Category: Android/Google/Tech
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Google tests desktop windowing for Android tablets
Google is testing a new feature for Android tablets that will let you resize apps freely and arrange them on your screen at will, making it easier to juggle multiple tasks. The “desktop windowing” feature is now available as a developer preview, and for apps that support it, you could even have more than one…
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A rundown of what’s new and improved in Android 15 — so far
The annual refreshes of Android and iOS are always worth looking out for, and in the wake of Google I/O 2024, we now have the second beta release of Android 15, so it’s a good opportunity to round up everything coming to the OS this year. If you want to get involved in the beta…
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Beeper couldn’t bring iMessage to Android — but it can still make a great chat app
Beeper needed a fresh start. Late last year, the company bet big on a hacked-together iMessage app for Android, only to be shut down by Apple within days. Beeper tried to fight back, but it ultimately threw in the towel just weeks later in a widely covered defeat. “December was a wild ride,” Eric Migicovsky,…