Gboard is getting rid of its massive landscape layout and readying a new floating window that automatically pops out in landscape mode.

Freeform window mode is just what we imagined. It's a dead ringer for Remix OS —multiple Android apps floating around inside windows—and it might be the beginnings of a desktop operating system.

Floating windows on Samsung devices have been both praised and criticized by users. One UI 6.1 introduces a small but welcome change that allows users to easily restore all minimized windows at once.

In a similar vein, it seems that Android N lay the foundations of another most wanted Android feature as far as multi-tasking is concerned: free-form, floating windows.

In case you hadn’t heard, Android N adds a split-screen mode for phones/tablets and picture-in-picture for Android TV. As previously reported, it also has code references to a freeform mode that ...

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Beta testers are now noticing that landscape orientation on Android devices is pulling up a floating Gboard thanks to recent updates.

These floating windows range from browsers that load pages in the background, to buttons that popup to call your attention, to lyrics that display your currently playing song.

However, Google will be adding new features including the freeform floating window. Thanks to a new app one could taste the freeform floating feature on the Android Nougat without rooting the phone.

As it turns out, Google’s Multi-Window in Android N isn’t the only new multi-tasking functionality the Android team has added. If you read closely in the Android N Multi-Window Support section ...