Apple is bringing support for viewing multiple apps at once to iPads. Starting with iOS 9, users will be able to open a new app in a small window without exiting an existing app using a “slide-over” view. Want to keep both apps on the screen at the same time, allowing you to interact with either […]
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Remix OS 1.5 is coming this summer (based on Android 5.0)
Jide’s Remix OS is a custom version of Android designed to make the operating system feel more like Windows by giving you a task bar and support for viewing multiple apps on a tablet screen at the same time by running apps in phone-sized windows. The version included on the Remix Ultra Tablet I tested recently […]
Android M has a hidden multi-window mode
It looks like Google may plan to bring multi-window support to Android. This would let you see more than one app on the screen at the same time. For example you could watch a video while surfing the web. Google hasn’t publicly said anything about the feature yet, but it turns out there’s experimental support […]
Report: iPad to support split-screen multitasking
Apple’s smartphones, tablets, and whatever the iPod touch is have supported multitasking for years. But so far that’s only meant you could switch between apps running in the background and maybe listen to music from one app while you’re looking at another. But soon you may be able to see up to three apps on the […]
Andromium OS app makes Android more Windows-like
Android phones and tablets can run thousands of apps… but usually you’re limited to looking at one app at a time. Some companies do offer Android phones or tablets limited support for multi-window support, allowing you to run two or more apps side-by-side. But if you want a more Windows-like experience with a taskbar and […]
Lilbits (3-10-2015): Google edition
Apple may have dominated the headlines yesterday thanks to the launch of the Apple Watch, the new MacBook, HBO NOW for Apple products, and refreshed MacBook Air and Macbook Pro models. But today belongs to Google Android. Folks are discovering new features in Android 5.1, releasing new apps for Android, and expanding sales of Android […]
Acer Iconia Tab 8 Android tablet gains split-screen app feature
Google Android may be designed to show one app at a time in full-screen mode, but Samsung, LG, and other companies have been offering custom software that lets you view more than one app at a time. Now Acer is joining the multi-window part with a new feature called Split Screen. It lets you view […]
Report: This is how Android multi-window apps could work
Most smartphones and tablets support multi-tasking… to the extent that you consider the ability to listen to music from one app while looking at a different app in the foreground such as a web browser to be multitasking. But if you want to actually see more than one app on your screen at the same […]
Early signs of multi-window support for iPad apps (video)
Apple’s rumored to be working on support for running two apps side-by-side on an iPad. That’s something you can already do on a Windows tablet, and it’s similar to the multi-window features available for some Android devices from Samsung, LG, and others. But up until now, multitasking on iOS has meant running an app in the background […]
Lilbits (5-12-2014): Tizen is coming
Tizen is an open source, Linux-based operating system that rose out of the ashes of the dead-before-their-time MeeGo, Moblin, and Maemo operating systems. It’s not a continuation of those products like Sailfish so much as a replacement operating system with the same key backers including Samsung and Intel. Samsung reportedly sees Tizen as an opportunity […]