Most Android phones have fixed shortcuts for double-tapping the Home button. But with this workaround, you can make it go wherever you like.

While Android manufacturers had switched away from physical home buttons long before Apple, the line of virtual navigation buttons still consumed nearly a centimeter of the display.

Android's tried-and-true 3-button navigation system is still available on modern phones and tablets running the OS, and I hope it stays that way.

Google may be saving some design changes in Android N for the final developer preview, or even the official release.

What you're looking at above could well be the appearance of the navigation bar in Android N on Google's next Nexus phones, Marlin and Sailfish, when they launch - and possibly all devices using ...

Future Android phones may be button-less monoliths, according to a Google spokesperson. Google could ditch the requirement for the traditional Android buttons -- home, menu, back and search ...

You still have to tap the Home button to return to the home screen, and more importantly, the Back button is still invaluable inside Android apps.