Modern smartphones are powerful computers that can do a lot at once, but a small screen ensures that a poorly designed user interface will severely restrict how well someone can multitask.

A new 90/10 split-screen ratio is now available in the latest Android Canary release, allowing for more flexible multitasking on tall displays. This feature lets a primary app use 90% of the screen ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Multitasking in mobile operating systems has come a long way in recent years, and some devices feel more like working with traditional computers. A recent discovery shows it could get even better now ...

Over the past few years, Google has made major changes to the Android OS to better accommodate tablets and other large-screen devices. These include new features like a taskbar, desktop windowing, ...

Google is developing a new way to multitask on Android, taking advantage of the bubble system previously only found in messaging apps. The new system will enable one-tap multitasking, making things ...

Multi-tasking on an Android tablet has always been an average experience. It’s not bad, but there is certainly room for improvement. However, the recent Android Canary 2510 release has signalled good ...

Smartphones have gotten bigger over the years, and that’s not just for watching TikToks or checking your group chats. That extra screen space has unlocked a whole new world of multitasking ...

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Google also says Android 17 Beta 1 debuts new performance optimizations with better management of system resources. The OS ...