Google is readying to launch its next major release of the Android mobile operating system, Android 15, in 2024. Vanilla Ice Cream as codename, Android 15 is to bring significant improvements to device security, app optimisations for cameras, GPUs, displays, and AI, and a host of new user friendly features.
One new report claims that the next major Android release will also feature a revamp desktop mode experience.
The Android OS already includes a desktop mode, first introduce in Android 10, but the experience has left much to be desire, especially on the user side.
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The Android desktop mode lacks a few basic features that would allow users to seamlessly manage multiple windows.
As per a report, Android 15 is set to bring in major improvements to the desktop mode, bringing a user experience akin to Windows or MacOS on computers.
The report is based on the desktop mode experience extract from Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2.1 update, details new features of the enhance mode coming to Android 15.
As per the report, window management in the new desktop mode will be a much more fluid experience, with users getting the ability to resize and move around app windows freely.
In a video of the desktop mode experience share in the report, you can see full screen app windows with an options bar at top, which when tap or click reveals a compact menu that allows users to access the window in full-screen, split-screen or freeform modes.
In freeform mode, the app window can be freely move around, resize and snap to the edges of the screen.
The app window also includes maximise and close buttons and a dropdown icon for accessing window mode options.
These are not enough to replace the traditional desktop experience.
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And multiple windows can be manage seamlessly, there is no taskbar yet.
Many other essential desktop features are still missing, as well.
There’s no official world from Google on when its enhance desktop mode will launch, but one can expect the mode to release with Android 15 later 2024.
A report last week claim that Android 15 could come with redesign status bar icons and haptic feedback for the quick settings menu buttons.
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Status bar icons on Android have remain largely unchange for a decade.
One more report in March 2024 said that the Android 15 update would bring a new HQ button on the webcam mode for Pixel phones, allowing users to turn on a high-quality mode for webcam video.
The webcam mode introduce on Google Pixel phones lets you use your Android phone as a webcam.
