Android 12 Will Feature A New Version Of Split Screen Which Lets You Open Apps In Groups
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Android provides users with the ability to employ the split screen feature when they need to open two different apps on their device at the same time. This feature has been there for a while.
Well, it looks like Google is working on revamping the split screen functionality in Android 12. This new version will likely be called 'App Pairs'. According to a report by 9to5Google, Google's 'App Pairs' will be similar to solutions introduced by companies such as Samsung and Microsoft. Namely, it will allow users to pair two apps together, to be launched simultaneously in a split-screen view.
More specifically, the system will allow users to set up "tasks" by denoting apps that should be viewed in pairs. So, the overall split-screen UI and methods won't necessarily change.
As the system is currently set up in Android 11, users can launch two apps in split-screen by opening an app and then navigating to the Recent Apps screen. From there, users have to tap the icon at the top of the app's preview window. Then they need to select the "Split screen" option. The app that's been selected is forced to the top of the screen and then users can freely open a new app or choose a previously opened up to occupy the lower segment.
With the new system, that's likely to stay in place. Or, at the very most, the process will be iterated forward so that it's more intuitive. But users will also have the option to create a pair. That pair will remain in the Recent Apps screen just like a standalone app would. So users can navigate to and away from the pair.
At least for as long as it's in their Recent Apps screen. It isn't immediately clear whether those tasks will eventually evolve into full-blown pairings as can be accomplished on Samsung devices. Users on those smartphones can set those pairs, whether in the side-bar/edge menu or elsewhere, to launch at any time. Google could potentially go that route too but that doesn't appear to be where it is initially heading with its App Pairs feature.
Source: Mashable
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