I submitted this as a bug report via Beta Feedback and suggest all do the same, as patch notes did not mention this and there's been no justification. Beta 5 was unfortunately superior to Beta 6 in every way I can find. All they've done with Beta 6 that I'm able to discern is introduced a horrible GPS bug that drains battery and raises privacy concerns and remove an extremely useful and intuitive feature to trigger digital assistant for no apparent reason at all. I really hope they fix both of these things before stable OneUI 7, if not I'm gonna try to find a way to go back to Beta 5 - everything about this is just worse now. I have no interest in following stable releases to experience these same issues when they worked fine on Beta 5.
Thank you for your detailed feedback. We understand your concerns regarding the removal of the swipe-from-bottom-corner gesture to activate the assistant. The change was noted by multiple users, and we recognize that for many, it had become an intuitive part of everyday interaction.
At this time, we are reviewing internal feedback and user reports regarding this gesture. While design or feature adjustments may occur during Beta development, we always strive to balance innovation with user habits and accessibility. Your bug report and continued input are extremely valuable and have been shared with the relevant teams for further review.
We also acknowledge the ongoing GPS/location behavior issue and want to assure you it's under active investigation. Thank you again for helping improve One UI by sharing your experience.
