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From: Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Split screen?
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 09:37:27 +0100
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On 27/5/25 7:37 am, Andy Burns wrote:
> I have an oldish Huawei tablet running Android 9, it has a split screen
> mode which I occasionally find useful e.g. to look at details from a
> website while watching a video from youtube.
> 
> I was looking at a review of upcoming Android 16 features, which
> mentioned making split screen easier to access on phones.
> 
> wait! what? ... is that a feature already?
> 
> Apparently yes, not sure if it's Pixel specific, swipe up from the
> bottom to access the normal task switcher (optionally swipe sideways to
> pick a different app) then press the app icon at the top of the screen,
> select split screen from the menu, then swipe sideways to select another
> app.
> 
> By default you get a bar at 50:50 which you can drag to alter it to
> 25:75 or 75:25 as you see fit.
> 
> Probably less useful on the small screen of a phone, but who knew?
> 

I did, but it doesn't work with some apps - in my case, nearly all the 
apps where I would find it useful. I'll try them again now you've 
brought it to mind.

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