After this update, if you start the Android app on Windows 11, you will be able to see the option to zoom to the PiP picture-in-picture window in the application window that supports this feature. You will be able to move the picture-in-picture freely to avoid obscuring the underlying UI elements. Especially handy for use cases where you want to be able to watch movies while working. Continue reading Android app can also support native “picture-in-picture” in Windows 11 to experience the content of the report.
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Android app can also support native “picture-in-picture” experience in Windows 11
Although everyone sees the title, you may think, “Ah, Windows 11 runs Android apps, can’t they be opened with windows?”
In fact, compared to manually adjusting the window size and moving the position, Windows 11 and even the Android system also have a native picture-in-picture (Picture-in-Picture) top display experience. The new support in Subsystem this time allows applications that support the Android PiP picture-in-picture function to be used smoothly in Windows 11 systems.
In this way, you can get more flexible PiP screen size control, as well as the experience of Snap fit function. Provides another type of multiplexing functionality.
After this update, if you start the Android app on Windows 11, you will be able to see the option to zoom to the PiP picture-in-picture window in the application window that supports this interface. You will be able to move the picture-in-picture freely to avoid obscuring the underlying UI elements. Especially handy for use cases where you want to be able to watch movies while working.
For this update of Windows Subsystem for Android, Microsoft also provides system resource settings including Partially running – it is said that the startup time can be shortened while consuming as little resources as possible. And updated the security updates of the Linux kernel 5.15.78 and Android 13 systems, this time there are also related stability updates for running Android apps on Windows. The update items this time are as follows:
- Picture-in-picture mode supported
- A new “Partially running” system setting added to WSA Settings app, which runs the subsystem with minimal resources but apps launch quicker than “As needed” mode
- Linux kernel updated to 5.15.78
- Improvements to platform reliability
- Android 13 security updates
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