
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority
Google has been working on bringing desktop-like freeform windows to Android since the days of Android Nougat. The feature dwindled for a while and was recently revived, likely because of Google’s aim to evolve Android into a desktop OS, too. As part of that transformation, there’s a new Desktop Mode that shows up when you plug your Android phone into a large display, Samsung DeX-style, as well as an effort to bring a similar interface directly to your device, as…

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