Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is designed to run on phones and tablets that don’t have physical buttons. Instead, the Home, Menu, and Back buttons are on-screen icons that automatically rotate ...

The classic three-button navigation has been Android’s identity for years. Back, Home, and Recent Apps are almost second nature for millions of users because they're simple, familiar, and reliable.

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It's better, especially Samsung's layout.

Back in 2011, Google made a tough call, making one of the biggest changes to Android over the years. Until then, devices running the mobile operating system had come with a distinctive set of hardware ...