What comes with system updates may not necessarily be new features, but it may be that some features have been castrated or have bugs. The reason why a bug is a bug is that it often comes suddenly and may disrupt the user’s rhythm of life. Now it seems that the recently pushed Android 12 minor update has troubled users who like to use the PiP floating window function. Continue reading the content of the report that Android 12 updates the floating window function and arouses “hate” among users.
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Android 12 updates the floating window function, arousing users’ “hate”
As the performance of smartphones continues to improve, whether it is screen splitting or even the Picture-in-Picture function that can be used directly on other apps by suspending the window, it is basically a convenient system experience that Android users often use – except for YouTube, which is only available to subscribers… But in fact, many people subscribe to PiP.
Recently, after a certain update to Android 12, it seems that some users have begun to report, including users of Pixel and other third-party brands, that they have begun to encounter the problem that the floating window function cannot be enabled.
This issue appears to be caused by Goose VF1 on Google MapsReport discussion pageproposed in. After he found that the PiP function could not be activated, he tried restarting the phone, clearing cache/file data, uninstalling/reinstalling updates, etc., but he still could not activate the floating window map navigation function on his Samsung device again. Since this situation has occurred to him for more than two weeks, he went to the forum to ask if there are any other users who have also encountered this problem.
As a result, he quickly received resonance. For example, User 13699692458693559625 mentioned that not only Google Maps could not activate this mode, but also Facebook, Netflix and even Google’s own YouTube could not activate PiP; Nuca Nucako mentioned that this happened to his Pixel 6 running Android 12, but the other one used Android 11 The mobile phone does not have such a problem and can still use the floating window function normally.
Many were hoping for a fix in the recent Android January update. Interestingly, in the past few days, there have been reports on the forum that the floating window can be used normally (but it seems that they are all people who have never encountered the problem). But only one day ago, some users still reported encountering similar problems, and mentioned “I hate android now” with a big “🙁” crying face.
That is to say, some people may think that it is just a small function that cannot be used. Is it necessary to hate the mobile phone system they are using? However, convenient features such as floating windows, I believe, are good features that can make the phone more convenient to use, whether it is watching videos or navigating Google Maps, compared to split windows that require a larger screen size to use.
This kind of trouble of suddenly not being able to use certain functions is something that individuals can relate to. I just hope that the latest update can really solve this problem… I wonder if anyone has encountered this problem in the past few weeks? If you have found a solution or if there is any solution, please don’t hesitate to share it with your friends on the forum who also encountered the same problem.
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