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TL;DR
- One UI 8 lastly helps you to use Android 15’s predictive again gesture on inventory Samsung apps.
- One UI 7 restricted the utilization of the predictive again gesture to Google apps.
- The function is now enabled by default on the most recent One UI 8 beta replace.
The One UI 8 beta has arrived for the Galaxy S25 collection, and we’ve been digging into it to see what’s new. One candy enchancment we’ve discovered is that Samsung is lastly including help for Android 15’s predictive again gesture in its inventory apps, a function that was (and is) notably lacking from the One UI 7 replace.
Predictive again was launched with Android 15 and is enabled by default. It enhances gesture navigation by letting customers preview the display they’ll return to earlier than the again gesture is accomplished. In One UI 7, this function works principally solely with Google apps. However with the One UI 8 beta, the predictive again gesture now works throughout a number of of Samsung’s personal apps, similar to:
- Clock
- Calculator
- Climate
- Settings
- Voice Recorder
- Contacts
Nevertheless, the gesture nonetheless doesn’t perform in some Samsung apps, like Calendar and Reminders.
One other noteworthy change is that the toggle for predictive again animations is now seen within the Developer Choices menu. In One UI 7, this setting may very well be discovered by means of the Settings search bar, however wouldn’t seem when tapped, nearly as if it had been hidden. That inconsistency has been mounted in One UI 8 beta, the place the setting is now absolutely accessible. That stated, we didn’t have to allow the toggle to get predictive again engaged on the Samsung apps.
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One factor it’s essential to know is that to make use of the expanded predictive again gesture in One UI 8 beta (or the older model in One UI 7), you will need to disable the One Hand Operation+ Good Lock module. If it’s enabled, predictive again gained’t work. After all, you additionally have to allow gesture navigation to make use of the function. Nevertheless, as we previously discovered, Google can also be working to deliver predictive again help to three-button navigation in Android 16.
