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Re:Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @03:27AM (#16272383)
> This is due to the nav buttons being constantly visible in most apps, an option to hide them and only spring up when required would be perfect.

Samsung has that on the Note 8 (the 5 still had hardware buttons, I'm not sure about the 7, or other lines, though the Note 8’s dimensions means that it is probably the phone that needs it least for real estate reasons, so I'd imagine it's across the line.)

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Re:Google closes its $1.1B deal with HTC Corp by MarkCole on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @04:01AM (#16272516)
Yeah my colleague has an S8 and it also has this function. It is possible to enable "Immersive Mode" on the pixel through an app and giving it root access through ADB. However it would be much easier if google just made it a toggleable setting.
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