Split Screen is Coming to Google's Pixelbook Chromebook, Here's a Sneak Peek | Linux Today

Split Screen is Coming to Google’s Pixelbook Chromebook, Here’s a Sneak Peek

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Marius Nestor
Nov 13, 2017

In an attempt to improve the multitasking capabilities of Chromebooks, Google implemented split screen support in the latest Chrome OS Dev channel via a new flag called “Split view in Tablet mode,” which can be enabled only on the Google Pixelbook. Pixelbook or Chromebook Pixel is Google’s high-end Chromebook laptop coming preinstalled with the Linux-based Chrome OS operating system and capable of running Android apps that can be installed from the Google Play Store.

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Marius Nestor

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