Android 14 comes with a plethora of new features. While many of them are popular and widely known, some reside under the hood, just waiting to be unearthed. Among those features is the Predictive Back Gestures.
This is a rather simple concept that presents a layer of complexity upon closer inspection. The roots of Predictive Back Gestures go back to the beta versions of Android 13. This rather simple concept was proving to be intricate in its implementation, needing months and months of rigorous testing and refinement to become a polished feature.
In this guide, you will get to know how to enable Predictive Back Gestures on Google Pixel devices.
How to enable Predictive Back Gestures on Google Pixel devices
While Android 14 comes with the Predictive Back Gestures feature turned off by default, you’ll be able to unlock this new and futuristic feature by navigating through the developer settings. The process to enable this feature is straightforward and needs users to follow a series of steps.
- Make sure that your Google Pixel smartphone is running the latest Android 14 OS and is equipped with gesture navigating
- After then, open the device Settings menu before activating the developer options if you have not done already
- To do that, navigate to the About Phone section and look for the build number before tapping it multiple times until Developer Options get unlocked
- In the Developer Options menu, look for “Predictive Back Animations” and then scroll to the bottom of the list, right above the “Autofill” category
- Then, you should activate “Predictive Back Animations” by toggling this switch
- You will get a prompt, emphasizing that the Predictive Back Gestures feature works only with apps that have included a specific options in their manifest file
- After that, tap “OK” in the prompt to confirm your choice to enable this option
- Done!! Now you will get a preview of the previous app while you use the back gesture
