Multitasking on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4

The Galaxy Note 4 in its fourth iteration, is the latest in a series of big screened devices created by Samsung. Back in 2011, when creating big devices, the maximum usage of available screen real estate was not part of core OS design. However, thanks to the flexibility of Android, Samsung created solutions that brought true multi tasking on a phone. Called Multi Window, Samsung allowed two apps to run at the same time, in small windows. On the Note 4, it gets better. How? Let's find out. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ISMLIKCg5Q Samsung's Multi Window feature was initially limited to few apps, but over the time, thanks to rapidly increasing pixel density and Android's flexibility, scaling of third party apps has become easier. The Note 4's Quad HD display takes advantage of this and renders a lot of apps in small windows. Not all apps are supported yet but most mainstream ones work and they work well. On the Note 4, there is now a new swipe down gesture from the top right that directly minimizes the app into a floating window. You can have more than two apps in this view, but naturally it will be too crowded. So, to quickly partition two apps into ...

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