Increase your user base by optimizing for large screens
Engineering teams around the globe have improved their customer metrics by investing in large screen optimization. Learn from the developers themselves about the experiences they built, what they implemented, and why this is important to their businesses.
On large screens, users often have more than one application visible. Learn about multitasking and multi-window mode and how to support features users love like picture-in-picture and drag and drop.
The Android 12L feature drop was designed to make apps work better on large screens. Take a look at what 12L introduced, and find tools to empower your large screen optimization efforts.
Material Design has guidance to help you optimize your app with common large screen layouts and approaches to responsive grids. Explore the latest guidance to find out how you can design and build for more devices.
Optimizing for large screens means meeting your users where they are with experiences that inspire. With foldable devices, users can switch across different postures, which brings new possibilities for the innovation of mobile office apps. Take a look at how the WPS Office team built an excellent foldable screen experience.
Developer voices: Why invest in large screens?
“YouTube has seen huge growth in tablet users since 2019, so we’ve spent time making sure
the YouTube experience feels at home on tablets and foldables to meet our customers where
they are.”
- Ed Palmer, software engineer at YouTube
“We invested heavily at the design and engineering level to support tablet experiences,
and we are proud to say the result is a 4.7 star rating on Google Play.”
- Matthew Mossman, Android Engineer on eBay’s architecture team
“Our team decided to invest in building features that encourage multitasking capabilities and, after our investments, we saw multi-window usage improve by 18x.”
At Android Dev Summit in October we highlighted the growth we’re seeing in large screen devices like tablets, foldables, and Chromebooks. We talked about how we’re making it easier to build great app experiences for these devices through new Jetpack
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Today we’re pushing the source to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and officially releasing the latest version of Android. Keep an eye out for Android 12 coming to a device near you starting with Pixel in the next few weeks and Samsung Galaxy,
We’re just a few weeks away from the official release of Android 12! As we put the finishing touches on the new version of Android, today we’re bringing you a final Beta update to help you with testing and development. For developers, now is the time
Today we’re bringing you the fourth Beta of Android 12, and moving into the final phase of the release. We’ve built Android 12 with a new UI that adapts to you, performance improvements, privacy and security enhancements, and more. We’re now shifting
Alongside today’s Android 12 Beta 3 release for mobile, we’re also bringing the third Beta of Android 12 to Android TVs. We’re excited to bring new media features, UI improvements, and privacy controls to the experience with Beta 3 while we continue
Each month we’re bringing Android 12 closer to its final form, with innovative features, a new UI that adapts to you, performance improvements, privacy enhancements, security benefits, and much more. Many of you are already developing and testing on
Just a few weeks ago at Google I/O we unwrapped the first beta of Android 12, focusing on a new UI that adapts to you, improved performance, and privacy and security at the core. For developers, Android 12 gives you better tools to build delightful
People want an OS and apps that they can trust with their most personal and sensitive information. Privacy is core to Android’s product principles. As shared in the “ What’s new in Android Privacy ” session, Android 12 continues to expand on this
Today at Google I/O we unveiled the first Beta of Android 12, one of our most ambitious releases ever. We focused on a new UI that adapts to you, improving performance, with privacy and security at the core. For developers, we’re giving you more
Google I/O 2021 is just a few weeks away and we’re looking forward to sharing all of the latest news in Android with you soon! To take us one step closer, today we’re sharing Developer Preview 3, the next milestone release of Android 12, for your
Last month we shared the first preview of Android 12, an early look at the next version of Android. Today we’re bringing you the next milestone build in this year’s release, with more new features and changes for you to try with your apps. Our
Every day, Android apps help billions of people work, play, communicate, and create on a wide range of devices from phones and laptops to tablets, TVs, and cars. As more people come to rely on the experiences you build, their expectations can rise
Concepts sees 70% more time spent in app on tablets
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