During the second quarterly platform launch (Q2P) in, Google revamped the taskbar functionality to briefly display on its foldable devices.
Starting with your phone in a book-style foldable orientation, you can reveal the taskbar by swiping up from the navigation bar to the top of the screen. As Android’s architecture evolves, Google is introducing a feature that allows users to quickly summon a larger taskbar at the bottom of the screen, providing an intuitive way to navigate and manage multiple applications. Google is developing an optimized taskbar design that allows it to seamlessly transition from desktop to mobile devices without sacrificing screen real estate.
While you might have a taskbar readily available on your Android 15 Beta-powered phone, it’s not without its trade-offs. | Picture credit-PhoneArena
Rahman discovered in Beta 4 that Windows offers a Taskbar functionality allowing users to pin it to the side of their screen, without compromising display scaling or resolution. Despite its promising premise, this smaller smartphone taskbar is still in development and isn’t yet ready for widespread use.
To access the Taskbar immediately in your Beta-operating system, make one adjustment: enable Show window contents while dragging. This modification will allow all elements to remain large enough for easy viewing. Go to > . The construct quantity is repeated six times on the backend of the display screen to enable developers’ options. After you’ve got finished this, return to > > . Adjust the “Smallest width” setting beneath the “Drawing” heading, changing the value from 411 dp to 600. On the rear surface of your phone, you’ll find the taskbar.
You’ll likely want to switch back to 411 DP because learning the screen will be too exhausting. If you’re tired of straining your eyes on your phone waiting for the mobile version of the taskbar to arrive, potentially by 2023, that could be your best bet.
