Pixelbook to Get Split-Screen Feature, Here is How to Enable It Right Now

Pixelbook brings you an ultimate Chrome OS feel but the Google Bone does have its fair share of bug. One such trouble is the lack of dissever screen multitasking. Well, Google plans to set this soon.

In a Google+ post, well-known Chrome evangelist François Beaufort has shared the oh-and then delightful news that the carve up-screen multitasking feature has made its fashion to the Chrome Os Dev Aqueduct (version 64). The best office being that you caneasily endeavor information technology out right abroad by tinkering with experimental Chrome flags. Do note that your Pixelbook needs to exist on the dev channel to have the separate-screen flag. You can check out our article on how yous can switch to the programmer channel on your Chromebook.

To get the multitasking feature on your Pixelbook,enable the flag named "Split view in Tablet mode" by navigating to chrome://flags/#enable-tablet-splitview. It is that simple and may require you lot to restart your system to take effect.

Once the feature has been activated, tap on the "Overview" icon at the lesser right corner to view all of the currently open up windows on your Pixelbook. You lot'll at present be able to elevate the active windows to either side of the display to come across a highlighted surface area, equally shown below, and snap them in place to use two windows simultaneously.

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Currently, Google has limited the scope of the multi-tasking feature to only Chrome. Yous'll not exist able to snap 2 Android apps side-by-side on your Pixelbook at the moment. Also, the active apps that don't support dissever-screen would display a bulletin saying they cannot be snapped. The same will be the case if y'all effort to snap any ane of them to either side.

While we've been anticipating the launch of this much-needed feature for a very long time, the addition of the same to the developer channel ways Google is almost fix to push button it out for all Chrome OS users. This is a welcome add-on for Chrome Bone users simply currently, no timeline for an official release of the feature has been disclosed. Are you lot excited to see Google release the split-screen characteristic on Chrome OS at last? Allow us know your opinion in the comments section below.