Google testing new rear double-tap gesture in Android 11

21 February 2020
The new feature is codenamed Columbus.

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Anonymous, 21 Feb 2020Google is completely brain dead, Android shouldn't have bee... moreI don't really think there is any living person on the planet who is even aware of Android before Google took over. So... yeah, your point is a bit misguided there.

    More Spy sh*t!

      This looks like it can be a disaster but I used to have a cheap ZTE that took a screenshot when you double tapped the rear fingerprint sensor. Good times...

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        • P@c
        • 21 Feb 2020

        Now I really want to switch to HMS really bad. That's a 2010 idea lol

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          LG Superfan, 21 Feb 2020I thought it was double-tap to go back though this is can c... moreThis option i had on old (i think from 2012) LG L5 II phone. It had Knock code (double tap to wake) but also, if you tap twice on the back of the phone, turn on screen, i can't belive how Google with their vision of UI is behind of the reset, for example split screen was on Note 3 (from 2013), and Google build in in their software with Nougat 7.0, dark mode was on Xiaomi phones since begining of 2019, Google build in dark mode (with grey color..) In Android 10.

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            • 21 Feb 2020

            AnonD-914486, 21 Feb 2020Nearly nobody has Android 10 and they are talking about And... moreHad an S8 with Pie, A50 with Pie which I sold, now Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 still with Pie xD

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              AnonD-908380, 21 Feb 2020Wouldn't it be great if I had Android 10 first?...Nearly nobody has Android 10 and they are talking about Android 11... :-/

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                • nfy
                • 21 Feb 2020

                Wouldn't it be great if I had Android 10 first?...

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                  • nFC
                  • 21 Feb 2020

                  Squeezing the sides of the pixel to activate the google assistant before tapping the back on a case not the phone, doesn't anyone see that? What a load or rubbish

                    Err no. Unwanted and unecessary..

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                      • 21 Feb 2020

                      Anonymous, 21 Feb 2020Are you kidding me? Android is the most advanced mobile ope... moreReally? It's so fragmented.

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                        • 21 Feb 2020

                        Anonymous, 21 Feb 2020Are you kidding me? Android is the most advanced mobile ope... moreLEL nice cope

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                          Anonymous, 21 Feb 2020Google is completely brain dead, Android shouldn't have bee... moreAre you kidding me? Android is the most advanced mobile operating system.

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                            • St1
                            • 21 Feb 2020

                            So much hassle about gestures, yet i disable them on every possible phone what i get.

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                              Anonymous, 21 Feb 2020Google is completely brain dead, Android shouldn't have bee... moreLOL so mad

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                                • DkV
                                • 21 Feb 2020

                                Google is completely brain dead, Android shouldn't have been bought by them, turned into a mediocre platform l, and they also have a flagship phone called Trashxel that drops value like a stone and has a video recording capability of a Casio calculator.

                                  I thought it was double-tap to go back though this is can come handy