Google testing new home button designs for Chrome on Android

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As it stated in Chrome for Android has had a home button ever its inception, but only on certain devices. We've received multiple advices that the home button on Chrome Canary and Dev have turned into a minimalist Chrome icon, as seen in the hero image above. However, Chrome Dev (v69.0.3475) and Chrome Canary (v69.0.3480) display a newspaper-like icon on my Google Pixel. Left: Chrome Dev 69 by normal UI; Right: Chrome Dev 69 by Duplex UIThe image at the highest of this post is from the same version of Chrome Dev, extremely Google seems to be experimenting by different designs. If you enable the in-development Chrome Duplex UI, the button returns to a home icon.

Android P Beta 2 includes 157 new emoji and has gender-neutral options

Android P Beta 2 includes 157 new emoji and has gender-neutral optionsToday, Google announced a new beta for its upcoming Android P launch that shows the new emoji updates coming later this year, including new items like a skateboard and lobster, backing for redheads, and a gender-neutral option for the family and couple emojis. This could be an indication that Google going to move toward a gender-neutral option as the default for other emojis in the future. Last year, Apple announced some separate, gender-neutral emoji of its own. Image: EmojipediaOutside of the gender-neutral shift, there are many other changes coming for the next determine of Android emojis. Android P Beta 2 is out now for those by eligible devices and rolling out to everyone some time in July or August 2018.

Android P DP4 introduces new rotation toggle icon, gives it more prominent placement in gesture nav

as informed in The original Android P developer pdescription added a neat rotation toggle that let you lock the monitor into portrait or landscape the time auto-rotate was disabled. In traditional navigation mode, the button pops up on the far right of the nav bar (that's the same as the last preview). What's new is the button location in gesture mode. Here, the rotate button appears immediately to the right of the home button in the space where overview appears in the regular navigation bar. It balances out the back button on the other side, but the effect is only temporary—the rotate button vanishes the time you rotate the phone back.

Google: 'This new Android P beta is very close to what you'll see in final version'

New Android P pdescription edges the OS towards a final launch due out at the end of summer. Google's 3rd beta of the Android P developer pdescription has landed, offering a "extremely close" picture of what it going to look like in the final version due in late summer. Previous and linked coverageGoogle updates Android P beta by finalized APIs, 157 new emojiAndroid P is inching closer to the official release. Android P: Cheat sheet (TechRepublic)Google's Android P is rumored to include safety upgrades, a multi-camera API, a notch, and much more. 12 Android P features to get excited about (CNET)Want to know what features you'll see the time Android P is eventually launched for your phone?