Google is asked to develop a new desktop experience for its Android phone. According to a new report, the latest Android 16 beta update adds a new developer option, which is called “enabling the desktop experience features”, which brings familiar Android taskbar, three-button navigation access and other options, when a pixel that is running a pixel, is associated with a laptop. The company is projected to work on a more desktop-oriented experience for its phone and tablet, which is in the dialect to keep with contestants like Samsung, which offers a short for dex-“desktop experience”.
Desktop experience with Android 16
According to Android Authority ReportA new addition was discovered in developers of the latest Android 16 beta 4 updates running on Google Pixel 8 Pro. It has been asked to “enable desktop windowing on the secondary display”. Although functionality is not officially available, the publication managed to activate it. Once the pixel device is attached to an external display such as laptop, Android taskbar, status bar and three-button navigation menu appear.
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Taskbar has borne with app drawer with apps, messages, camera, Google Chrome. When in desktop mode, it can display recent apps, potentially can distribute better multitasking abilities.
According to the new functionality report, it makes it possible to launch several apps in floating windows at a time. And similar to the Windows experience, users may also be able to move them, shape them or align them in the side. In addition, it also allows for easy transfer of materials using drags and drops.
According to the report, the new desktop experience in Android 16 can be a modified version of the desktop windowing feature, which was introduced for Pixel Tablet with the release of Android 15 QPR1 beta 2 in September last year. Although this distinctive feature only supports the underlying display, Google may have been ticked to support the phone connected to the outer screen, anticipating the report.
