The taskbar is one of the biggest new features added to Android for foldable devices and tablets, and in the first developer preview of Android 14, Google is tweaking it to show the app name below the app icon.
When switching to the tablet DPI (600+) on the first Android 14 Developer Preview, the taskbar now displays the name of the app below the app icon, which was not the default appearance of the taskbar before.
Android 13 QPR2, which is currently in beta, changes the way the taskbar works. Instead of being a constantly visible bar, the taskbar will only show up when you swipe up, which Google calls the “momentary taskbar” and should be familiar to anyone who has used an iPad in recent years.
In the latest Android 14, the “momentary taskbar” is still present, but text labels have been added to the taskbar for each application.
