automatically schedule the Dark Theme like
there is on Samsung’s phones, but the quick
setting is easy enough.- SHARE YOUR WI-FI VIA
QR CODES
Sharing your Wi-Fi password with guests is
the polite thing to do, but you should be
using a strong password that’s probably
annoying to read off. Android 10 makes it
easier with QR code sharing. To get
someone on your network, go to the Wi-Fi
2.