You can now easily pin apps to the taskbar in the latest Android Canary release. This will make Android's Desktop Mode even more useful.

If you don't want that, there's a simple way out of this: Long-press on an empty area of your home screen and tap Settings. Find the option labeled something along the lines of Add icon to Home Screen ...

Another reason the upcoming Android desktop mode looks familiar is because of its resemblance to Chrome OS. It’s good to see Google keeping the UI design and experience coherent, a strategy that ...

Android Phones Android 16 desktop mode — Google's best-kept secret got a quiet reveal at I/O. Samsung Phones Samsung DeX could finally see a big makeover according to One UI 8 test build.

Why it matters: Samsung customers have long used DeX to run their phones in desktop mode. Google is reportedly developing a similar feature for the Pixel line, which may debut with Android 16 or 17.