Android 15 is rolling out a revamped desktop mode with window management: report

Google is gearing up to launch his next big release. Android mobile operating system, Android 15, this year. Dubbed Vanilla Ice Cream, Android 15 is set to bring significant improvements to device security, app optimization for cameras, GPUs, displays, and AI, and a host of new user-focused features. A new report claims that the next major Android release will also feature a new desktop mode experience.

Android OS already includes a desktop mode — first introduced in Android 10 — but the experience leaves a lot to be desired, especially on the user side. Android desktop mode lacks a few basic features that allow users to seamlessly manage multiple windows. According to one Reports According to Android Authority, Android 15 is set to bring major improvements to Desktop Mode, making the user experience Windows or MacOS On computers

A report based on the Desktop Mode experience derived from the Android 14 QPR3 beta 2.1 update details the new Enhanced Mode features coming to Android 15. With users getting the ability to resize app windows and move around freely.

In a video of the desktop mode experience shared in the report, one can see full-screen app windows with an option bar, which when tapped or clicked reveals a compact menu that lets users navigate to the window full-screen, split I allow access. Screen or Freeform modes. In freeform mode, app windows can be freely moved around, resized, and snapped to the edges of the screen. The app window also includes maximize and close buttons and a dropdown icon to access window mode options.

However, these are not enough to replace the traditional desktop experience. While multiple windows can be seamlessly managed, there’s still no taskbar. Many other essential desktop features are also missing. There is no official word from Google when its enhanced desktop mode will launch, but one can expect the mode to be released with Android 15 later this year.

Last week, A Reports claimed that Android 15 could come with redesigned status bar icons and haptic feedback for quick settings menu buttons. Status bar icons on Android haven’t changed much in over a decade.

one more Reports Last month it said that the Android 15 update would bring a new HQ button to the webcam mode for Pixel phones, allowing users to turn on the high-quality mode for webcam video. The webcam mode introduced on Pixel phones lets you use your Android phone as a webcam.

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