Google Docs is a popular word processing and spreadsheet application that is available on both desktop and mobile platforms. The app has been updated to include new features for Android tablets and foldables. One of the new features is support for split screen mode, which allows users to work on two documents at the same time. This is great for multitasking on tablets, as well as for taking notes while watching a video or reading a book. Another new feature is support for drag and drop between different documents. This makes it easy to move content between different files without having to copy and paste. Overall, Google Docs has been updated with several useful features that make it more user friendly on Android tablets and foldables. ..
Android devices have allowed dragging and dropping data between apps while multitasking for several years (it was first available on Android 7.0, released in 2016), but few applications actually implemented drag-and-drop support. Thankfully, the Android apps for Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, and Keep are being updated with drag-and-drop.
You’ll be able to drag an image from a Chrome tab directly into a Slides presentation, or drag a selection from Sheets into a Docs file to turn it into a table. The functionality will work the best on Android tablets with large screens, but it can also come in handy with book-style folding phones, like the Galaxy Fold 3.
Google Drive is also adding the ability to open files in a new window, accessible by holding down on the file and selecting ‘Open in new window.’ On most tablets (and folding phone), this will open a preview in a multi-window view, but if you use a desktop environment like Samsung DeX, it should appear as another hovering window. This means you can finally keep a file open while doing something else in the Drive app, like browse for other files or checking options for sharing. However, it seems like you still can’t have two file browsing windows open simultaneously.
Finally, Google says “you can now use simple and familiar keyboard shortcuts, such as select, cut, copy, paste, undo and redo, to quickly navigate around Drive, Docs and Slides, without needing to slow down and take your hands off the keys.” Those apps already had keyboard shortcuts on Android, so it’s not clear what exactly is new here, but it’s great to have them regardless.
Google says the new features will roll out on Android “over the next few weeks.”
Source: Google
