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Google's Desktop Mode, rolled out with the March 2026 Feature Drop, turns phones into desktop-like setups, but unoptimized apps stretch phone layouts across large screens. Android 17 forces apps targeting API level 37 to handle resizability, yet cannot force two-pane layouts.
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