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Open your favourite two apps together with one tap
App pairs, step by step on Samsung and Pixel phones.
Why it helps
If you often use the same two apps side by side, save them as a pair and they open together in split screen.
What you'll notice
A single icon on your home screen opens, say, Maps and Spotify side by side.
How to set it up
Pick your phone.
Samsung Galaxy
- Split screen
- Middle handle
- Add app pair to
- Put two apps in split screen
- Tap the handle on the line between them
- Tap the icon for "Add app pair to", then "Home screen" or "Edge panel"
Based on reports from owners and the tech press. We have not yet checked it on a phone ourselves.
Google Pixel
- Recents
- App icon
- Save app pair
- Put two apps in split screen
- Swipe up and hold to open Recents
- Tap the app icon above the pair, then "Save app pair"
Based on reports from owners and the tech press. We have not yet checked it on a phone ourselves.
How to undo it
Touch and hold the pair icon on your home screen and remove it.
Labels can differ. Menu names and their order vary between models and can change with a system update. If a step doesn't match your phone, search Settings for the feature name or one of its other names: app pair, split screen shortcut, multi window shortcut.