{"id":26496,"date":"2024-02-20T01:55:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/26496\/google-pixel-fold-screen-continuity\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T01:55:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:55:48","slug":"google-pixel-fold-screen-continuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=26496","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel Fold screen continuity feature may see a comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Pixel Fold screen continuity feature may see a comeback\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Google Pixel Fold users may get back a handy feature that made a brief appearance in a beta and is now resurfacing on Android 15. Currently, when the <span>Pixel folding<\/span> switches from an unfolded state to a folder state, the outer screen turns off (except for specific scenarios like video playback or navigation via Google Maps).  However, even if it was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/pixel-fold-swipe-up-to-continue-feature\/\" class=\"external\">initially spotted in the code<\/a>New screenshots are now available showing that you will soon be able to continue your usual activities when folding the device. <\/p>\n<div><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/google\/\"   title=\"Google\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Google<\/a> initially attempted to address this issue in an early beta of Android 14 QPR1 by introducing a setting called &#8220;Continue using apps on the fold.&#8221;  This setting provided options to keep the outer screen always, never, or only for applications like games or videos.  Unfortunately, this setting was removed and did not appear in later versions.<\/div>\n<div>However, in the code of <span>Android 14<\/span> QPR3 Beta 1, Android expert <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MishaalRahman\/status\/1758604555850252659\" class=\"external\">Michael Rahman<\/a> found a hint about a potential return of this feature, but under the new name \u201cSwipe up to continue\u201d.  The feature continues to be present in the developer preview of <span>Android 15<\/span>suggesting that users can get a dedicated gesture to enable <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/app\/\"   title=\"app\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">app<\/a> continuity between the main and external screens seamlessly.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-f511bec6-052d-478e-93d4-34df141b8dc1\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:611px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 140.58919803601%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Google-Pixel-Fold-screen-continuity-feature-may-see-a-comeback.jpg\" alt=\"Google Pixel Fold&#39;s screen continuity feature could see a return\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-82bc71ee-93b4-4eaf-aece-f2c126a1d009\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:600px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 88.166666666667%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1708383347_328_Google-Pixel-Fold-screen-continuity-feature-may-see-a-comeback.jpg\" alt=\"Google Pixel Fold&#39;s screen continuity feature could see a return\" class=\"lazy\" data-id=\"411052\" haswatermark=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1708383347_328_Google-Pixel-Fold-screen-continuity-feature-may-see-a-comeback.jpg\" alt=\"Google Pixel Fold&#39;s screen continuity feature could see a return\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Currently, on <span>Android 15<\/span> Developer Preview 1, the \u201cContinue using applications currently being deployed\u201d setting offers the choices below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always: The outer screen turns on every time you fold the device.<\/li>\n<li>Only games, videos and more: the outer screen lights up for applications designed to usually stay active (games, <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/video\/\"   title=\"video\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">video<\/a> players).<\/li>\n<li>Never: The outer screen locks every time you fold the device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>These options differ from the old setting found in <span>Android 14<\/span> QPR by adding the &#8220;swipe up to continue&#8221; condition, instead of just immediately resuming the app on the outer screen.  This means that, if it becomes permanent, <span>Pixel folding<\/span> Users should be able to continue using most apps on the outer screen by simply swiping up on the lock screen after closing the device and effectively eliminate the need to reopen the foldable to check d other apps like calendars, notes, etc.  This same functionality is found in the OnePlus Open.<\/div>\n<p>Like a <span>Pixel folding<\/span> user myself, this is a feature that I sorely missed while experimenting with the beta versions of QPR and I couldn&#39;t understand why Google would remove it.  Now that the feature has been changed somewhat, this would indicate that there were issues with the initial implementation and that Google was working all along on a better way to bring us much-needed screen continuity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Pixel Fold screen continuity feature may see a comeback\u060c Google Pixel Fold users may get back a handy feature that made a brief appearance in a beta and is now resurfacing on Android 15. Currently, when the Pixel folding switches from an unfolded state to a folder state, the outer screen turns off (except [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1745,10913,362,772,70,71,487],"class_list":["post-26496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-comeback","tag-continuity","tag-feature","tag-fold","tag-google","tag-pixel","tag-screen"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26498,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26496\/revisions\/26498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}