fbpx
News

Google might let you swipe left on your notifications again

After removing the option to swipe left to dismiss notifications, Google may add a choice in a future Android release

The first Android Q beta brought lots of small, significant changes to Google’s popular operating system. While most bring some quality-of-life improvement, others seem like changes for the sake of changes.

One of those was forcing users to swipe right to dismiss a notification. Swiping left reveals buttons to snooze or block a notification.

It may seem like a small change, but Android allowed users to swipe right or left to dismiss a notification from the notification shade for some time. A slow swipe in either direction would reveal the snooze and block buttons.

It’s not entirely clear why Google made the change — I guess that it wanted to make the buttons more accessible — but it may give users a choice in a future release.

According to a Google Issue Tracker comment uncovered by XDA Developers, Google will add a setting to change the notification swipe direction in a future Android release.

It’s not clear if that will be a future Android Q beta or a different version of Android altogether. Further, it seems like a compromise measure that likely won’t please users as much as just letting them swipe whichever direction they want.

Source: Google Issue Tracker: Via XDA Developers

MobileSyrup may earn a commission from purchases made via our links, which helps fund the journalism we provide free on our website. These links do not influence our editorial content. Support us here.

Related Articles

Comments