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Thank you for suggesting this enhancement. We value the feedback from our community and hope to review your suggestion in an upcoming sprint.

Created for myself a better solution for managing the files in my app's private directory: a Mini WebDAV Server that's easy to integrate into any app in DEBUG mode only (or in any mode if one wants to). Now using a WebDAV client like WebDrive on my PC, I can mount my app's directory in an emulator as a virtual drive or directory and access it any way I want - from the native host File Explorer, from command line, create/edit files there etc.
Maybe it will be useful to others too. The WebDAV server has also an option to export all Android emulator or device storage. See:

https://github.com/gregko/Mini-WebDAV-server-for-Android

I also agree. Why round the corners of any window ? Why waste space ?
In some cases it even hides important content and buttons...
Wrote about it on this duplicate, with video:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/218993241

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022, 07:22 <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

Another day another stupid change for the sake of change. Now theres even less functionality in split screen yay!  What genius thought this was a good idea? Google is going straight to trash with these awful changes.

Very annoying update

Rounded corners eat into minimized screen space. The bright gray bar is also very distracting, at times being the brightest part of the screen compared to open apps.

I miss the old way of splitscreen before the march 12L update 12 (SP2A.220305.013.A3)

This totally ruins functionality of the split screen feature!

Yes , that is totally downgrade, Before  I can just stick the video on top and do whatever I want on button. Now I can't

Came over from Reddit to star this issue. It really needs to be reverted back.
P6P on latest March update: SP2A.220305.013.A3

Please give us back the previous behavior.
At least give us a toggle for the far superior older version of split screen.

The lost screen space due to the rounded corners is infuriating.  Couldn't agree more with the above requests to please restore the prior display settings for split screen (or at least make it an option that can be enabled instead of the new rounded corners).  Please.

I also came over from Reddit to star this issue. It really needs to be reverted back.

Three days of use, I gave up this split screen mode, there is no logic at all, I hope to restore the previous version

Having one app always on (baby monitors, process monitors, video streaming) AND being able to switch the secondary app was a godsend.  This is 100% broken now. Please fix this bug.

For the love of god, how did this change even get through? How go you go from a perfectly functional split screen, to this broken hot mess. At least if you are gonna introduce this change, give us the option to choose between the two versions of this split screen is gonna work. Currently with the latest update, it was just turned into useless feature. Please change this back. There was no reason for such a change

Let me switch the 2nd app again. Split-screen is unuseable right now on phones.

A simple solution to this now broken system of Multitasking would be to simply have both of these Multitasking features live alongside each other. Since Google replaced the normal, previous way of MultiTasking and introduced only working with 2 apps at the same time with App Pairs, therefore basically making multitasking literally impossible, just give us both options.
You can't just replace a MultiTasking feature with something that, first, doesn't work, and second, works completely differently. Having both "Pin to Top" option and "Split Top" option to choose if you want to Pair 2 apps together or work with multiple apps at once... So you can.. you know.. Multitask.. I though this is what Android 12L was about, and now we get an update that makes multitasking quite literally impossible.

This issue is very frustrating, my singular use case for split screen apps is to keep YouTube open as the top app and to change the bottom through Reddit/BBC/ chrome. This is totally broken.

Split screen was a useful feature. It was the deciding factor for me to stick with an android phone over iphone. Now it's been removed.

Additonally, the replacement "split top" feature is nonfunctional. It causes the android UI to crash.

On pixel 6 it doesn't work at all if the setting "remove animations" is turned on.

Split screen has basically been removed in Android12. It existing as "paired apps" is a massively watered down version from even the earliest Android multitasking features.

Android11 would let a user switch apps in split screen mode to whatever they wanted and access the home screen and even an app drawer. Android 12 seems to have completely removed this and users in forums are sharing tips and tricks for how to switch apps, all cumbersome multi step processes. The ability to switch to an app that wasn't already open without needing to completely re-do the steps to enter split screen mode, as far as I can tell, was killed off entirely.

Please restore Android11's level of split screen functionality entirely (or at least as a toggle option) or at least provide us with the reason it was killed-off.

