With every new Android version comes a flurry of fancy fresh features. Some of them immediately transform the way we work, while others just quietly fade away without making much noise.
And then there are the features that fall somewhere in between features that seem useful, maybe even pique our interest when we first hear about em, but then get lost in the shuffle and forgotten as time wears on. Especially when said features are out of sight and not at all obvious, they re all too easy to overlook and abandon.
Well, as we look ahead to the launch of yet another new Android version Android 12, expected to be announced any moment now (and already leaking out like crazy) consider this your friendly reminder: These hidden Android features, added into the operating system at various points over the past several years, are still there and still incredibly handy. Take a moment to rediscover em and remind yourself what you ve been missing.
Dubbed App Pairs, the system could potentially allow users to launch two apps simultaneously.
It would be a big productivity boost for users of large display or foldable Android phones.
Smartphone displays are growing ever larger but the software to utilize all this space hasn’t quite kept up. On Android 11, you can use two apps simultaneously, but the implementation remains clunky. Now, this feature could get a welcome refresh in Android.
According to a report by
9to5Google, the next version of the OS could see the debut of “App Pairs”. The feature would allow users to group two apps together.