Google would be ready to revolutionize multitasking thanks to a series of interesting innovations planned for the launch of Android 16.
In fact, numerous rumors about the introduction of the function are starting to filter out “Bubble Everything”discovered during a teardown of the Beta 2 version of the Android 15 QPR1 APK. At this stage, the “Bubble” button was clearly identified within the contextual menus of the Pixel Launcher, i.e. essentially those that are available to the user by pressing for a long time on the icons. By carrying out this operation on an app, it is transformed into a floating bubble, which can be moved freely to the sides of the smartphone screen, a bit like what already happens on Facebook Messenger “chat heads”.
A similar function was introduced for the first time by Google with Android 11 in 2020: it is “API bubbles”with use limited exclusively to conversation notifications. A very interesting novelty, but which presumably did not receive the success it deserved. According to reports from Android Authority, Google is now working with the aim of extending the possibilities of this function by making it accessible to every application that will be installed on systems managed by Android 16.
This would be a way of perfecting the multitaskingnot only on mobile phones but also on tablets, allowing interaction with applications more quickly and easily. By combining the “Bubble Anything” with the “Bubble Bar” it will be possible to manage multiple apps at the same time without the need to implement windowing.
In the beta version examined, the “Bubble Bar” appears to be a small dock positioned at the bottom right of the screen, the size of which obviously depends on the number of open applications inserted into it by the user. To access each of them, simply click on the bar, and pressing will make it expand, showing all the apps present and allowing you to interact with them. At this point you can then select the program you want to reopen and reuse, or run a new one to add to your list by clicking on the “+” button.
For now it is not known if and when this functionality will be officially released by
Google, but it is clear that the developers are working on perfecting it with the aim of revolutionizing multitasking, presumably in view of the long-awaited launch of Android 16 next year.