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Apple has revamped multitasking and productivity in iPadOS 26 and having used it for two days, it's already shown these four things that Google needs to add to Android.
One of Google's plans is to change the way users reach the most important people in the Phone app. As spotted by Telegram user @h_muc, the Mountain View tech giant seems to have started reworking the "Favourite" section to move it somewhere else in the app (via Android Authority ).
Google has released the desktop mode for Android for developers to test with the Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 update – Pixel 8 or 9 required.
Apple made plenty of announcements at WWDC, including a new aesthetic for its OSes and an updated numbering scheme.
Thankfully, Google will ease the pain of small-screen multitasking in Android 16 with a new 90:10 split-screen mode. It will allow you to run one app in near full screen, with the other occupying 10% of the screen at the top or bottom. The feature is already available for Galaxy S25 users in the first Android 16-based One UI 8 beta.