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by Tijdreiziger 769 days ago
Swipe home bar up: go home

Swipe home bar up and hold for a second: open app switcher

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I’m with Jaystraw: this takes multiple tries for me, more often than not. My elderly dad has no chance.

The home button was one of the best widely-deployed pieces of UI in computing history, and they got rid of it.

Try paying attention to the UI hints. When part of the previous app shows up on the left of the screen, that’s when you’ll get the app switcher.

Here’s a decent video showing the principle: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ewhAR7BmoMM Note that he lets go when the UI hint shows up on the left, but no earlier.