Google’s going to ruin quick settings on Android, isn’t it?

Mishaal Rahman dug into Android 15’s source code and found a change that he believes is being held over for Android 16 next year:

Pulling down the status bar a second time no longer brings down the Quick Settings panel. Instead, the Quick Settings panel is accessed by pulling down the status bar with two fingers. This is the change that I expect will be the most controversial, as it requires you to put more effort into accessing your Quick Settings tiles.

Samsung is reportedly planning to split quick settings and notifications in a way that essentially rips off iOS—something Xiaomi has already done and, saddeningly, claims that 90% of users prefer it—but this sounds even worse.

Two-finger swiping is not a common gesture. It’s also impossible to accomplish one-handed. Google needs to rethink this.