OCTOBER 2019 PCWorld 93GESTURE NAVIGATION
Gesture navigation technically launched with
Android 9, but for all intents and purposes,
Android 10 is its debut. That’s because
Google has seriously refined its gesture
system and introduced a whole slew of
changes to how you get around.
You’ll find gestures in the same spot as
before—inside the System settings—but here it
has a proper name, Gesture Navigation. Last
year’s method, which in Android 9/Pie was
called Swipe Up On Home Button, is now
named 2-Button Navigation. The super-old-
school nav bar icons are 3-Button Navigation.
When you select Gesture navigation,
you’ll notice the buttons are completely
gone, replaced by a thin line similar to the
iPhone’s home indicator. That’s where you’ll
do most of your gesturing, so Google has
streamlined the whole system to make things
less dependent on the home button:
Go home: Swipe up from the bottom of
the screen when in an app.
Switch apps: Swipe left or right on the
bottom of the screen.
App Overview: Swipe up from the
button of the screen and hold your finger in
the center of the screen for a second.There are now three ways to navigate your phone.