Back in 2023, engineers from Sony—another brand that uses a similar navigation bar to stock Android—submitted code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) to add this exact feature.

Android 15 made a major change to the way apps work, requiring them to use an "edge-to-edge" format where content from the app is shown behind the status and navigation bars.

Google is working on a native option for stock Android to flip the three-button navigation bar, a feature long requested by users switching from Samsung devices. This addresses a major pain point ...