Tap, Tap brings iOS 14/Android 11’s Back Tap gesture to any Android device

Tap, Tap brings iOS 14/Android 11’s Back Tap gesture to any Android device

+Following the release of the first Android 11 Developer Preview back in February, we learned that Google was working on a new set of gestures code-named “Columbus.”

This feature lets you double tap on the back of your Pixel phone to perform actions like launching the Google Assistant, launching the Google Camera app, controlling media playback, and more.

In Android 11 Developer Preview 2, Google continued work on these gestures with new actions for taking a screenshot and opening the recent apps overview.

However, these gestures were still hidden away from Pixel users, and in subsequent Android 11 Beta releases, were removed entirely.