Chrome OS Split Screen Mode will Soon Work with Android Apps Too CENTRiC L3...

Chrome OS Split Screen Mode will Soon Work with Android Apps Too CENTRiC L3... xda-developers Jan 26, 2018 10:10 PM • by Doug Lynch Chrome OS Split Screen Mode will Soon Work with Android Apps Too Chrome OS has evolved in recent years, transforming from a glorified web portal into a fully-fledged operating system. Some of its features, such as Chrome Apps, are being phased out in favor of Progressive Web Apps (PWA), but Chrome OS continues to receive a lot of love from the Mountain View tech giant. It's increasingly being integrated with Android, and unsurprisingly, a new commit this week in the Chromium Gerrit implies that Android applications might work with Chrome OS's split-screen feature in the future. The new commit suggests that Chrome OS will allow you use Android applications in split-screen mode. Since the apps will work simultaneously without pausing when you switch from one to another, it would enable the sort of productivity multi-tasking that the platform so badly needs. Source: Chromium Gerrit The origin of commit is a combination of two features that came to Chrome OS fairly recently. In November 2017, Chrome OS gained an experimental feature that enables split-screen functionality when a convertible Chrome OS laptop is in tablet mode. It's more or less the same as the split-screen mode Android has had since Nougat, and it works pretty well. Several years ago, we first learned how Android applications would work on Chrome OS. That early preview grew into Chrome OS's current-day support for Android apps, but the implementation has its limitations. Google has addressed a few of them, though — Chrome OS 64 beta finally allowed multiple Android applications run at the same time side-by-side. With a split-screen mode and support for simultaneously active Android apps now in Chrome OS, it makes sense that Google would combine the two together to bring true Android app multitasking to the operating system. It's all the more plausible when you consider that split-screen support is already baked into a lot of Android applications. Android Advices Jan 10, 2018 10:12 AM • by Jennifer CENTRiC L3 Smartphone with 5″ HD Display & 3050mAh Battery Launched in India In the last couple of months, we have seen very few smartphones launches in the Sub Rs. 10,000 price range. Now, a new smartphone from CENTRiC Mobiles called CENTRiC L3 is launched in India. The latest CENTRiC L3 is priced at Rs. 6,749 and offers great value for money specifications. At this price, the device comes with a polycarbonate shell and we can't complain much about that. The CENTRiC L3 will be available in Quartz Grey and Raisin Black color options. On the front is a 5-inch IPS Oncell display with HD (1280 x 720 pixels) resolution. There is also a 2.5D curved glass laid on the top. It also includes a 64-bit MediaTek MT6737 quad-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz and it comes coupled with Mali T720MP GPU. There is 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage. The CENTRiC L3 includes a dedicated MicroSD card slot for expanding the storage upto 256GB. It runs on Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. The device also supports dual SIM dual standby and offers VoLTE and ViLTE connectivity. In terms of optics, there is a 13MP shooter on the rear with LED flash and a 5MP shooter on the front for selfies. Both the cameras can record videos only upto 720p resolution. It is backed by a 3050mAh non-removable battery that is rated to give up to 23 hours of talk time and lasts up to 80 hours in standby mode. Beneath the display is the front-facing fingerprint sensor. The CENTRiC L3 also includes 3-axis accelerometer, proximity, and light sensors. It measures 141 x 70.5 x 8.6 mm and weighs 143 grams. Connectivity options include 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, FM Radio, GPS, USB OTG, 3.5mm audio jack, and a MicroUSB 2.0 port. Instead of the capacitive navigation buttons, the smartphone comes with on-screen buttons. Compared to other smartphones in this price range, the CENTRiC L3 offers a bigger battery and better cameras. Let us know your opinion about this new CENTRiC smartphone by leaving a comment down below. This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). It is the potion result of 'Tech: Topic watch' from the dashboard 'Personal Dashboard', tab 'Tech > Android'. Unsubscribe © Netvibes 2005-2018 | Terms of service | Privacy Policy Find Netvibes also on: Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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