Back in May, Google announced that the company was working on making Android a more tablet-friendly platform. Along with the announcement of the Pixel Tablet, it stated that it was going to optimize more than 20 first-party applications to work better on tablets. We’ve already seen some progress so far with apps like the clock app.
Google Workspace apps are getting tablet optimizations
These optimizations really come in handy when you’re using two apps side-by-side. For starters, you’re now able to open two Google Drive windows at the same time. That’s useful if you want to view content in Drive while still navigating the platform. Maybe, you want to read a document or listen to an audio file while managing your stuff. Next, sharing content between two apps is now much easier. You’re able to simply drag and drop text from Google Chrome into programs like Docs and Sheets. The same goes for images, as well. This beats having to copy and paste or download the images. Now, back to Google Drive. If you want to upload a file to Drive, just open the app in split screen view and drag the file over to the Drive window. This feature will most likely be most optimized to work with Google’s first-party files app. Next, if you want to create a direct link for a file in Google Drive, all you’ll have to do is drag that file over to Google Keep. The program will create the link as a new note. Rounding out these changes, Google Drive now supports cut, copy, and paste using keyboard shortcuts. This is the most intuitive way of editing your documents, so it’s great seeing these changes coming. You should see these features by now. If you don’t see them just yet, you should make sure to check and see if all of your apps are fully updated to the latest version.
