Linear adds slide to merge on mobile

// 28m agoPRODUCT UPDATE

Linear adds slide to merge on mobile

Linear has launched a slide-to-merge gesture across its iOS and Android apps, allowing developers to review and merge pull requests directly from mobile devices. The feature builds into Linear Reviews, streamlining PR approvals and status tracking without requiring a desktop environment.

// ANALYSIS

As coding agents and automated workflows multiply pull request volume, the human review bottleneck has shifted outside regular desk hours. Introducing a high-intent swipe gesture lets developers safely clear approved PR queues on the go without risking accidental one-tap merges.

–High-intent slider interaction eliminates accidental merges while keeping triage speed high on touchscreens.
–Integrates with branch protection rules, ensuring CI status checks and required approvals pass before merging is permitted.
–Tightens the mobile code review loop against GitHub Mobile by reducing multi-step confirmation modals to a single gesture.
–Complements Linear's push into agentic workflows, where engineers increasingly act as reviewers and orchestrators rather than manual coders.

// TAGS

linearlinear-reviewscode-reviewdevtoolai-codingci-cd

DISCOVERED

28m ago

2026-11-13

PUBLISHED

1h ago

2026-11-13

RELEVANCE

6/ 10

AUTHOR

linear

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