Title: Google previews Android 16’s desktop mode
Post by: DP on May 22, 2025, 01:04:16 AM
Post by: DP on May 22, 2025, 01:04:16 AM
Google previews Android 16's desktop mode
Source: Google previews Android 16's desktop mode (https://www.gsmarena.com/google_previews_android_16s_desktop_mode_-news-67899.php)
Android's long-awaited native desktop mode is finally coming to Android 16, and Google gave a sneak preview during its I/O 2025 developer keynote. It was co-developed alongside Samsung – a logical move given Samsung's experience with DeX, which first launched on the Galaxy S8 series back in 2017. We got a glimpse of the upcoming desktop interface at the 20:55 mark in the video below.
Android's native desktop mode looks similar to Chrome OS with a row of apps pinned in a taskbar on the bottom. We can see some of Google's first-party apps like Gmail, Chrome, YouTube, and Google Photos...
Source: Google previews Android 16's desktop mode (https://www.gsmarena.com/google_previews_android_16s_desktop_mode_-news-67899.php)