Android 16 could make multitasking better on phones with this split screen

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• The upcoming Android 16 update may let you put two apps into a 90:10 ratio in split-screen mode.
• This means one app will take up 90% of the screen while the other app takes up the remaining 10%.
• Currently, split-screen mode only lets you put apps into a 50:50 or 70:30 ratio.

The smaller screen size of Android smartphones compared to PCs can sometimes make work difficult. Fortunately, features like split-screen mode can help mitigate such problems. Split-screen lets you display two apps side-by-side, either in a 50:50 ratio (i.e. divided evenly in half) or in a 70:30 ratio. The upcoming Android 16 update may offer a new 90:10 split, making multitasking a bit more flexible on Android phones.

With the release of Android 16 DP2 last month, Google quietly updated the code for Android’s split-screen mode to support a 90:10 ratio. While this ratio isn’t currently functional in DP2, I managed to get it partially working with some tinkering.




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