You can use two apps on your Android phone simultaneously with the split screen mode to boost your productivity. For Android smartphones that support this feature, simply go to the recent apps menu ...

Google is enabling Gemini’s side-by-side multitasking feature on regular smartphones, not just tablets or foldables. You get a new “Share screen and app content” button inside Gemini, and once ...

Google recently updated Android to support putting apps into left-right splits. This feature supports “portrait foldables,” such as the upcoming Pixel 9 Pro Fold. We discovered code that not only ...

Samsung’s One UI packs many multitasking features. If you’ve got a Galaxy phone, especially one with a large screen, like one of the Plus or Ultra models, knowing how to multitask will help you get ...

Samsung’s One UI 8 update brings support for a new split screen mode that makes it easy to switch between apps, and it serves as a first preview of what’s coming to Android 16. Split-screen ...

iPad users once again gain access to classic Split View multitasking in iPadOS 26.2. It’s back to being the best way to use two applications side-by-side on your iPad. Apple nerfed Split View in ...

Multitasking on Android has been around for ages, but it hasn’t changed much in a long time. Whether on a phone, a foldable, or a full-size tablet, Android technically only supports running two apps ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

While Apple has offered split-screen multitasking on the iPad since 2015, the company has never enabled the feature on the iPhone, even as screen sizes grew well beyond 6 inches.