Is OPPO behind Android 16’s finest multitasking function? We asked and discovered.

The 90:10 split-screen multitasking interface in the One UI 8 beta.
The 90:10 split-screen multitasking interface in the One UI 8 beta.

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TL; DR

  • An OPPO exec lately asserted that Android 16’s brand-new 90:10 multitasking system was a “little payment from OPPO” to Google.
  • Nevertheless, OPPO informed Android Authority that the Android 16 function just “attracts motivation” from its very own multitasking system.

Android 16 consists of a great split-screen multitasking system, permitting one application to take control of 90% of the display room while the 2nd application inhabits the staying 10%. This is very comparable to OPPO’s Limitless Sight and OnePlus’s OpenCanvas multitasking systems. However did OPPO in fact contribute this function to Google for Android 16?

OPPO exec Zhu Haizhou asserted on Weibo previously today that Android 16’s 90:10 split display function was a “little payment from OPPO” to Google. Take a look at the machine-translated screenshot listed below.

OPPO Zhu Haizhou Android 16 split screen multitasking

Nevertheless, we asked OPPO to make clear whether it had certainly officially added this function to Google:

The Google ’90:10 ′ split-screen multitasking function you discussed certainly attracts motivation from OPPO’s Limitless Sight. Limitless Sight is a productivity-enhancing function initially presented on the OPPO Discover N3 in 2023 and consequently included our bar-style phones, the Discover X8 Collection, through ColorOS 15 in 2014. It dramatically broadens functional display room and redefines the multitasking experience.

We delight in to see that Google has actually acknowledged the worth of this cutting-edge idea and has actually currently integrated a comparable function right into Android 16.

Simply put, OPPO really did not in fact contribute this function to Google for Android 16, and it’s just a “comparable function.” This isn’t a shock, however, as Google has actually long gotten hold of functions introduced by OEMs and included them in supply Android.

Despite the function’s beginnings, we rejoice to see Google bringing a much-loved OPPO and OnePlus include to equip Android. This unlocks for tons of various other brand names to embrace this unique multitasking choice. As a matter of fact, Samsung has actually currently embraced it in the One UI 8 beta on the Galaxy S25 collection.

We likewise commended Open Canvas on the OnePlus Open collapsible for its capacity to flexibly run 3 applications in split-view setting, and it appears like this choice could also come to tablets and foldables running Android 16. So we anticipate the Galaxy Z Layer 7 launch as it’s anticipated to run Android 16 out of package.

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