On Wednesday, the Vice President of engineering of the multi-national – Google announced during Google's Android Developers' Summit that the company has been working with Samsung on a foldable smartphone.
In a nut shell, Google officially announced its long-awaited foldable smartphone before its contemporaries, such as Huawei, Samsung and even ZTE. Though even after the announcement the project is more like a concept.
After Apple, everybody eyes Google to come up with such a concept and since Apple had been mum about it, the onus came to Google. During its Developer Summit, Google talked about its “support” for foldable smartphones.
Even the twitter handle of the Android Developers had a post showcasing how apps could actually function on this foldable smartphone. Dave Burke in the event further clarified that we’ll see more foldable phone features in new Android releases, so it’s most likely to be included in Android Q.
You’ll also be able to use three active apps simultaneously whenever you’re on the larger display.
While Samsung remained highly secretive about the availability of its foldable smartphone, Google mentioned that it worked closely with the company to create a device that is expected to launch early next year.