{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "Android 17's Bubbles Keep Five Apps a Tap Away Without Leaving What You're Doing",
  "summary": "Android 17's new Bubbles feature lets you keep up to five apps open in small floating windows, so you can check messages, podcasts or a website and drop back into what you were doing in just a couple of taps.",
  "content": "Multitasking on Android has long meant a flurry of swipes and taps just to glance at one app and get back to another. Android 17 trims that hassle with a feature called Bubbles, a floating shortcut that lets you open and use up to five apps in small overlay windows without leaving whatever you're already doing.\n\nThe shortcut expands and collapses with a tap, and you can keep as many as five different bubbles ready at once. On a regular phone you can park them anywhere on the screen; on a foldable they automatically dock to the bottom right corner. Think of it as a compact extra launcher sitting on top of everything else.\n\nNot just another app launcher\nThe clever part is that a bubble doesn't simply open an app. It hands you the app inside a slightly smaller window, so you can check up on something or knock out a quick task and then return to what you were doing. Writing a text and need to refer to a website? Pull that site up in a bubble as an overlay, read what you need, and drop straight back into the message.\n\nThe result is multitasking that feels far more intuitive and smooth on Android. It can take a little while to figure out how to make the most of it, but it genuinely starts to change the way you use your phone.\n\nHow to create a bubble\nTo turn an app into a bubble, long-press its icon on the home screen or in the app drawer and choose Bubble. If the app already has its own long-press menu, you'll just see the bubble icon with no label, a rectangle with an arrow pointing to one corner of it.\n\nTap your new bubble to open the full selection, where a plus (+) icon lets you add more. Tap and hold to drag the bubbles shortcut to a different part of the screen. To get rid of a bubble, tap and hold it and drag it down to the X at the bottom, and you can clear all of your bubbles at once if you need to.\n\nApps that won't play along\nA handful of apps can't be made into bubbles, and the reason isn't always clear. Maybe the developer hasn't enabled the feature, or maybe they're simply incompatible. The list includes the Google Authenticator app, games installed on the phone, and the default Camera app on Pixel phones.\n\nUsing your bubbles\nSelect a bubble and the app appears layered over whatever else is on screen, working exactly as normal apart from the slightly smaller window. Tap outside the window to close your app bubbles, or use the row along the top to switch to a different one.\n\nWith WhatsApp, Pocket Casts, and Google Health set up as bubbles, you can check and reply to messages, start and stop podcasts, and look up your daily step count without much of an interruption. Jobs that once needed several swipes and taps to reach and then back out of now take just a couple of taps.\n\nWhat this means for you\nIf you use an Android phone:\n\n• Once your phone gets the Android 17 update, you can pin up to five everyday apps as floating bubbles and cut routine checks like messages or step counts from several swipes down to a couple of taps.\n• A few apps, including Google Authenticator, games and the Pixel Camera, won't work as bubbles, so don't expect every app to support the feature.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. What is the Bubbles feature in Android 17?\nIt is a floating shortcut that opens apps in small overlay windows so you can use them without leaving whatever you were already doing.\n\n2. How many bubbles can you have at once?\nYou can keep up to five different bubbles ready at any one time.\n\n3. How do you create a bubble?\nLong-press an app's icon on the home screen or in the app drawer and choose Bubble.\n\n4. Which apps don't support bubbles?\nThe Google Authenticator app, games installed on the phone, and the default Camera app on Pixel phones can't be made into bubbles.\n\n5. Where do bubbles appear on a foldable phone?\nOn a foldable, bubbles automatically dock to the bottom right corner of the screen.\n\n6. How do you remove a bubble?\nTap and hold the bubble and drag it down to the X at the bottom, and you can clear all of them at once if needed.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/technology/android-17-ka-babalsa-phichara-eka-taipa-men-samane-la-deta-hai-pancha-aipsa-maltitaskinga-hui-aura-bhi-asana-3049",
  "category": "Technology",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-25",
  "tags": [
    "Android 17",
    "Bubbles feature",
    "multitasking",
    "floating window",
    "Pixel",
    "Android feature"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}