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Android 12's Accessibility Menu is getting a handy new shortcut

(Topic created on: 04-22-2021 11:00 PM)
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Android 12's last developer preview before the beta landed yesterday, and it comes with some rather significant design and usability tweaks. People relying on the operating system's accessibility options are also in for some changes. Google has removed the old two-finger swipe accessibility menu shortcut in favor of a plain ol' floating button.


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In previous Android versions, you could activate the accessibility menu by swiping up with two fingers from the bottom of the screen. Developer Preview 3 removes that option altogether in favor of an accessibility button. Like bubble notifications, you can move the button anywhere you like on the left or the right of your screen. It looks like gesture navigation is disabled wherever you place it, so it won't interfere with the back gesture. If you don't like having the button in your face all the time, you can choose to make it almost completely transparent when you're not interacting with it.

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