diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TaskViewTouchController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TaskViewTouchController.java
index 88f2315..54269f09 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TaskViewTouchController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/TaskViewTouchController.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean onDrag(float displacement, float velocity) {
+    public boolean onDrag(float displacement) {
         float totalDisplacement = displacement + mDisplacementShift;
         boolean isGoingUp =
                 totalDisplacement == 0 ? mCurrentAnimationIsGoingUp : totalDisplacement < 0;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationMainView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationMainView.java
index 5c0e259..78627ec 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationMainView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/notification/NotificationMainView.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 
 
     @Override
-    public boolean onDrag(float displacement, float velocity) {
+    public boolean onDrag(float displacement) {
         setContentTranslation(canChildBeDismissed()
                 ? displacement : OverScroll.dampedScroll(displacement, getWidth()));
         mContentTranslateAnimator.cancel();
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/AbstractStateChangeTouchController.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/AbstractStateChangeTouchController.java
index 7b09bcc..ce1cc89 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/AbstractStateChangeTouchController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/AbstractStateChangeTouchController.java
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean onDrag(float displacement, float velocity) {
+    public boolean onDrag(float displacement) {
         float deltaProgress = mProgressMultiplier * (displacement - mDisplacementShift);
         float progress = deltaProgress + mStartProgress;
         updateProgress(progress);
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SwipeDetector.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SwipeDetector.java
index 6ffc0ef..a0a410e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SwipeDetector.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SwipeDetector.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import android.graphics.PointF;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
+import android.view.VelocityTracker;
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -52,12 +53,6 @@
      */
     public static final float RELEASE_VELOCITY_PX_MS = 1.0f;
 
-    /**
-     * The time constant used to calculate dampening in the low-pass filter of scroll velocity.
-     * Cutoff frequency is set at 10 Hz.
-     */
-    public static final float SCROLL_VELOCITY_DAMPENING_RC = 1000f / (2f * (float) Math.PI * 10);
-
     /* Scroll state, this is set to true during dragging and animation. */
     private ScrollState mState = ScrollState.IDLE;
 
@@ -75,6 +70,8 @@
          * Distance in pixels a touch can wander before we think the user is scrolling.
          */
         abstract float getActiveTouchSlop(MotionEvent ev, int pointerIndex, PointF downPos);
+
+        abstract float getVelocity(VelocityTracker tracker);
     }
 
     public static final Direction VERTICAL = new Direction() {
@@ -88,6 +85,11 @@
         float getActiveTouchSlop(MotionEvent ev, int pointerIndex, PointF downPos) {
             return Math.abs(ev.getX(pointerIndex) - downPos.x);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        float getVelocity(VelocityTracker tracker) {
+            return tracker.getYVelocity();
+        }
     };
 
     public static final Direction HORIZONTAL = new Direction() {
@@ -101,6 +103,11 @@
         float getActiveTouchSlop(MotionEvent ev, int pointerIndex, PointF downPos) {
             return Math.abs(ev.getY(pointerIndex) - downPos.y);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        float getVelocity(VelocityTracker tracker) {
+            return tracker.getXVelocity();
+        }
     };
 
     //------------------- ScrollState transition diagram -----------------------------------
@@ -151,16 +158,16 @@
 
     private final PointF mDownPos = new PointF();
     private final PointF mLastPos = new PointF();
-    private Direction mDir;
+    private final Direction mDir;
 
     private final float mTouchSlop;
+    private final float mMaxVelocity;
 
     /* Client of this gesture detector can register a callback. */
     private final Listener mListener;
 
-    private long mCurrentMillis;
+    private VelocityTracker mVelocityTracker;
 
-    private float mVelocity;
     private float mLastDisplacement;
     private float mDisplacement;
 
@@ -170,24 +177,22 @@
     public interface Listener {
         void onDragStart(boolean start);
 
-        boolean onDrag(float displacement, float velocity);
+        boolean onDrag(float displacement);
 
         void onDragEnd(float velocity, boolean fling);
     }
 
     public SwipeDetector(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull Listener l, @NonNull Direction dir) {
-        this(ViewConfiguration.get(context).getScaledTouchSlop(), l, dir);
+        this(ViewConfiguration.get(context), l, dir);
     }
 
