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TL;DR
- An OPPO government lately claimed that Android 16’s new 90:10 multitasking system was a “small contribution from OPPO” to Google.
- Nevertheless, OPPO advised Android Authority that the Android 16 function solely “attracts inspiration” from its personal multitasking system.
Android 16 features a great split-screen multitasking system, permitting one app to take over 90% of the display house whereas the second app occupies the remaining 10%. That is extraordinarily just like OPPO’s Boundless View and OnePlus’s OpenCanvas multitasking programs. However did OPPO really donate this function to Google for Android 16?
OPPO government Zhu Haizhou claimed on Weibo earlier this week that Android 16’s 90:10 break up display function was a “small contribution from OPPO” to Google. Try the machine-translated screenshot beneath.
Nevertheless, we requested OPPO to make clear whether or not it had certainly formally contributed this function to Google:
The Google ’90:10′ split-screen multitasking function you talked about certainly attracts inspiration from OPPO’s Boundless View. Boundless View is a productivity-enhancing function first launched on the OPPO Discover N3 in 2023 and subsequently prolonged to our bar-style telephones, the Discover X8 Sequence, by way of ColorOS 15 final yr. It considerably expands usable display house and redefines the multitasking expertise.
We’re happy to see that Google has acknowledged the worth of this progressive idea and has now integrated an identical function into Android 16.
In different phrases, OPPO didn’t really donate this function to Google for Android 16, and it’s merely a “related function.” This isn’t a shock, although, as Google has lengthy grabbed options innovated by OEMs and included them in inventory Android.
Whatever the function’s origins, we’re glad to see Google bringing a much-loved OPPO and OnePlus function to inventory Android. This opens the door for a great deal of different manufacturers to undertake this novel multitasking possibility. In truth, Samsung has already adopted it within the One UI 8 beta on the Galaxy S25 sequence.
We additionally praised Open Canvas on the OnePlus Open foldable for its capability to flexibly run three apps in split-view mode, and it seems to be like this selection could also come to tablets and foldables working Android 16. So we stay up for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 launch because it’s anticipated to run Android 16 out of the field.
