Android 16 QPR2 may let you flip your Pixel's navigation bar like on Samsung phones

New Android 16 Beta Hints at a Customizable Navigation Bar

For years, Android users switching from one phone brand to another have had to contend with a small but significant detail: the order of the buttons in the navigation bar. If you’ve ever moved from a Samsung Galaxy phone to a Google Pixel, you know the feeling of having to retrain your muscle memory. On Samsung devices, the “back” button lives on the right. Meanwhile, on Pixels, it’s traditionally on the left. But a new development in the latest…

Android 16 QPR2 may let you flip your Pixel's navigation bar like on Samsung phones

TL;DR Google is adding a long-awaited option to Pixel phones that lets users reverse the order of the three-button navigation bar. This feature allows users to switch to the “Recents, Home, Back” layout, which is the default on Samsung Galaxy phones. We discovered evidence for the new setting in Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2, but the setting isn’t live yet. For years, Samsung phones have defaulted to a three-button navigation layout where the back but…