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Android 17 isn’t a flashy update, but it gets plenty of significant changes across different areas. One such noteworthy change is a new multitasking feature called App Bubbles — letting you turn an app into a floating bubble on the screen, allowing you to access and use it on top of other apps when needed.
While this is great for Pixel users, if you use a Samsung phone, you’ve had an App Bubble-like multitasking feature for years. It’s called Pop-Up View, and while it shares the same idea, it does a few things differently that make it significantly better than App Bubbles.
Do you know about or use Pop-Up View multitasking on your Galaxy phone? 10 votes Yes. 40 % No, but I'll use it now. 50 % I don't find it that useful. 0 % I prefer Split Screen View multitasking. 10 %
Pop-Up View is essentially App Bubbles, but with more functionality and better controls
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One UI offers two main multitasking modes: Split Screen View and Pop-Up View. If you’ve used a Galaxy phone for a while, you’d already know about or use Split Screen View, which lets you split the screen and run two apps simultaneously. However, you may have missed or overlooked Pop-Up View, as it isn’t that well-known.
Pop-Up View is a multitasking feature that allows you to open an app in a resizable, floating window on the screen. You can use the app in this window like normal. When you’re done, you can minimize the app window, which turns it into an app bubble. This app bubble then floats on top of all other apps, and you can tap it whenever you want to use the app again.
Compared to Split Screen View, which is useful when you want to access two apps at the same time, Pop-Up View is better suited for scenarios where you want temporary access to another app while keeping the main app open in full-screen view at all times. And just like Split Screen View, you’ll find Pop-Up View useful in numerous everyday scenarios.
For instance, Pop-Up View is handy when you want to watch videos on YouTube while continuing a conversation on WhatsApp, without constantly switching between the two apps. Doing quick calculations or unit conversions with numbers open in one app is another use case for Pop-Up View, eliminating the need to repeatedly jump back into the Calculator or a unit conversion app.
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