Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Android N Feature Spotlight: Split-Screen Multitasking And Picture-In-Picture Mode Finally Come To Android

Update 1:
Google's full picture-in-picture overview says this feature is for Android TV, which would be incredibly lame. It's just a preview, so I guess we'll see.

We've known for ages that Google is working on bringing multi-window mode to Android, and it's finally happening in Android N. As part of the new developer preview, you can start playing around with apps in split-screen and picture-in-picture modes. Developers will have to add support by targeting Android N (and later), but it sounds like Android itself will handle all the heavy lifting.

Android N Feature Spotlight: Split-Screen Multitasking And Picture-In-Picture Mode Finally Come To Android was written by the awesome team at Android Police.