The first app fills the top half of your screen and the second one fills the bottom half.

We’ll show you how to use this productive feature on your rig.

Note that the steps in this guide will slightly vary for you, depending on your phone model.

Person’s hands holding an Android phone and using it in split-screen mode.

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fire up the recent apps menu by pressing the Recents button on your phone.

This is the menu that you use to switch between apps and close apps.

Or, on a Pixel, tap on the icon above the app.

Press or tap the Recents button.

Then, choose “Split Screen” or “Split Top.”

Your first app now covers the top of your screen.

Now, on your app list, choose your second app for splitscreening.

Select “Split Screen."

Your second app is now added, covering the bottom half of the screen.

you’re free to also rotate your screen to use splitscreen mode in landscape view.

If changing the orientation isn’t working, learnhow to troubleshoot an Android screen that won’t rotate.

Select the second app.

Android keeps your app running even if you’ve removed it from the split-view mode.

You’ll have toclose the appmanually.

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Drag the black bar towards the app to be closed.