Long gone are the days when smartphones were tiny and cramped, and multitasking on them was a distant dream. With the adoption of larger displays and more flexible software, smartphones make it easier than ever before to do more at once. Split-screen, a native Android feature, already lets you work with two apps at the same time. Now Google is reportedly working on a way to make it even easier to multitask, with a new App Pairs feature for launching two apps simultaneously.
Split-screen multitasking on Android 11 (left); App Pairs mockup on Android 12 (right)
As seen in the image above, an App Pair would be treated as a single app, and users will also be able to switch to a different app or app pair — it currently isn't possible to switch to a different app without breaking the existing split-screen setup.
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