New features are released with each Android update. And among them recently appeared navigation by gestures, a new technique for moving through the menus which is intended to be more fluid and more functional. However, if you are a fan of the old buttons, know that it is still possible to choose your navigation system and consequently to disable the gesture navigation of the screen of your Xiaomi Poco M5S as we will find out now in this guide. To begin with, we will see what is the interest of gesture navigation on your Xiaomi Poco M5S. After that we will see what is the method to remove gesture navigation on your Xiaomi Poco M5S.

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What is gesture navigation for on your Xiaomi Poco M5S?

Gesture navigation gives you the ability to navigate more simply and faster on your Xiaomi Poco M5S. It will allow you to move through the menus of your phone without using the three buttons Back ,   Home   et  Multitask which are located at the bottom of the screen. On some versions of your device, it is automatically integrated. Since then, how to use gesture navigation on your Xiaomi Poco M5S?

There are basic gestures such as:

  • Go to the next item on the screen: Swipe the screen to the right.
  • Go to the previous item displayed on the screen: Swipe the screen to the left.
  • Back: Swipe down and left on the screen.
  • Home: Swipe up and left on the screen.

But there is also a multitude of other gestures more or less technical to quickly reach the functionality of your smartphone. To discover all the navigation gestures that you can perform, there are tutorials on the internet. You can google » Navigation gestures on a Xiaomi Poco M5S  " or " Talk Back navigation gestures ". On several versions of Android, a tutorial can also be offered when activating the feature.

How to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Xiaomi Poco M5S?

If you ever can't use gesture navigation on your Xiaomi Poco M5S, that's not a problem. Android devices give you the option to disable the feature. Find out the different ways to remove gesture navigation on your Xiaomi Poco M5S.

Remove on-screen gesture navigation from your Xiaomi Poco M5S with TalkBack

It is sometimes not easy to navigate between all the navigation gestures integrated on our smartphone. In the event that you prefer to use the three navigation buttons with which you are used to navigating, you will then have to remove the gesture navigation from your Xiaomi Poco M5S. Depending on the version of your Android phone, this gesture navigation option may be installed as TalkBack .

In this situation, to deactivate TalkBack, you will need to do the following:

  • Open the " Settings "
  • Select » Accessibility  »
  • Click on " TalkBack "
  • Disable TalkBack .

Disable navigation by gestures through the settings of your Xiaomi Poco M5S

If your Xiaomi Poco M5S has an operating system under Android 10, it is very likely that gesture navigation is integrated by default. However, if the latter is a problem for you and you prefer to use classic navigation, you will have the option of deactivating navigation by gestures on the screen of your Xiaomi Poco M5S through your settings.

Depending on your Android version, there are three different ways to remove gesture navigation . Discover them here.

The first most common solution for this is:

  • Open the " Settings  »
  • Go to " System  »
  • Click on " Gestures  »
  • Select » System navigation "
  • You have the choice between 3 possibilities: » 2 navigation buttons  "-" 3 navigation buttons  " or " Gesture navigation ". Choose the 2 or 3 button option depending on your preference.

The second manipulation to remove gesture navigation on your Xiaomi Poco M5S mainly concerns devices under the latest version of Android. Discover it:

  • Open them " Settings " from your Android smartphone.
  • Click the option " Display " .
  • Choose " Navigation bar "
  • Tap the option "Full screen movements"
  • Tap on "Additional options"
  • Deactivate "Slides from the sides to the bottom".

Finally, on some Android versions, you will have to perform a somewhat different manipulation to deactivate gesture navigation on the screen of your Xiaomi Poco M5S. Find it here:

  • Go to the " Settings "
  • Press on " Full screen view  »
  • And choose the system navigation by » Buttons "

If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Xiaomi Poco M5S, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi Poco M5S.