I liked being able to switch apps on the bottom in split screen mode.

I also liked being able to switch apps that were on the bottom of the split screen mode, seems strange to remove such a useful feature

The most common usage of split screen for me is baby monitor or video streaming pinned on top while reading or productivity apps (frequently switching from app to app) on bottom. This new behavior is awful.

Split screen Is insanely buggy now, it hasn't functioned for me since mid March.

Completely agree that the functionality has degraded since the new change. The fact that I can't change the bottom app to something else once selected or select an app from the home screen after selecting split screen is kind of ridiculous. Much preferred the previous functionality before the update. The rounded corners don't bother me on the other hand.

This change completely ruins split screen and makes it entire purpose pointless.

Even with all the mistakes that Google makes with updates, ruining this takes the cake. Revert!

The new app pair (aka removal of the old split screen functionality) removes one of my favourite (and frankly retaining) features of Android - the ability to quickly pin the top app whilst having the ability to switch in and out the bottom app, to execute a sequence of tasks which may span a variety of apps.

This is far from an evolution in user usability, and coupled with the fact that there's no way to quickly trigger split screen already (without having to pull up the menu by pressing the icon, an extra step) via button navigation or gesture navigation makes an originally seamless multitasking experience turn into one which feels deliberately simplified.

Please bring back the old split screen (and if you must keep the app pairs, make it a subset of the original functionality with the option to turn it off).

Thanks.

Hey Google,

you managed to remove a great feature. The new update is a downgrade.

The existent behaviour of Split Screen is not the function I used to enjoy. There is no split screen at all actually.

Please bring back the feature where the user can pin one application at the top and switch between opened apps at the bottom of the screen. And while you are at fixing it, please give the option to split screen in 1/3 the pinned app and 2/3 the bottom apps. These features were already existent in a previous version of Android 12.

Please make the Split Screen feature great again. Now it is useless. Thank you.

Cheers

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ในวันที่ ส. 2 เม.ย. 2022 12:33 น. <buganizer-system@google.com> เขียนว่า:

Actually, the greater issue is that they removed the admin option to make any app split screen. AND they did it to push YouTube plus subscriptions. Let's be honest, a mistake this bad is always due to greed.

Another dumb new change. If you try to split screen with no other second app open. Now you need to open that app then go back. This is so bad when I don't have any but 1 app running lol WTF

Awful awful awful change. Too many removed features for too little benefits (if you can call them that). I require the old SplitScreen function for everyday life, and if it doesn't come back I will have to switch to a different phone manufacturer. What an awful update. I don't see how anyone at Google could've thought this was a good idea.

The new functionality of split screen is ridiculously annoying and counterintuitive. If you want to change the bottom app, you have to unsplit the apps then resplit them after you've opened both apps you want to split. We used to be able to split them then swap out the bottom with whatever we wanted even if it wasn't open when we started the split screen session. If this really is to sell more YouTube subscriptions, then at least let the folks with premium have a normal split screen experience lol this is ridiculous

Please revert back to the old functional split screen. Why does Google think we want features removed??? This has got to stop.

@42 I don't find that language productive or helpful, but I do agree with the sentiment that this decision was either malicious (to encourage subscriptions to YouTube Premium) or very misguided.

Google dev team, please respond or acknowledge.

I just don't understand why this change was even made.

WHY did you guys take the perfectly fine multitask split screen where I can keep the top app and switch the bottom app whenever I wanted.../

This phone already has enough issues and you go and ruin the one feature I loved... This new multitask split screen is so bad. The UI changes to multitask doesn't even look good and now you remove the perfectly fine feature and made it worse.

REVERT THIS CHANGE.

Please revert this change to how it used to work!

Agree, this new feature makes it pretty cumbersome to use split screen. Please restore the old split screen feature!

Also when resizing, using the app splash screens is so obnoxious. Rather than just leaving it the way it was before. So many bad choices here I keep finding it's astounding. Google must be bleeding talent lol it's seriously one of the worst updates I've ever had to a feature from a usability perspective.

