Why would Google code for its opponent's OS first? Not that I use Chrome, anyway. Firefox has had that feature for ages.
The reason is probably really mundane, like the iOS Chrome team and Android Chrome team not working in lockstep or something of the sort. Like the iOS team planned it for 2023 Q4 and the Android team for 2024 Q1
Swore there was a flag that allowed you to do this years ago.
There was. It was removed a few years ago (https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/29/chromes-duet-bottom-bar-interface-is-probably-gone-for-good/).
Google removing features, and bringing them back pretending they are new. A tale as old as time.
how did I not know about this??
The first thing I do whenever I install anything is to go through the settings. To turn off trackers, analytics and explore the accessibility features.
Omg, why not for Android too? It's way easier to reach bottom than the top.
My initial gut reaction is that it's ugly 🤷♂️ apparently it has its admirers, but I'm definitely not one of them
It's just about usability. Top of phones are hard to reach nowadays, so the more UI elements that are towards the bottom the better!
It never made sense to me, UX wise, to be up on handheld devices (one handed ones especially).
Being at the bottom makes more sense on today's larger phones. I'm just so used to it being at the top it's hard to get used to it being at the bottom of the screen.
funny enough.. it was a feature flag to move it to the bottom on android for a while before but they removed that too
