What's new in Android 14 DP1: the tablet taskbar application icon displays the name

CTOnews.com, February 9 (Xinhua)-- the taskbar is one of the biggest new features added by Android to foldable devices and tablets, and Google is tweaking it in the first developer preview of Android 14 to display the app name below the app icon.

When you switched to the tablet DPI (600 +) on the first Android 14 developer preview, the taskbar now displays the name of the app under the app icon, which CTOnews.com learned was not the default appearance of the taskbar.

Android 13 QPR2, which is currently in testing, has changed the way the taskbar works. It is no longer a continuous visible bar, but will only appear when you swipe up, which Google calls the "instantaneous taskbar," which should be familiar to people who have used iPad in recent years.

In the latest Android 14, the "instantaneous taskbar" still exists, but a text label has been added to the taskbar for each application.