The superiority of split-screen apps is why I abandoned iPhone and am all-in on Android

The superiority of split-screen apps is why I abandoned iPhone and am all-in on Android

https://www.androidpolice.com/split-screen-apps-on-android-why-abandoned-iphone/

Publish Date: 2026-03-14 12:15:00

Source Domain: www.androidpolice.com

Thanks to the nature of my job, I’ve bounced between Apple and Android phones for years.

For a while, I was walking around with both, and for the most part, either side of the fence was just fine. It was more a matter of preference than clear superiority.

For a brief while, in the shuffle, I daily-drove an iPhone exclusively. This was also just fine.

I prefer Android, but there was nothing in particular holding me back on iOS. Except, the lack of any form of split view or split screen function ground my gears on a daily basis.

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I’m tired of pretending this isn’t why you’d switch to Android

It’s definitely the last straw

Android’s had the splits since Nougat

Yes, as far back as Android 7!

While older Android phones offered you the ability to run two apps side-by-side as far back as Android 2.2, a native split-screen function only arrived in 2016 (as reported by the BBC).

This happened at a time when smartphones had smaller, lower-resolution screens and were far less powerful. Yet it was instantly, genuinely useful.

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