Android 15: This is the new desktop mode – Google launches flexible app windows and features (gallery)

Google has been working on a real Android desktop mode and has tried out many concepts over time. Now the project finally seems to have reached its final phase, as the current Android 15 QPR1 beta allows the use of this interface on the Pixel tablet for the first time. The first look at the Android desktop mode shows that the wait was definitely worth it. Because Google is presenting a well thought-out concept with great potential for the future.

In recent years, there have been repeated attempts to bring Android to the desktop – by Google, Samsung and some other companies such as Microsoft. The technical basis was created with the “Freeform Windows” half a decade ago (!), but only now does Google seem to be ready for the first version. At least the desktop mode designed for the Pixel tablet has now been presented in detail and can be tried out on a test basis.

Desktop mode is first and foremost a visual adjustment: every Android app can be run in a window instead of being used in full screen as usual. Secondly, it is a technical innovation that the app sizes can be freely changed, which will certainly lead to interesting interfaces for some non-adapted apps. The biggest advantage, however, is that it enables real multitasking for the first time, because – as is usual on the desktop – all windows can be moved freely and apps can be used simultaneously without a split screen.

Google has now presented the mode in detail and is offering it to interested users for testing. We will present the most important basics that may one day be very important. The entire concept seems very well thought out and could build the long-awaited bridge between the interfaces of mobile devices and the desktop. Take a look at how this mode works.