Beta Build of Android 16 has an early version of the new Android desktop from Google, which, in the future, can allow users simply to connect their smartphone in a screen and use it like a laptop or desktop computer.
The new feature has been shared by Android Tinkerer Mishaal Rahman Android salad. Rahman manually enabled Android desktop mode among the developers options on Google Pixel 8 Pro, which runs the latest Beta Android 16. After connecting it to a USB-C screen, it immediately displays a computer-like interface on the external screen, As you can see as in its video:
Android desktop mode put Android on top so that you can see Wi-Fi and your signal power, and there is a task bar at the bottom that allows you to install applications for easy access. The taskbar also gives you a staircase to the Start Start Windows app, and you can access the original android navigation buttons on the right end of the taskbar. Applications are operated in a window highly similar to the experience on Android plates, but you also get capabilities like Windows PC – such as pickups to the left and right from the screen.
Last year, Rahman found an early version of Google’s desktop experience that did not allow you Driving a window application that can be fixed on a larger screen. In March, Google increased its capabilities to include the supply mode management preparation that allows you to withdraw the boxes to arrange the mobile phone screen and monitor so that you can facilitate the movement between the index, such as the arrangement arrangement settings that you will find on desktop operating systems.
Rahman says that the status of the desktop may not be ready when Android 16 launch, which is This spring is expected to be launched. It can come later in a quarterly update or even as part of Android 17, which will not likely come until 2026.
