TL;DR
- vivo’s upcoming X Fold 5 incorporates a new multitasking system known as “Atomic Workbench” able to operating as much as 5 lively apps concurrently.
- “Atomic Workbench” permits one dominant app view whereas conserving others minimized however stay, enhancing upon OnePlus’ Open Canvas method with a greater structure for partaking extra apps.
- The vivo X Fold 5 launches on June 25 in China.
OnePlus pioneered the Open Canvas function with the OnePlus Open foldable, permitting customers to open three apps concurrently on their foldable’s interior show. This method stood out as probably the greatest methods to multitask on Android foldables and tablets, because it opened up two apps facet by facet, with the third app tucked away however able to be in focus at any second. Now, vivo’s upcoming X Fold 5 foldable threatens to usurp OnePlus’ multitasking crown with its “Atomic Workbench” function.
vivo’s product supervisor Han Boxiao has shared a demo of the X Fold 5’s multitasking system, known as “原子工作台,” which interprets into “Atomic Workbench.”
The demo video exhibits that the Honor of Kings sport occupies many of the display screen actual property, however not all of it. There’s empty area on the edges, however extra notably, we see 4 apps hanging out within the high ~30% of the display screen. Tapping open any of those apps brings them into focus in an identical structure. Nonetheless, apps like DeepSeek and WPS Spreadsheet push the multitasking pane to the left facet (most likely as a result of they open in portrait orientation). We additionally spot a drag deal with on the underside proper nook, albeit the demo doesn’t showcase its use.
This multitasking resolution is genius as a result of it permits one app to dominate the show, whereas nonetheless supplying you with a great peek at what the opposite apps are as much as. The cherry on high is that each one 5 apps proceed operating actively, even when out of focus. For all sensible functions, the apps nonetheless very a lot think about themselves in focus. We are able to see Honor of Kings continues to proceed with the gameplay, and DeepSeek retains answering the question even when the consumer has switched away.
Primarily, vivo has improved upon OnePlus’ Open Canvas expertise by focusing extra on one app whereas conserving the remaining open in smaller, switchable home windows. The structure can be an enchancment from Android’s typical multi-window expertise, which not too long ago adopted the 90:10 multitasking split after being impressed by Open Canvas on candybar telephones. Nonetheless, I can’t assist however discover the similarities with iPadOS’ Stage Supervisor, which focuses on app teams, whereas vivo’s multitasking implementation seems to deal with particular person apps.
It stays to be seen how straightforward it’s to activate this multitasking structure, if it might run with fewer than 5 apps, and if customers can resize or reposition the structure.
