Move between apps and screens

Choose how to get around

If you see the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen, or you see no icons at all, you are using Gesture navigation.

If you see at the bottom of the screen, you are using 3-button navigation.

You can change how you move between apps and screens: Settings > Gestures > System navigation.

Use gesture navigation

Use these gestures to move between screens and apps if you chose Gesture navigation and you don't see the    icons at the bottom of your screen.

Action Gesture to use
Switch between apps At the very bottom of the screen, swipe left or right.
See all recent apps Drag up from the bottom, hold, then let go.
See all apps Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen.
Go back Swipe towards the middle from the left or right edge of any screen.
Go home Swipe up from the bottom of any screen.
Open Google Assistant Swipe diagonally from either lower corner of the screen.
TipFor even more gestures, turn on One-handed mode.

Use 3-button navigation   

Use these icons to move between screens and apps if you chose 3-button navigation.

takes you back one screen.

returns you to the home screen from any app. Press & hold it to search for info about item on screen.

lets you switch between recent apps.

TipFor visual assistance, you can add to open the Accessibility Menu.