Google is testing a new navigation bar for Android P that looks similar to Apple’s new gesture and UI on the iPhone X. According to an image that appeared briefly on the Android Developers blog for an unrelated feature, Android P will come with support for gestured based navigation – and it’s about time. The new navigation bar no longer includes a multitasking button, and the center home button looks far smaller and pill-shaped.
Google is testing a new navigation bar that’s similar to the iPhone X, with a swipe up gesture that reveals the multitasking UI, 9to5Google reports. It’s not clear if the pill-like button, that looks similar to the one found on a leaked Moto X5 image, still works as a button, or is simply an identifier to swipe up for home like the iPhone X.
Google appears to still be including its back button control too, although 9to5Google reports that this only appears in the context when a back button is required. Google is only testing this navigation bar right now, and the company has previously tested other navigation bar changes in past Android versions without ever shipping them.
This is the image Google posted:
Here’s what it normally looks like on a Pixel 2 running Android O (or the current Android P beta, for that matter):
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