{"id":32724,"date":"2024-03-24T21:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T18:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/32724\/android-15-may-bring-hybrid\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T21:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T18:04:05","slug":"android-15-may-bring-hybrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=32724","title":{"rendered":"Android 15 may bring hybrid taskbar to Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Android 15 may bring hybrid taskbar to Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold\u060c<\/p>\n

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Remember Android 12L? Google discontinued it in early 2022, finally giving big screens, like the tablets of the day, some love after years of focusing on phones. One major change was the taskbar; it sat there, stuck to the bottom of the screen, promising quick app<\/a> switching and multitasking. Desktops have been using this feature for years, so it made perfect sense for Android to finally join the party. But this first taskbar turned out to be rather clunky. A stationary bar that took up space at the bottom of the screen whether you needed it or not. Sure, you could hide it temporarily, but by default it was always visible and limited screen real estate on larger screen devices that weren't as big as, say, a 14-inch tablet.<\/p>\n

That changed when Android 13 QPR2 arrived last year with a redesigned taskbar that, instead of always being there, was replaced by a pill-shaped bar that appeared after a quick swipe and then disappeared after a few seconds. This new version debuted on Google's Pixel Tablet and Fold, and with Android 14 it has finally reached other big-screen devices.<\/p>\n

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