Android 16 will improve multitasking with a new feature

Although Android 15 is still not available even for the company’s Pixels Googleso the first information about next year’s version is already appearing on the Internet – Android 16. The latest ones according to the portal AndroidPolice they claim they would Android 16 was supposed to improve multitasking with a new function.

How will the new feature work?

The feature was discovered as part of the beta version Android 15 (QPR1 Beta 2)indicating the possibility that it will appear in the stable version of Android 16. Its name Bubble anything it already indicates what it should be used for. In short, the function can minimize any application into a floating bubble from which you can maximize it again at any time.

When this feature is enabled, a “ button will appear in the context menu launcher of the target applicationbubble anything“. Then tap on it to minimize the application into a floating bubble. You can freely move the bubble around the screen so that it does not mislead you. And when you want to return to the application, a simple click on the bubble will suffice.

Floating bubbles are not exactly new

Needless to say, this feature could greatly improve multitasking. And even more so on tablets and foldable devices with larger displays. For example, the owners are already familiar with floating bubbles Samsung devices. On them, the function marked “Smart pop-up view” allows you to minimize selected applications into floating bubbles. But not all of them.

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Facebook Messenger for a change has been floating chat bubbles for a long time. In his case, they allow users to easily switch between messages without interrupting their current activity. Of course, it is not yet confirmed that the function Bubble anything will be included in a future version of the system Android 16but the probability of this is very high.

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