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Re:Android 16 Is Here by kllrnohj on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @07:42PM (#44242723)
And my android phone still has "back", "home", and "recents" buttons in the exact same place they've been since they were literal hardware buttons. Core navigation (aka, "steering") is unchanged, no new drivers license required
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Re:Android 16 Is Here by Izkata on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @08:59PM (#44243199)
Originally there was a 4th button, "menu". Android had a standard grid-shaped menu that apps could implement, that would pop up from the bottom of the screen.

Also "recents" wasn't its own button, it was reached by long-pressing "home". The other button was "search".

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Re:Android 16 Is Here by izacus on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @03:25AM (#44245063)
This hasn't been the case for literally decade though.
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Re:Android 16 Is Here by int_19h on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:34PM (#44243372)
Last I checked you had to flip a switch in settings to have all those buttons back like that; it hasn't been a default in stock Android for some time now.
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