The Assistant, which was previously exclusive to Pixel devices,
takes over your home button long - press gesture and completely replaces all of the old Google voice search functionality.
Not exact matches
Of the two actual
buttons, both of which are on the side, one
takes you to the
home screen and your apps, while the other is a back
button, and while remembering which is which can
take a while,
over time you'll get the hang of them.
The
home screen launcher still swipes
over to Google Now, though you do lose the Pixel Launcher's long - press app functions, as well as the swipe up gesture to access the app drawer — there's the old - fashioned
button taking up space in your dock instead.
There's also a question whether the iPhone
home button will well and truly die (so no iPhone 9) and the iPhone X design
take over for all 2018 models?
Now, the Bixby
button has
taken over from the previous
Home button, and you can learn how to complete the boot by following the info below.