This repeats other comments above. The app pair thing is not a substitute for the split screen. I want to be able to have one app at the top and flip between other apps at the bottom. I should be able to pick a new app from the home screen, not be forced to only use apps that are currently open. I should be able to change apps at the bottom. Also, this is a problem that had recently been fixed... But the top app should keep running while the bottom up is selected. ( Example, a YouTube video should keep playing, while I change apps at the bottom. Bottom. It should not pause when the new app is being selected)

Repeating comments above. This is very limiting.
1. To see two apps, both apps have to be launched by user first. Very short-sighted to limit users to (a) only have access to apps that are currently "open", and (b) provide no efficient way to switch between those apps anyways other than swiping through the recents page that is organized fairly arbitrarily (vs, alphabetical, user choice, etc).
2. Once two apps are shown, the user is locked in to that combination with no way to deviate from that. If you want apps A and C shown on screen, vs apps A and B, there is no mechanism to select this.
Terrible and makes me yearn for other older and competing devices. I have more buyer's remorse with my Pixel 6, than I have had for any product in years. It's a real shame.

Genuinely awful change. Completely ruins how I use my phone. Please revert back

Please change back.
Makes multi tasking impossible

Will there be any response on whether this will be reverted to the old feature that actually worked? Or at least if the new worse feature will be fixed to function with animations turned off?

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ในวันที่ จ. 4 เม.ย. 2022 00:09 น. <buganizer-system@google.com> เขียนว่า:

@Vi...@Google.com status update? How's it coming along?

@34

With reference to my original comment, I have the following suggestions (some of which are based on comments above) for the Google team to consider to further enhance the current implementation of App Pairs.

These suggestions are based on gesture navigation, but can be applied equally (as applicable) to three button navigation.

(i) Add a long-hold trigger to the pill at the bottom of the screen and/or the divider handle (I note that double tapping the handle switches the top and bottom apps around) which unpairs the bottom app and directly pulls up shortcuts in the bottom half for: (a) recent apps (in order of last opened) and (b) the full app drawer (alphabetical), whilst retaining the uninterrupted running of the app in the top half. Using this method, it is possible to retain Google's intended design of allowing multiple app pairs to be retained as app pairs, whilst granting the user greater flexibility in independently manipulating each app pair.

I believe this addresses both Google and the users' pain point in relation to 'having to constantly recreate split screens' and 'being able to change the app pair after the app pair has been established (where the user may or may not know what the second app is, and/or whether such second app has been opened before)' respectively;

(ii) Add a way to directly trigger "split top" of the currently running app from any screen. My suggestion is to allow the user to long-hold the pill at the bottom of the screen to directly trigger split top. The current number of steps required to trigger split top is 3 (i.e. (a) trigger recent apps by swiping up; (b) tap the app icon to bring up the menu; and (c) select split top) - this can be reduced to one by adding this trigger;

(iii) Add a way to unpair apps in an already established app pair from the recent apps page, via the menu after tapping either app icon;

(iv) Add in the option to reduce or turn off rounded corners on both open apps to maximise screen estate;

(v) Enable the resizing of all activities (?) (sorry if this is already the case, I only recall it is an option in the developer settings);

(vi) When manipulating the divider between the two apps, allow both apps to be continuously displayed and to run without displaying the splash screen of each app;

(vii) Allow more segments for where the divider can be placed (perhaps quadrants of 8, or quadrants of 16); based on my current testing, it currently seems to be quadrants of 4 (i.e. a screen can take up a 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4s of the screen but not a custom portion of the screen); and

(viii) Add a double-tap trigger to the pill at the bottom of the screen to trigger the last opened app/app pair. Double-tapping it again brings up the app/app pair prior to triggering the 'switchback'. I note the user already has the existing option of gesturing left or right to go to the previous app, but the second 'switchback' to the original app is dependent on whether the user has interacted with the switched-to app (which would leave the user to consciously recall whether the original app is to the left or the right). The double-tap trigger removes this ambiguity. In the case of three button navigation, adding this double-tap trigger to the 'recent app' button would be the equivalent implementation.

