What you need to know
- Google Keep has new features to improve productivity on Android tablets and foldable phones.
- You can now open the app in two instances on the same device.
- Keep’s latest update follows a dual-pane redesign for large-screen devices.
Over the past few months, Google has given its Android tablet and foldable phone apps the attention they need. Google Keep is the latest app to receive the same treatment. The note-taking tool allowed him to open two notes side-by-side on the same device.
The latest improvements follow the dual pane redesign that Google rolled out late last year (via 9to5Google). (opens in new tab)). The two-column layout displays your notes in list or grid view on the left and the actual content of the notes on the right. Previously, notes were overlaid in list view or grid view.
The new update opens a second instance of the app on the same device, making Google Keep your productivity powerhouse.
“By opening two windows side by side, you can better understand your notes and have more ways to interact, view, and organize your content across Google Workspace,” Google wrote in a blog post. (opens in new tab) Announcing our latest enhancements.
To open a note side by side, long press a note in the main view, then tap the 3-dot menu in the top right corner. Then select the “Open in new window” option. The selected note appears in the right corner of the window, and the list of notes remains on the left. You can select a second note to open at the same time as the previously opened note.
Multi-instance support is now available in Google Keep on all of the best Android foldables and tablets.
Meanwhile, Google has added full mouse support to Google Sheets and Slides on Android devices. This follows the release of the same feature in Google Docs for Android devices last year, in sync with his web version of the application.
Additionally, the option to move folders from My Drive to shared drives is now widely available to business and education Google Workspace customers. It was first introduced in beta earlier this year.
