You can also use special
floating apps on any device.
Not exact matches
A picture - in - picture mode that's currently restricted to Android TV
devices running Nougat will be brought to more
devices via Android O, letting users watch videos in
floating windows while working
on other
apps.
Taking the controls off the display's hands while viewing videos and just letting it be pretty is a legitimately useful idea, and these kinds of
app shortcuts are much more efficient than any weird
floating «mini-apps» you'd find
on other
devices.
We've previously covered an
app called YouTube
Floating Popup Player which let you watch YouTube videos anywhere
on your Android
device, but it has since been removed from the Google Play Store due to infringement of certain policies.
The main change is a
floating button that opens to reveal archived
apps, pinned
apps, and a complete vertical list of everything that's installed
on the
device organized alphabetically.