Android 14’s first beta introduces a back arrow that matches your background
developer-only previews, but the beta release is the first opportunity for the general public to test the changes.
Gesture navigation has been updated to include a more conspicuous Material You-themed back arrow that adjusts to complement the device’s theme or wallpaper. Aside from arguably being more aesthetically pleasing, the updated back arrow is designed to help users better understand Android 14’s, which now previews the screen users are navigating to within applications.
The new Android 14 back arrows blend in with whatever wallpaper or theme you have installed on the device.Android 14 also introduces a new system share sheet — the page that opens when you tap to share content. This allows developers to add custom app-specific actions to the top of the share menu. Google describes this as a “superior” experience compared to the existing Android share sheets in which share targets are always sorted alphabetically.
This solves a few issues. Previously, app developers who wanted specific apps to appear higher within the sharing menu either had to build their own share sheets — which lack visual consistency and prevent users from building muscle memory across applications — or add custom share targets. Only two share targets could be specified to appear higher in the share list, and
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