How to Activate the New Navigation Bar on Android P

This guide explains how to activate the new navigation bar on Android p using a clear, step-by-step process. It also highlights the settings and checks that can help you avoid common errors.

Android P version is the version that received the most changes and upgrades. On this new Android version, Google has been extremely focused on navigation operations. Specifically, Google has abandoned the way to design three home navigation buttons, back and familiar multitasking on this Android operating system. Instead, they use a new navigation bar called Android P Home Button Gestures. How this navigation bar works similar to navigation bar on iPhone X or webOS on Palm machines in the past.

Now those who have upgraded their device to Android P beta will be able to experience this new feature. However, in the default interface the navigation keys are still designed and when needed to activate the new navigation bar you need to make some small customizations.

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Instructions for activating the new navigation bar on Android P

Changing the navigation bar in this tutorial is done on Google Pixel 2 XL with Android P Developer Preview 2. For other devices you do the same operation will also activate the new navigation bar on Android P.

Step 1:

On Android phones, go to Settings> System> Gestures.

Step 2:

Next, scroll down and click the Swipe up Item On the Home button.

Step 3:

Enabling this feature will activate the new Android P navigation bar successfully.

And this is the difference between the old navigation bar (above) and the new one (below).

Hope you are succesful.

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