4 big, fat, pesky problems with Android Q gestures
Once upon a time, getting around Android was a pretty simple process.
You wanted to go to your home screen? You'd tap the Home button. Needed to move back a step? You'd hit the Back button. Felt like hopping directly between some recently used apps? Yeah — you'd smash that Overview button in the same bottom-bar area of your screen. The only real variable was whether you used a phone made by a (cough, cough) certain company that stubbornly insisted on putting those buttons in the wrong order for no apparent reason.
Nowadays, it's a different story. Some Android phones still use that standard three-button setup. Others use 2018's Android Pie gesture system, with its single centered "pill" that puts the Home button and Overview button into the same centered spot. Not all phones with Pie have that gesture system activated, though. Some Android device-makers have added their own custom gesture setups into the mix, while others are opting to shield their loyal device-owners from any gesture-induced confusion for the moment.