I've noticed the square recent apps button has not been working for me intermittently now for a few weeks, and thought it was my Launcher, Lawnchair. I was annoyed with it and tried Niagara tonight and same thing making me wonder if it's GOS?

Any way to debug or test this out?

Have you tried using gesture navigation in Settings > System > Gestures?

The 3-button navigation does tend to be rather more temperamental, since gesture navigation is now the main navigation method for Pixel devices, including on stock OS.

    I've not tried Gestures since switching to GOS, though last time I did on stock I was not a fan TBH.

    Just to confirm it should not be related to the launcher, no.

    Do you experience the issue in secondary user profiles or in the owner profile?

    5 days later

    treequell this is the same issue I reported, I wasn't able to reproduce the problem with gestures but there is a problem with the 3-buttons for sure and it's really annoying haha

      8 months later

      Yeah it's still around and still annoying. I just can't get into gestures and have it work how is supposed to consistently.
      Edit. I'm on the 7a now and still there.

        andrewteg yes it's happening again and again nonstop, the last upgrades is even more often.

          I had the same issue with Lawnchair. I have since reverted to the stock launcher and found no problem

            PaulDavis Interesting. I use Nova Launcher (got the paid version cheap back in the day) but have been thinking of shopping around. May try stock launcher for a few weeks and see what I get. Thanks.

              2 months later

              I have the same problem. I don’t use the swipe gesture because I like to expand the side pane for some apps. That’s why I use the 3-Button Navigation. If I use the square Recent Apps Button a lot, it sometimes suddenly stops working. I have the impression that this is due to certain apps.

                schwappo
                Interesting, do you use a custom launcher or the stock launcher? I switched to stock about 6 weeks ago and haven't had the issue like @PaulDavis mentioned above though I do miss some of the features of custom launchers.