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Gestures have come to Android to stay. Virtually all brands have implemented a gesture system in their customization layers to navigate the system. Even Android 9 Pie brings a new gesture system that replaces the traditional navigation buttons. But not everyone opts for this system. Manufacturers like HTC have chosen to implement a type of navigation that allows us to control the mobile by pressing the screen on the sides, and it seems that Samsung is going to be the next. This is confirmed by a new patent registered by the brand today, which lets us see a possible Samsung Galaxy without physical or touch buttons.
This could be the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 or Galaxy S11
Without a doubt, the main protagonist of today when it comes to technology news is Samsung. A little less than an hour ago we saw a new render of the Samsung Galaxy S10 without frames and with a fingerprint sensor and on-screen camera come to light. Now a new one comes to us through the company itself in the form of a patent from the Sammobile page.
As can be seen in the aforementioned patent, Samsung would be creating a new navigation system that would allow us to handle the mobile in question through "squeezes" on the screen to the detriment of the already known physical buttons. Although this system is not new (HTC has already implemented them in the HTC U11 +), it is a novelty in the Samsung Galaxy. Its operation, unlike that of HTC, would vary depending on the position and pressure of the pulsation, as can be seen in some images of the registered patent. Thus, if we press lightly at the top of the screen, we can execute a certain action or application, which would not be the same if we pressed lower and harder. In this sense, it is foreseeable that we can configure the actions depending on the factors mentioned above.
As for the launch of this technology, it is not expected in the near future, but rather in a year or more. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 or the Galaxy S11 could be the first mobiles to integrate this tight system, although there is nothing confirmed at the moment. It is also likely that it will end up not being released, since as we mentioned at the beginning of the article, it is a patent. We will have to wait until 2019 to see more details of this technology.