I note that Google's preference here appears to be to retain App Pairs, so without prejudice to reinstating the previous implementation of split screen (which is fine too), the next best thing is to allow App Pairs to achieve its greatest potential.

@All - please feel free to comment, thanks!

@55 those are some very well thought out compromises and I hope Google sees this

Bump - at 165 stars I'm confused as to why Google has not said anything since the auto-ack/assign 126 days ago.

Bump and to answer the last question. Greed.

how could breaking this feature benefit them monetarily? I can't even upgrade my phone and never mind my operating system until they fix this

Users who did not have YouTube premium were using it instead of PIP. I have
had YouTube red and now premium since inception so never had to use it for
that.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 9:56 AM <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

I believe the working theories I've read about (or the only one that makes sense) are the following:

1. To appeal to more iOS users (they have a third party app that behaves in this downgraded way and iPadOS users have something similar albeit better)

2. YouTube Premium sales - regular YouTube is a very viable alternative with a functional split screen that lets you continue using your full phone without closing an app.

I had no idea anybody still used the YouTube app

It's beautiful how bad they screwed it lol. I went back to my OnePlus 6, android 11 was peak.

I just upgraded to Android 12L and feel completely disappointed because of this 'feature'. Please fix it Google.

Been fending off "upgrade to Android 12!" notifications for months now :(

Please bring the old Split Screen back, there is no way to multitast easy anymore, I wish I had not updated. Might have to swich to another brand of phone

Just checking in. May I check if the Google team would be able to please provide an interim response? Thanks.

There needs to be an option to use the old split screen.
I switched off Samsung phones for making the same stupid change and now I'm stuck with it on my pixel 6 as well, if this stays then I will not be getting another pixel in future.

Revert the changes and fire the employee who came up with the idea.

Please revert this. The new app pairs feature is a huge downgrade in functionally over the old split screen feature.

Wow on Android 13 beta 1 you still haven't managed to bring back the much superior version from Android 13 and below. It's slightly better than 12l but yeesh, still terrible

Much superior version from Android 12*

Because of this change my next phone will be Samsung, Xiaomi, or any phone other than the Pixel. very frustrating

Awful change. Always used split screen, now it's a massive headache. Revert it please.

Still no change? I'm done with this phone. The may update make my phone heat up all the time.

Dev team can you please acknowledge this issue and confirm path forward, will be cancelling YouTube premium and going a non-pixel for next model, assuming no resolution

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 23:45 <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 23:45 <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

switching to a Samsung, this phone is straight trash for $1000

I know Samsung has provided a somewhat viable solution to this downgrade (their app-selection bar on the side), does anyone know of any other OEMs that have provided their own workarounds to the downgrade?

Are you at least going to fix the issue where the new, worse feature doesn't function at all if the setting "remove animations" is turned on?

Bumping this for a response - we're coming up to mid-May.

On a relevant note, there used to be a way for app devs to call/toggle split screen via some global accessibility function. Is it possible to do this with app pairs?

Close to 200 stars. Really hoping Google acknowledges/comments beyond the auto-ack. This has been a massive hit to split-screen users and they should have kept it isolated to the Pixel lineup if it really was a preference/usability/Youtube-Premium decision.

To anyone tracking, I encourage you to direct your impacted peers to this thread for info. It's important that users know open IssueTrackers exist.

Issue still persists in QPR3 Beta 3.

would love the split app functionality restored to something more like it used to be... this feels like a serious step down

The new implementation completely breaks the use case of watching a video on top app and switching only the bottom app. A major regression in function and usability.

OMG! Which genius killed off a great feature like that!??!?!

Google still quiet on this issue lol what a joke

Poor support, why is no one on Google's support team accountable ?!

Guys, Google is slowly going to remove features from Android and make them as features in YouTube and other apps that you have to subscribe to. If Google can't even acknowledge these little issues I think it's time we all buy iphones.

@nw if this is the case we'll still have OEMs that make highly custom roms. Both Samsung and OnePlus for example had highly customized multitasking/split-screen implementations (although we haven't seen either tackle the A12L update).

I'm worried that this path will make OEMs using more "stock" android unviable. Think Sony, Poco, etc.. hence why I'm really hoping that Google acknowledges and/or diverts from their current path.

