Google introduced “bubbles” as a means of keeping messaging apps easily accessible by letting them float on top of other apps. In future versions of Android, it sounds like Google may make these a lot ...

Google is developing a feature that will enable any app to be opened in a bubble on Android smartphones and accessed from a new Bubble Bar. The new bubble bar, combined with the “bubble anything” ...

In 2018, Google added a new “chat head” feature to its iPhone application, which displayed the caller’s avatar as a floating bubble-style notification. When tapped, this bubble expanded to reveal a ...

Google is developing a new way to multitask on Android, taking advantage of the bubble system previously only found in messaging apps. The new system will enable one-tap multitasking, making things ...

The latest, greatest, as-yet-unnamed version of Android introduces features and APIs that you can use to design new experiences for your users — plus a few behavioral changes that you’ll need to watch ...