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    Android stops glitchy apps by detecting your panicky presses

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    Steve Dent
    Steve Dent
    07.11.2017

    If you can't dismiss an app by pressing the "back" button, it may just be a glitch or crappy app, but it could also be something much worse. That's why Google has quietly slipped in a new Android feature called "panic detection" that can preemptively close an app if you stab at the back button multiple times. So far the feature, spotted by XDA Developers, has appeared in some, but not all devices with Android 7.1 Nougat.