diff --git a/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/TaplTestsQuickstep.java b/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/TaplTestsQuickstep.java
index 885fdbf..41f4a82 100644
--- a/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/TaplTestsQuickstep.java
+++ b/quickstep/tests/src/com/android/quickstep/TaplTestsQuickstep.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.android.quickstep;
 
 import static com.android.launcher3.ui.TaplTestsLauncher3.getAppPackageName;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.tapl.AllApps;
 import com.android.launcher3.tapl.AllAppsFromOverview;
 import com.android.launcher3.tapl.Background;
+import com.android.launcher3.tapl.LauncherInstrumentation.NavigationModel;
 import com.android.launcher3.tapl.Overview;
 import com.android.launcher3.tapl.OverviewTask;
 import com.android.launcher3.tapl.TestHelpers;
@@ -210,16 +212,21 @@
     @PortraitLandscape
     public void testBackground() throws Exception {
         startAppFast(resolveSystemApp(Intent.CATEGORY_APP_CALCULATOR));
+        final Background background = getAndAssertBackground();
+
+        assertNotNull("Background.switchToOverview() returned null", background.switchToOverview());
+        assertTrue("Launcher internal state didn't switch to Overview",
+                isInState(LauncherState.OVERVIEW));
+    }
+
+    private Background getAndAssertBackground() {
         final Background background = mLauncher.getBackground();
         assertNotNull("Launcher.getBackground() returned null", background);
         executeOnLauncher(launcher -> assertTrue(
                 "Launcher activity is the top activity; expecting another activity to be the top "
                         + "one",
                 isInBackground(launcher)));
-
-        assertNotNull("Background.switchToOverview() returned null", background.switchToOverview());
-        assertTrue("Launcher internal state didn't switch to Overview",
-                isInState(LauncherState.OVERVIEW));
+        return background;
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -237,4 +244,47 @@
         assertTrue("Launcher internal state is not Home", isInState(LauncherState.NORMAL));
         assertNotNull("getHome returned null", mLauncher.getWorkspace());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    @NavigationModeSwitch
+    @PortraitLandscape
+    public void testQuickSwitchFromApp() throws Exception {
+        startAppFast(getAppPackageName());
+        startTestActivity(2);
+        String calculatorPackage = resolveSystemApp(Intent.CATEGORY_APP_CALCULATOR);
+        startAppFast(calculatorPackage);
+
+        Background background = getAndAssertBackground();
+        background.quickSwitchToPreviousApp();
+        assertTrue("The first app we should have quick switched to is not running",
+                isTestActivityRunning("TestActivity2"));
+
+        background = getAndAssertBackground();
+        background.quickSwitchToPreviousApp();
+        if (mLauncher.getNavigationModel() == NavigationModel.THREE_BUTTON) {
+            // 3-button mode toggles between 2 apps, rather than going back further.
+            assertTrue("Second quick switch should have returned to the first app.",
+                    mDevice.wait(Until.hasObject(By.pkg(calculatorPackage)), DEFAULT_UI_TIMEOUT));
+        } else {
+            assertTrue("The second app we should have quick switched to is not running",
+                    isTestActivityRunning("Test Pin Item"));
+        }
+        getAndAssertBackground();
+    }
+
+    private boolean isTestActivityRunning(String activityLabel) {
+        return mDevice.wait(Until.hasObject(By.pkg(getAppPackageName()).text(activityLabel)),
+                DEFAULT_UI_TIMEOUT);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @NavigationModeSwitch
+    @PortraitLandscape
+    public void testQuickSwitchFromHome() throws Exception {
+        startTestActivity(2);
+        mLauncher.pressHome().quickSwitchToPreviousApp();
+        assertTrue("The most recent task is not running after quick switching from home",
+                isTestActivityRunning("TestActivity2"));
+        getAndAssertBackground();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Background.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Background.java
index bcce8ef..0dd3e77 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Background.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Background.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.test.uiautomator.UiObject2;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.testing.TestProtocol;
 
@@ -114,6 +115,46 @@
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Swipes right or double presses the square button to switch to the previous app.
+     */
+    public Background quickSwitchToPreviousApp() {
+        try (LauncherInstrumentation.Closable c = mLauncher.addContextLayer(
+                "want to quick switch to the previous app")) {
+            verifyActiveContainer();
+            quickSwitchToPreviousApp(getExpectedStateForQuickSwitch());
+            return new Background(mLauncher);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected int getExpectedStateForQuickSwitch() {
+        return BACKGROUND_APP_STATE_ORDINAL;
+    }
+
+    protected void quickSwitchToPreviousApp(int expectedState) {
+        switch (mLauncher.getNavigationModel()) {
+            case ZERO_BUTTON:
+                // Fall through, zero button and two button modes behave the same.
+            case TWO_BUTTON: {
+                // Swipe from the bottom left to the bottom right of the screen.
+                final int startX = 0;
+                final int startY = getSwipeStartY();
+                final int endX = mLauncher.getDevice().getDisplayWidth();
+                final int endY = startY;
+                mLauncher.swipeToState(startX, startY, endX, endY, 20, expectedState);
+                break;
+            }
+
+            case THREE_BUTTON:
+                // Double press the recents button.
+                UiObject2 recentsButton = mLauncher.waitForSystemUiObject("recent_apps");
+                recentsButton.click();
+                mLauncher.getOverview();
+                recentsButton.click();
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
     protected String getSwipeHeightRequestName() {
         return TestProtocol.REQUEST_BACKGROUND_TO_OVERVIEW_SWIPE_HEIGHT;
     }
diff --git a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Home.java b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Home.java
index cfc4374..e0fe933 100644
--- a/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Home.java
+++ b/tests/tapl/com/android/launcher3/tapl/Home.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.android.launcher3.tapl;
 
 import static com.android.launcher3.testing.TestProtocol.OVERVIEW_STATE_ORDINAL;
+import static com.android.launcher3.testing.TestProtocol.QUICK_SWITCH_STATE_ORDINAL;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 
@@ -58,4 +59,9 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getExpectedStateForQuickSwitch() {
+        return QUICK_SWITCH_STATE_ORDINAL;
+    }
 }
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