While Google has yet to release stable builds of Android 15, the company has already released a beta version of the platform’s first quarterly update. Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1 recently reached beta testers with some interesting changes, including a new predictive back gesture animation for the keyboard.

For those unaware, the predictive back gesture feature uses built-in animations to show users a preview of the screen they’ll land on when they use the back gesture. It currently doesn’t have an animation for when the keyboard is open, but the unofficial Google News channel on Telegram reports that Google has added it in Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1.

As you can see in the video shared by the channel, the new animation shows the back gesture minimizing the keyboard. The report adds that this new animation will only work in apps that have implemented the WindowInsetsAnimationCompat API. If an app supports this API, the keyboard animation will work even if the app doesn’t support the predictive back gesture. This should make the animation work on more apps, since the required API has been around since Android 11.

Along with the new predictive back gesture animation for keyboards, Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1 brings a new long-press animation for Quick Settings tiles, a new loading animation that appears after reboots, and settings for managing connected external displays. These changes are expected to arrive later this year with the Android 15 QPR1 update in December.