TL;DR
- Google is enabling Gemini’s side-by-side multitasking feature on regular smartphones, not just tablets or foldables.
- You get a new “Share screen and app content” button inside Gemini, and once activated, Gemini can interact with whatever app is open next to it in split view.
- The feature is live in Google app version 17.5.42.ve.arm64, and there are no toggles or flags required.
We discovered late last year that Gemini would eventually play nice with split-screen multitasking, but the assumption was always that you’d need a foldable or a tablet to really take advantage of running your AI assistant side-by-side with another app. Well, it looks like Google is changing that expectation.
A new Google app update is quietly letting Gemini interact with other apps in split-screen mode on regular smartphones, not just on foldables or tablets like we saw back in November 2025.
