
Android’s long-awaited native desktop mode is lastly coming to Android 16, and Google gave a sneak preview throughout its I/O 2025 developer keynote. It was co-developed alongside Samsung – a logical transfer given Samsung’s expertise with DeX, which first launched on the Galaxy S8 series again in 2017. We received a glimpse of the upcoming desktop interface on the 20:55 mark within the video beneath.
Android’s native desktop mode appears just like Chrome OS with a row of apps pinned in a taskbar on the underside. We are able to see a few of Google’s first-party apps like Gmail, Chrome, YouTube, and Google Images all lined up.
It’ll characteristic “enhanced windowing capabilities” and Google additionally confirmed that adaptive apps will robotically scale for desktop mode, Android Automotive and Android XR.