Googles non response is the response. F the users of the hardware and
market to the people who watch keeping up with the Kardashians. Supremely
let down as a Google fan. They need to overhaul the entire staff within
android. I'm just guessing the blue hairs aren't smart enough to do this
anymore.

On Mon, May 16, 2022, 6:55 AM <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

I'd just like to say that I have YouTube premium and while I do understand what everyone's saying, that this might be their move to force people to get YT premium, the picture in picture thing is incredibly irritating and absolutely DOES NOT make up for this split screen feature being completely ruined. It is NOT a valid replacement for a good split screen feature, and Google better realize that before everyone starts jumping ship.

Most people who use Split screens are students and use their smartphones in Split screen mode for several hours during the day, and such a ridiculous change creates a major disruption in their daily work. , Google should not only consider public users, students are also human.

"I'd just like to say that I have YouTube premium and while I do understand what everyone's saying, that this might be their move to force people to get YT premium, the picture in picture thing is incredibly irritating and absolutely DOES NOT make up for this split screen feature being completely ruined. It is NOT a valid replacement for a good split screen feature, and Google better realize that before everyone starts jumping ship."

Yeah, I also have YouTube premium and the new system along with YT Premium is not equivalent to and is worse than the old split screen feature.

Bit random - I saw an article today about Google now accepting feedback for Android 13 Beta 2 and 12 QPR3 Beta 3.

For those who are actually on the beta (sorry I don't know what the naming convention is for the builds or whether this thread is restricted to the normal non-beta build only), would they be able to submit feedback in relation to the split screen? (it seems there are a series of ratings on software experience)

I am on beta and I tried to submit it but any use of the words split,
screen or PIP will not submit.

On Thu, May 19, 2022, 7:44 AM <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

@am wait really? Would you be able to show us a video example?

This a complete downgrade over the existing functionality

I thought it was just my device until I found this thread.
This definitely needs to be reverted to previous functionality.

Why change something that was working fine? The point of multitasking with splitscreen is gone if you cant watch something and take notes at the same time, then keep watching but switch app to do something else. This is specialy noticable on the galaxy fold! So many people cant be wrong...change it back now!!!! Was the best feautere

Here is a side-by-side comparison of Android 11's split screen vs A13's "paired apps":
https://i.imgur.com/IXmpubM.gifv

Please acknowledge.

You can just see how they tried to copy Samsung for whatever reason. I made the switch from my S21 to Pixel 6 Pro exactly for this one feature that Samsung did not have, only for Google to attempt to copy it and do it wrong.

I really, really hope they simply give us both options, to either "Pin to Top" or "Pair App" in the context menu when trying to Split Screen, because this is just a sad way to see an amazing feature get completely destroyed and made useless.

+1 for the video demo and thanks @102
definitely ditto on the absence of accessibility in quickly changing out the bottom app.

This need to be reverted, I have always paid for YT premium but use it in split screen mode. And there are a lot of other streaming apps that do not support PIP, and some do not work with the new app pair.
Problem is that PIP is in the way of other things I am doing when I am multitasking, (as the old split screen moved the whole GUI down on the bottom screen) and the new app pair is just horrible, as I can't in an fast and easy way switch between apps while watching something on the top window.
I need to be able to switch between apps like before the update, revert this please! Otherwise, I need, and will to change to another phone brand.

The only real but very annoying issue for me personally: while selecting, video apps like youtube stop playing and you have to resume the video manually. on top, when tuck to top, you don't see the apps content, just its icon. If video wouldn't stop and the apps content would be visible, I could live with it.

As an alternative, can UX changes like this be a "Pixel Experience" thing going forward perhaps? I don't appreciate that I can't shop around this.

Apple just gave iPadOS users full Windowed-Mode multitasking support and display-extension. Can we at least ask to be able to access our app-drawer in split-screen mode again...?

I don't want to be rude but this is getting downright embarrassing.

Not reproducible? Did you watch the video?

