Google bans Android phones from having three or more notches

[Arthur]

I'm surprised there hasn't already been a phone with three notches.

 

Source: The Verge

 

Google is building official notch support into Android P, but it’s laying down some ground rules first: two notches is the limit.

 

In a blog post for developers yesterday, Android UI product manager Megan Potoski wrote that Google is working with device partners “to mandate a few requirements” for app compatibility purposes. Among those are limits on notches.

 

The mandate says that Android P phones can’t have “more than two cutouts on a device.” Only one notch is allowed per side, and notches are only allowed on the top and bottom edges — not the left and right.