Foldable support too
Google has released the first official cut of 2019’s Android to developers, including a secret „desktop mode“ for external displays, and support for pholdables*. Q is the 10th major platform release of the software that dominates the smartphone market (Android has a market share north of 85 per cent**).
The desktop mode was not officially listed in the blog post accompanying the release. Twitter user Michael Young, who disclosed the feature based on leaks to the XDA Developers Portal in January, suggests desktop mode is available to other launchers.
Making a phone double up as a PC has been feasible for years, but never caught on. Microsoft was probably first off the blocks with Continuum in Windows 10 Mobile, but then it abandoned mobile.
