Many changes have affected the world of telephones in recent years, especially regarding aesthetics. In fact, smartphones today are much larger than in the past, you just need to look back to ten years ago to realize this. With the increase in screen space you can now view more content than you could, and it proves it Android.
For a few years now, however, the dimensions of smartphones and their frames have stabilized, so app developers must make the most of everything. The Android operating system allows the possibility of using the display in its entire height and width, therefore going from edge to edge or better said “edge-to-edge“, but many apps seem not to take advantage of this opportunity.
However, everything could change with the arrival of Android 15which will apparently force some apps to switch to edge-to-edge mode by default.
Android 15, finally full screen for all applications
Currently, in order to exploit edge-to-edge, applications must rely on certain APIs. It also may not make sense since some content relies on interactive elements such as buttons that overlay system bars and navigation. All this can be solved by the developers, even if Google has not wanted to proceed in this direction at the moment. Inside the latest beta of Android 14 QPR2 But here are some important tips: Everything you need to open each app in full screen could finally be applied with the arrival of the next version.
Many apps may need to use the entire display of your smartphone, even the status bar and navigation gesture bar. Google’s intention seems to be that of oblige developers to adapt applications to full-screen format. It is clear that a lot of optimization work will need to be done, but time permits as the release of Android is far away.