@vi (#110)

Per your request I've just downloaded the AVD for the API Level 33 (r05), latest build, and the behavior is completely identical to to what was described in the original report as well as the behavior seen in the video in comment#102. There is no access to the app drawer or home-screen while in split screen mode.

Issue is still present and reproducible. Please re-open or acknowledge.

I heard from a Google employee that they read these out loud and mock them to start team meetings and build camaraderie amongst staff.

@am (re #112) that is fine, happy teams are productive teams. Hell they can bring up our old embarrassing Google+ photos for a laugh if it gets them to respond quicker.

What the hell is wrong with these incompetent devs. Can't reproduce their basic OS functionality and head in the sand pretending they didn't ruin a popular feature.

Pathetic.

This is just so embarrasing of Google. How are you gonna change the status to "Won't fix" due to it "not being reproducible" even though it very easily is. Are you just gonna keep removing features from your products/phones until you turn into Apple that dictates the way I'm supposed to be using my phone? I'm on Android and with Google because I like having options and features, but so far, Google has only been removing stuff from their phones with no replacement, explanation or anything in between.

Embarrasing.

Can't repro lol what a joke

This is an extremely popular feature that is broken.  certainly status change was in error?

I would assume "not reproducible" simply means that it is working as intended/designed. It was a terrible change but it doesn't look as though the way it operates is due to a bug so the issue tracker isn't the right place for the request to change it back.

Where is the right place you say? No idea...

The right place is public opinion. Just shit talk google every chance you get. Switch to Apple next phone, migrate away from the google ecosystem.

Email every mobile phone news site you can think of and maybe they will take up the cause of embarassing google into action.
I've sent a few emails and hope this gets some traction publicly.

I'll still stick with Google because no matter how stupid this seems, the
other side (apple) is a whole lot worse.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2022, 10:51 AM <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

Good guy Google, breaking a feature I would use the entire time I'm using my phone. Just a coincidence that YouTube's picture in picture mode is behind a paywall, and splitscreen was a fantastic substitute for that feature? Hmmm....

It still doesn't work at all with "remove animations" on. And switching apps is a pain compared to being able to access the tray. Is there an alternate phone that actually has split screen?

Won’t Fix: Don’t want to reproduce.

@ja (comment#122) : None will anymore after this update. However I believe Samsung got ahead of the curve and added their edge-panel to pull and place apps from your app drawer onto the split screen side you desire (come to think of it, this was almost certainly added because they realized what a bad design choice was on its way)

We will check with the product and engineering team about this issue and will update here as and when the information is available.

@vi (re comment#125) thank you for reconsidering. I am thrilled to see this has re-entered an assigned status.

Apologies for a lot of the heated discussion in this thread (some from myself), it was in relation to the "Won't Fix" status as the only update after ~6 months which I hope you can see might frustrate the 200+ followers of this IssueTracker.

I'm looking forward to hearing the thoughts of the product and engineering teams. Even if it's an outright denial it would be helpful to hear the motivation behind the decision.

If I could toss in one last comment that echoes most bug-reporters' sentiments here, Android as a multitasking and PowerUser platform is incredible and had paved the way since Android7 in ways that the competition is still struggling to catch up with. The simplification/downgrade of split screen alienates the same crowd that helped champion Android for years and creates resentment when there's no avoiding it (this feature having a massive UI-impact, which can normally be shopped-around, impacts all OEMS and their custom ROMs/skins) which seems very much against the spirit of Android (thinking back to "be together, not the same").

We have checked in the latest software build and the issue is still reproducible and so we will get more updates from the engineering team and update here.

Please Google. If you revert this change, or simply give us both options, to either "Pin to Top" or "Split Top" so we have a choice of the two, Pixel 6 Pro will be THE perfect phone after the June update.

Thank you,
I agree with the above comments, revert this change or give us the option of either method and I'd finally be satisfied with my pixel 6 pro.

I actually like both approaches, the old and the new.
I suggest to have them both somehow possible.
The recent tasks action could switch like it is right now, yet it should be also possible to change the task of each side.
Maybe while dragging, it could offer the change of each side's task.

Is this a good compromise ?

