With the launch of Android 12L came the taskbar, a typical element of desktop operating systems that made the leap to Android tablets and that Google is improving for a future version of Android, or at least this are the clues that give Android 13 QPR2
The development of Android 13 continues, and in its latest beta it has been discovered that it hides a revamped taskbar It looks like it won’t be limited to large-screen tablets but could reach smaller screens as well, making the leap to some mobile phones.
Here is the taskbar that hides Android 13 QPR2
Currently the Android taskbar is limited to devices with a screen density of 600 dpi or greater, a configuration that only tablets meet, but in Android 13 QPR2 Beta 1 they managed to enable a new taskbar. tasks for lower densities, those of mobile screens.
Google is testing a redesigned taskbar in Android 13 QPR2 Beta 1. They call it the “transitional taskbar”. pic.twitter.com/H0sTZHuSsz
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) December 13, 2022
This is an experiment that Google hides in the code of the latest beta called “transient taskbar”
Android 13 QPR2 Beta 1 also hides another experience that carries the taskbar to recent apps view so that when you swipe up, in addition to seeing all recently opened apps, we also have access to our favorite apps next to the app drawer to switch apps from anywhere.
Another experience lets you access the taskbar when you’re in the recent events overview! (The last tweet’s transient taskbar is also enabled.) pic.twitter.com/GcByCks4MP
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) December 13, 2022
It seems that Google is internally testing how to bring the taskbar from tablets to mobile phones, as they improve multitasking, since in addition to making it easier to switch between applications, it allows you to activate split screen by simply swiping a taskbar application. Some of these experiences are surely one of the novelties of Android 14.
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