Don't ignore these powerful gestures in Android.

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 ...

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 ...

Learn about how TweakTown tests and reviews hardware. Android smartphones come with a wide range of smart gestures, yet many users never take full advantage of them. These gestures can help you ...

Google offers the Android Accessibility Suite, which has several built-in accessibility tools. One of these options is the ability to zoom in on the screen. Android currently lets you activate the ...

The latest update for Threads for Android has added support for Android’s predictive back gesture, which helps you understand where in the interface you’ll go back. Meta’s Threads is one of the latest ...

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 ...

Where would the world be without quick gestures for smartphones? For years, Android users have been able to access their cameras by simply double-pressing the power button. Well, thanks to Google, ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Google has just launched a new application that makes searching for contacts, bookmarks,programs, or other items including music tracks on an Android phone a heck of a lot easier — assuming you’re ...

Smartphone gestures entered the mainstream after Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007. When the first Android phone, the HTC Dream, was launched the following year, it incorporated similar gestures – ...