New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
Original story (published on December 15, 2020) follows:
It has now been three months since we saw the official unveiling of Android 11 and the subsequent rollout to Google’s own devices.
These months have been punctuated by beta builds from various OEMs and now, most of these skins seem stable enough to roll out to eligible devices. More on that in our Android 11 tracker.
Samsung, the world’s biggest smartphone vendor has also been working hard to deliver Android 11-based One UI 3.0 to eligible devices.
Recently, we saw the company’s flagship devices, the Galaxy S20 series, getting updated to this new version of Android.
However, thing’s don’t seem to be well with these devices now that they’re running Android 11-based One UI 3.0. We have a One UI 3.0 bug tracker and you can check it out here.
According to users of the Galaxy S20 running One UI 3.0 (1,2,3,4), their device’s navigation bar gestures have become significantly less sensitive after One UI 3.0.
As annoying as this issue is, this is not the first time it is coming to light. A quick search on the forums reveals that this issue was present throughout the software’s beta stages (1,2,3).
While this might pass for a beta build, it is unfortunate that the issue has made its way onto the stable release of One UI 3.0 for S20 devices.
The Galaxy S20 devices are not the only affected lot with this issue. This, as reports of the same anomaly, has been cited by users of the Note 20 Ultra Galaxy Note 20 as well.
We shall continue to keep an eye on this story and update as and when we get more info so stay tuned. In the meantime, users might want to check out these tips on how to use the new system navigation.
Update 1 (December 26)
04:45 pm (IST): It appears that Samsung Galaxy Note 20 users are also noticing similar issues when using the gesture navigations after installing the One UI 3.0 update. This indicates that the issue may affect all phones on One UI 3.0.
Fortunately, many have claimed that the problem only persists when Gesture hints are disabled. Therefore, as a quick workaround, you can enable Gesture hints on your device running One UI 3.0 to fix the problem.
Update 2 (December 29)
02:45 pm (IST): A Samsung mod has responded to a user’s complaint regarding the navigation gestures and has stated that the company is aware of the issue and will fix it via an update.
Moreover, Samsung will let users customize the sensitivity of the gestures as per the moderator’s comments. Unfortunately, the mod did not divulge any details regarding when this bug fixing update will be released.
NOTE: We have these and many more Samsung stories in our dedicated Samsung section.
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