BTW, I starred this because of the terrible rounded corners of the tasks windows, which I'm against both in software and in hardware. This was fixed, thankfully.

THIS BETTER GET FIXED. Quit with the fucking bullshit excuses. Give the user two options: Pin Top and Split Top. Split Top creates App Pairs and uses the current functionality. Pin Top makes the top app stay on top, allowing the user to switch the app on the bottom freely.

So much of people's time is being wasted due to this change. Multi-tasking should be as simple as on a PC with the technology we have today. Above comments are literally compromising for Pin Top in the meantime.

I love how this used to work, and now it doesn't. aces, thumbs up team. Thanks

Please change it back. It's so inefficient and now my youtube app doesn't work correctly with split screen :/

Do you have Youtube Premium? Because they changed it so (speculating on
you), people like you will actually spend money on something worthwhile
instead of freeloading. Now if we did away with all those use cases, they'd
never have touched it.

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 6:17 AM <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

The old way of opening and using split screen was definitely easier. Picking out apps or browser tabs to add to split screen used to be easier. Now it's just unusable:(

Please please please bring this back. I'm on the a13 beta 4 and it's still the unusable split top version that only allows you to pick apps from recent apps.

I moved from OnePlus 5T to Pixel 6 Pro. In terms of the UI, the only thing that doesn't feel worse is the camera. Please at least bring this feature back.

Reporting here that the YouTube app seems to remove itself from the view shortly after a video is playing, its super aggravating because it defeats the whole purpose of the whole split view feature.

I just really missed the functionality of setting my own custom sizing. Most apps are difficult to use when in the bottom window and trying to type... Nothing can be seen.

Bumping for a response as we come up to the end of August. May we please follow up to see if there is any update on the captioned issue?

Many thanks.

Yeah just got Android 13 and it's still buggy as ever. 1. Pixel ui always crashes 2) it is so bad compared to the way it used to work. Please fix

I also now have Android 13 installed, and the split screen feature remains useless.
Bring back the ability to pin an app to the top, while being able to traverse between different apps on the bottom. The current knee-capped approach has killed it.

Please bring the old split screen functionality. App pairs seems like a downgrade. Ability to go to app drawer or home screen while in split screen mode was one of the most useful features.

Incredibly disappointing that my android 12  tablet bought for work dies not allow for easy manipulation of apps like my android  9 does. Please bring back the old split screen alongside the new app pairs.

Samsung, Sony, Oppo, and now OnePlus have added edge panel options to work around this with new features.

I'm told that Xiaomi and Huawei have something too but can't personally confirm.

What did Google's market research show that apparently went against all of these massive companies' research? Pixels will soon be the only major flagship that hasn't worked around this downgrade. I feel like this is creating a ton of splintering amongst Android experiences as well as a lot of work for OEMs that have identified what their users want.

Please consider fixing split screen or standardizing some sort of edge panel solution. Paired Apps on their own is insufficient and large companies have taken notice.

Going back to Samsung for my next phone, thank you for the info.

Now, the split screen feature stretches and crops YouTube videos changing their original aspect ratio. Why did you change a perfect feature? The split screen feature was the best thing my phone could do.

Coming from an older pixel to a 6a, I was incredibly disappointed to see this feature go away. I'm still in my 30 days return window, so would probably send it back. This is a huge downgrade for me

I love all these soft as cotton fan boys trying to intimidate Google by
threatening to return the phone. See ya nerds, no one's cares.

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 3:26 PM <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

If google wants to ignore their customers their welcome to flush their
reputation down the drain.

Abandoning side projects is Google's only constant. Now they are expanding
to half ass their phone line as well.

Google doesn't give a **** about it's customers clearly. Time for us to
reciprocate.

On Fri., Sep. 2, 2022, 5:04 a.m. , <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

This update to split-screen functionality has put a modern Android 12 device on par with a Samsung device running Android 4.4.2 in 2014.

It's also a strict downgrade from vanilla Android functionality in 11 and prior, and significantly impacts my usage of the phone. Even when not adjusting the size of the split windows, the rounded edges crop off portions of both windows and the larger border between them wastes additional screen real estate.

