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The actual multi-tasking of various applications will arrive with Android Q

Multitasking on phones and tablets since its inception has been more limited than desktop systems, with many more resources available. In Android it has existed for many years, but it is from Android Nougat (7.0) that it settled the multiventana in three possible ways. It was the official support for split screen, floating window and Picture-in-Picture for multimedia content.The split-screen mode allows you to open two applications simultaneously, but not execute them as such: one remains as the active application, while the second remains paused and visible. To retrieve the paused application you have to interact with it, without an alternative to keep both active beyond content playback. Well, this will change in the next version of Android.Tablets and 'folding' in the spotlight. After announcing support for folding devices almost simultaneously with the announcement of the Samsung folding phone, from Google introduced other news at the support level in Android.

Among them is the new 'multi-resume' function, which will be mandatory in the next version of Google's mobile system, Android Q.According to XDA developers, this new feature allows several applications to be running simultaneously.


This was already possible with some modifications by the manufacturers, such as Samsung, but now will be supported from the operating system itself and on all devices that reach the next version of Android.Yes, it seems that it will take time for this version to reach the devices. In the meantime, if the manufacturer and developer of each application allow it, this feature can be tested from the latest Android Pie version. This feature can be useful on tablets and folding devices with support for more than two applications simultaneously, but also the current phones with increasing screen.Android Q, perhaps closer than it seems (in beta mode).

Project Treble came as an attempt to isolate the operating system from the customization that developers do about it and in this way accelerate the process of adoption of new versions. Two years make this announcement, and it seems that the results have not yet been made too noticeable, because the version following Oreo - first to implement it - does not even reach 0.1% of total version distribution.It is now when they begin to explore a new way to advance the arrival of these versions. This is the use of generic system images (GSI), that is, the most basic version of Android before any customization. Thus, it will be possible to be able to test it before even being public in AOSP, the Android open source project."We are exploring ways to make future GSI available before the release of the next version of Android, so you will be able to test the next version of GSI, and at the same time we can receive feedback from you, so the benefit is mutual." Hung-ying Tyan, GoogleIn addition, to avoid or reduce the complexity associated with the installation of these versions, they said that they will facilitate the process, although without details of how.

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