However, Android Auto is evolving at a fast pace, and an announcement released last year at Google's I/O developer event indicated that a full-screen mode would eventually be required.

Android has long had a desktop mode, but Google is finally updating it in Android 15 to be more useful by adding better windowing support.

Google says that foldables won't be able to run the new desktop mode in Android 16 on their built-in displays, despite tablets being able to.

Google has confirmed that the new desktop mode in Android 16 does not work on foldables, despite the fact it works on tablets. That doesn’t really make all that much sense, does it?

The new version of Samsung DeX in One UI 8 has a hidden “immersive” full screen mode that’s hard to find. Here’s how to enable it.

Samsung’s One UI 8 rollout finally reveals that its DeX desktop mode does support a true fullscreen mode — but you have to unlock it with a stealth-level long-press.