Android 11 DP3 includes ‘undo’ gesture for closing open apps - Android

Android 11 Developer Preview 3 (DP3) has been out a few days now and, while the update doesn’t have many new features for consumers, there are a few notable additions. Once such change deals with how Android handles the Recent apps screen and includes a handy ‘undo’ option. Previously, Android would immediately clear an app...

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Android 11 Developer Preview 3 (DP3) has been out a few days now and, while the update doesn’t have many new features for consumers, there are a few notable additions.

Once such change deals with how Android handles the Recent apps screen and includes a handy ‘undo’ option. Previously, Android would immediately clear an app from memory when users swiped it out of the Recents screen. If you closed an app accidentally, you’d have to re-open it from the launcher.

However, Android 11 DP3 includes a feature that lets users swipe down on the Recents screen to bring back the last closed app. XDA Developers’ Mishaal Rahman spotted the feature and posted a clip of it in action on Twitter. Further, Rahman notes that Google has been testing the change since the early Android Q betas.

A change that has been in testing since the early Android 10 (Q) betas is back: the timing to "undo" closing a recent apps page is much longer than before. pic.twitter.com/Ld5sXmaMWs

— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) April 23, 2020