I like to have a video application open at the top of the screen while freely switching between other apps.

Android 11 allows me to switch between other apps by pressing the home/recent button, and selecting the app I want.

Android 12 requires me to close one of the split-screen apps by dragging the border to the top or bottom of the screen, press the recent apps button, swipe over to the app i want pinned to the top, tap the app icon at the top of the screen, tap "split top", swipe to the app I want to use on the bottom, tap that, then readjust the split to the correct height on the screen.

I am considering buying an older phone that has not received Android 12 as an update specifically to avoid this change.

This is why I never want to upgrade anything owned by corporate. The newer version of anything will always have stupid corporate decisions in them, making things worse than it previously was.

What a terrible upgrade. This is a second functional regression by google. First removing the option of address bar at the bottom in chrome and now this. This is what happens when people are bored and start trying to fix things that ain't broken. I actually liked the first split screen implementation, many versions back. The it was made dumber with the strange pinning stuff and even this update make it impossible to switch around the secondary app. The main usecase for this was to watch a yr video while checking email or looking things up, and it worked just fine. What we have now is just broken. 2 apps stuck together just suck.

I just transitioned from my beloved, but dying pixel 3 to a 6a, this is a major regression in functionality. Please bring back the old behaviour!

Thanks for the QOL regression bro. My past few months have been tainted by this, and I don't even have YouTube installed. In failing to address this with us, I assume you've already received your bounty payout and fucked off. Every corp stooge who enforced the decision to replace the previous screen split feature with this garbage deserves to have their mother slapped, and the monkeys who danced for them the curse of empathy to feel the frustration they've caused others.

Few things make me rage more than progress squandeed and good works dismantled and rewritten for profit, greed that aggressively infects every sector, and devs not blind to bad outcome but pushing anyway for the promise of good income. I know phones are the best little money machines for Google for many ugly reasons, but as far as evil goes, at least Satan was up-front and honest in his intentions. Do better, speak up! Just say it, This will never be fixed, even in A15 where it will actually be an irreplaceable ad banner, etc, and close the issue as wontfix instead of stringing hopefuls along.

Add a config option for this, currently is useless if we want to keep one app on top all the time.

I will be switching to a Samsung Galaxy phone specifically for this reason. They let you customize your device's split-screen behaviour, including bringint it back to what it was before

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On Mon, Nov 7, 2022, 6:49 AM <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

"Under the new system, managers have been asked to categorize 6% of employees, or roughly 10,000 people, as low performers in terms of their impact for the business"  
 
Managers, might I humbly suggest classifying whoever the hell is supposed to be working on this as a low performer. An entire year has gone by with literally nothing done.

Let's imagine for a moment that the Google Pixel Fold device becomes a reality in the near future.
Now imagine this this current shitty split screen implementation still exists to artificially limit the split screen / large screen experience.
That would be a seriously dick move.

I didn't even think about that! Immediately destroys my interest in the foldable. I will actively tell anyone considering it to avoid as well.

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Has anyone at Google even been assigned to fix this?  Do they even care that it makes their product less competitive than Samsung, Sony, One Plus, and more?  Are they *trying* to sell less phones?  Google's silence on this issue is bizarre.  

It just makes less sense to try and multitask with more than one app using the current method of split screen. Google has decided to handicap their devices via software yet again. It's unfortunate that nobody seems to even care along with other things like the swiping gesture problems in recent apps or the strange scrolling issues on the pixel 7 and Pixel 6 series

Going to day this again for the new nerds. Google did NOT mess up here.
They took it away because users were using it as a way to bypass YouTube
red. Aka, pip or driving mode YouTube.

This was purely money. Do. No. Evil.

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 6:20 PM <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

If this issue persists, none of my family or friends group are going for another Pixel. This is such a widely known downgrade that hasn't been addressed or acknowledged by the company. Never again!

🤣. Yes you will. You thi k threats to a billion dollar company with work?
Over 4 phones bought via the credit system at a mobile carrier? Get real
🤣🤣🤣

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 1:12 AM <buganizer-system@google.com> wrote:

Imagine simping for a trillion dollar company. 🤡