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After officially announcing the
Pixel Fold, it seems that
Google wants to emphasize its serious intentions for big-screen devices, such as foldables and tablets. Android 14 Beta 2 already rolled out to Pixel phones two weeks ago, and it came with new features such as
improved screen recording, and
improved split-screen mode. Now it turns out that there’s another big feature coming to the platform.
Mishaal Rahman, an expert in Android, has discovered a significantly overhauled keyboard shortcuts menu in Android 14 Beta 2 and posted some screenshots on his
Twitter account. Currently, this revamped menu is exclusively accessible on large-screen devices running Android 14.
It replaces the previous list of shortcuts found in Android 13, which could be located under Settings -> System -> Languages & Input -> Physical Keyboard. If your device is running Android 14, there’s a slight change in the settings menu, and you should navigate to Settings -> System -> Keyboard -> Physical Keyboard in order to access the new menus.
Here’s the full list of the new 34 shortcut combinations:
- Access notification shade: Search + N
- Take a full screenshot: Search + Ctrl + S
- Access list of shortcuts: Search + /
- Back button: Search + ~ | Search + Backspace | Search + Left Arrow
- Access home screen: Search + H | Search + Return
- Overview of open apps: Search + Tab
- Cycle through recent apps (forward): Alt + Tab
- Cycle through recent apps (back): Alt + Shift + Tab
- Launcher search: Search
- Hide and show taskbar: Search + T
- Access system settings: Search + I
- Access Google Assistant: Search + A
- Lock screen: Search + L
- Pull up Notes for quick memo: Search + Ctrl + N
- Split screen with current app on right: Search + Ctrl + Right Arrow
- Split screen with current app on left: Search + Ctrl + Left Arrow
- Switch from split screen to full screen: Search + Ctrl + Up Arrow
- Move split screen app: Search + Ctrl + Down Arrow
- Switch input language (next): Ctrl + Space | Search + Space
- Switch input language (previous): Ctrl + Shift + Space | Ctrl + Search + Space
- Open assist app: Search + A
- Open browser app: Search + B
- Open calculator app: Search + U
- Open calendar app: Search + K
- Open contacts app: Search + C
- Open email app: Search + E
- Open maps app: Search + M
- Open music app: Search + P
- Open SMS app: Search + S
The official rollout of
Android 14 is scheduled for August, but if you’re part of the Android Beta program, you can get a glimpse of the next Google mobile OS. To join the Android 14 Beta program, you need to go to google.com/android/beta or
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