     @VisibleForTesting
-    protected SwipeDetector(float touchSlope, @NonNull Listener l, @NonNull Direction dir) {
-        mTouchSlop = touchSlope;
+    protected SwipeDetector(@NonNull ViewConfiguration config, @NonNull Listener l,
+            @NonNull Direction dir) {
         mListener = l;
         mDir = dir;
-    }
-
-    public void updateDirection(Direction dir) {
-        mDir = dir;
+        mTouchSlop = config.getScaledTouchSlop();
+        mMaxVelocity = config.getScaledMaximumFlingVelocity();
     }
 
     public void setDetectableScrollConditions(int scrollDirectionFlags, boolean ignoreSlop) {
@@ -215,14 +220,22 @@
     }
 
     public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
-        switch (ev.getActionMasked()) {
+        int actionMasked = ev.getActionMasked();
+        if (actionMasked == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN && mVelocityTracker != null) {
+            mVelocityTracker.clear();
+        }
+        if (mVelocityTracker == null) {
+            mVelocityTracker = VelocityTracker.obtain();
+        }
+        mVelocityTracker.addMovement(ev);
+
+        switch (actionMasked) {
             case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                 mActivePointerId = ev.getPointerId(0);
                 mDownPos.set(ev.getX(), ev.getY());
                 mLastPos.set(mDownPos);
                 mLastDisplacement = 0;
                 mDisplacement = 0;
-                mVelocity = 0;
 
                 if (mState == ScrollState.SETTLING && mIgnoreSlopWhenSettling) {
                     setState(ScrollState.DRAGGING);
@@ -247,8 +260,6 @@
                     break;
                 }
                 mDisplacement = mDir.getDisplacement(ev, pointerIndex, mDownPos);
-                computeVelocity(mDir.getDisplacement(ev, pointerIndex, mLastPos),
-                        ev.getEventTime());
 
                 // handle state and listener calls.
                 if (mState != ScrollState.DRAGGING && shouldScrollStart(ev, pointerIndex)) {
@@ -265,6 +276,8 @@
                 if (mState == ScrollState.DRAGGING) {
                     setState(ScrollState.SETTLING);
                 }
+                mVelocityTracker.recycle();
+                mVelocityTracker = null;
                 break;
             default:
                 break;
@@ -308,55 +321,24 @@
     private boolean reportDragging() {
         if (mDisplacement != mLastDisplacement) {
             if (DBG) {
-                Log.d(TAG, String.format("onDrag disp=%.1f, velocity=%.1f",
-                        mDisplacement, mVelocity));
+                Log.d(TAG, String.format("onDrag disp=%.1f", mDisplacement));
             }
 
             mLastDisplacement = mDisplacement;
-            return mListener.onDrag(mDisplacement - mSubtractDisplacement, mVelocity);
+            return mListener.onDrag(mDisplacement - mSubtractDisplacement);
         }
         return true;
     }
 
     private void reportDragEnd() {
+        mVelocityTracker.computeCurrentVelocity(1000, mMaxVelocity);
+        float velocity = mDir.getVelocity(mVelocityTracker) / 1000;
         if (DBG) {
             Log.d(TAG, String.format("onScrollEnd disp=%.1f, velocity=%.1f",
-                    mDisplacement, mVelocity));
+                    mDisplacement, velocity));
         }
-        mListener.onDragEnd(mVelocity, Math.abs(mVelocity) > RELEASE_VELOCITY_PX_MS);
 
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Computes the damped velocity.
-     */
-    public float computeVelocity(float delta, long currentMillis) {
-        long previousMillis = mCurrentMillis;
-        mCurrentMillis = currentMillis;
-
-        float deltaTimeMillis = mCurrentMillis - previousMillis;
-        float velocity = (deltaTimeMillis > 0) ? (delta / deltaTimeMillis) : 0;
-        if (Math.abs(mVelocity) < 0.001f) {
-            mVelocity = velocity;
-        } else {
-            float alpha = computeDampeningFactor(deltaTimeMillis);
-            mVelocity = interpolate(mVelocity, velocity, alpha);
-        }
-        return mVelocity;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns a time-dependent dampening factor using delta time.
-     */
-    private static float computeDampeningFactor(float deltaTime) {
-        return deltaTime / (SCROLL_VELOCITY_DAMPENING_RC + deltaTime);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the linear interpolation between two values
-     */
-    public static float interpolate(float from, float to, float alpha) {
-        return (1.0f - alpha) * from + alpha * to;
+        mListener.onDragEnd(velocity, Math.abs(velocity) > RELEASE_VELOCITY_PX_MS);
     }
 
