Android P might rip off the iPhone X’s gesture controls

The endless cycle of Android copying iOS and vice versa doesn’t look like it’s ending anytime soon.

In an blog post on the official Android Developers Blog, Google accidentally included a screenshot of a navigation bar interface that ditches the well-known layout of “back, home, recent apps” with a little bar that bears a strong resemblance to the gesture bar found on the iPhone X.

Shortly after it was discovered, Google swiftly replaced the screenshot with a navigation bar that ditched the pill-shaped gesture bar. But not before Ars Technica screenshotted it and mocked up a comparison between current Android navigation, new Android navigation bar, and the iPhone X’s gesture bar: Read more…

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