Android 17 Beta 2 fell into our laps today, and unlike Google’s first build, this one is chock full of new features, including an all-new windowing mode that takes bubbles to the next level. In our ...

Zac has been writing about Android as a hobby since he was a teenager and fulfilled his ambition of doing so professionally when he joined Android Police as a Reviewer in 2020. Zac specializes in ...

Android 17 Beta 2 introduces Bubbles, a floating window interface for phones, tablets, and foldable devices. Users can create a bubble by long-pressing an app icon. On larger screens, a bubble bar in ...

Google introduced “bubbles” as a means of keeping messaging apps easily accessible by letting them float on top of other apps. In future versions of Android, it sounds like Google may make these a lot ...

The Bubbles API was first introduced in Android 11. It was mainly used for chat apps, letting users see and reply to messages while doing other tasks on their phones. The interface looks like a ...

Google Gemini is getting a long-awaited tweak that makes it more pleasant to use and might even open up new functional possibilities. Now, Gemini’s results appear in a floating window instead of ...

Gboard is finally getting a pop-out floating window for typing in landscape mode. The smaller, rectangular window can be placed anywhere on the screen, depending on the apps you’re using. The feature ...

Google Gemini is starting to get the floating response window Google teased at I/O. Rather than pulling you away from your app, Gemini now functions much more like Assistant. The floating window opens ...