     public static long calculateDuration(float velocity, float progressNeeded) {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/AbstractSlideInView.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/AbstractSlideInView.java
index 26c8f24..f948beb 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/views/AbstractSlideInView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/views/AbstractSlideInView.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     public void onDragStart(boolean start) { }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean onDrag(float displacement, float velocity) {
+    public boolean onDrag(float displacement) {
         float range = mContent.getHeight();
         displacement = Utilities.boundToRange(displacement, 0, range);
         setTranslationShift(displacement / range);
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SwipeDetectorTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SwipeDetectorTest.java
index 73b6daf..b600473 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SwipeDetectorTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/launcher3/touch/SwipeDetectorTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import androidx.test.filters.SmallTest;
 import androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4;
 import android.util.Log;
-import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration;
 
 import com.android.launcher3.testcomponent.TouchEventGenerator;
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@
 
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyBoolean;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyFloat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
@@ -51,25 +51,28 @@
     @Mock
     private SwipeDetector.Listener mMockListener;
 
+    @Mock
+    private ViewConfiguration mMockConfig;
+
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
-        mGenerator = new TouchEventGenerator(new TouchEventGenerator.Listener() {
-            @Override
-            public void onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
-                mDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
-            }
-        });
+        mGenerator = new TouchEventGenerator((ev) -> mDetector.onTouchEvent(ev));
+        ViewConfiguration orgConfig = ViewConfiguration
+                .get(InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext());
+        doReturn(orgConfig.getScaledMaximumFlingVelocity()).when(mMockConfig)
+                .getScaledMaximumFlingVelocity();
 
-        mDetector = new SwipeDetector(mTouchSlop, mMockListener, SwipeDetector.VERTICAL);
+        mDetector = new SwipeDetector(mMockConfig, mMockListener, SwipeDetector.VERTICAL);
         mDetector.setDetectableScrollConditions(SwipeDetector.DIRECTION_BOTH, false);
-        mTouchSlop = ViewConfiguration.get(InstrumentationRegistry.getTargetContext())
-                .getScaledTouchSlop();
+        mTouchSlop = orgConfig.getScaledTouchSlop();
+        doReturn(mTouchSlop).when(mMockConfig).getScaledTouchSlop();
+
         L("mTouchSlop=", mTouchSlop);
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDragStart_vertical() throws Exception {
+    public void testDragStart_vertical() {
         mGenerator.put(0, 100, 100);
         mGenerator.move(0, 100, 100 + mTouchSlop);
         // TODO: actually calculate the following parameters and do exact value checks.
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDragStart_failed() throws Exception {
+    public void testDragStart_failed() {
         mGenerator.put(0, 100, 100);
         mGenerator.move(0, 100 + mTouchSlop, 100);
         // TODO: actually calculate the following parameters and do exact value checks.
@@ -85,8 +88,8 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDragStart_horizontal() throws Exception {
-        mDetector = new SwipeDetector(mTouchSlop, mMockListener, SwipeDetector.HORIZONTAL);
+    public void testDragStart_horizontal() {
+        mDetector = new SwipeDetector(mMockConfig, mMockListener, SwipeDetector.HORIZONTAL);
         mDetector.setDetectableScrollConditions(SwipeDetector.DIRECTION_BOTH, false);
 
         mGenerator.put(0, 100, 100);
@@ -96,15 +99,15 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDrag() throws Exception {
+    public void testDrag() {
         mGenerator.put(0, 100, 100);
         mGenerator.move(0, 100, 100 + mTouchSlop);
         // TODO: actually calculate the following parameters and do exact value checks.
-        verify(mMockListener).onDrag(anyFloat(), anyFloat());
+        verify(mMockListener).onDrag(anyFloat());
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testDragEnd() throws Exception {
+    public void testDragEnd() {
         mGenerator.put(0, 100, 100);
         mGenerator.move(0, 100, 100 + mTouchSlop);
         mGenerator.move(0, 100, 100 + mTouchSlop * 2);