Only with the release of 12L, Google became serious about making Android a productivity powerhouse across screen sizes and form factors. While we had tablets much earlier, neither the OS nor Mountain View’s flagship apps took advantage. With 12L, we got the persistent taskbar, which made dragging and dropping apps into split-screen mode a natural gesture. Subsequent updates like Android 14 and 15 refined this by adding app pairs and improving how the system handles unoptimized apps in multi-window mode. Android 16 introduced the Desktop Mode that allows for freeform window resizing similar to a traditional PC. And yes, we had seen precursors of this much earlier. Android 7.0 Nougat shipped with a hidden freeform windows developer flag, though it languished for years without proper app support or official ecosystem commitment. While ChromeOS can be considered a productivity hub, too (many devices are either detachables or convertibles, and some come with a stylus in the box), it's not Android.…