Although the functions of smartphones have become more and more powerful, there are still some limitations on the hardware at the system level. One of the restrictions is that each application can only run one instance, in the upcoming Android 12 Google will remove this restriction. First, it will start with the Chrome browser, allowing users to run up to 5 browser instances.
A few years ago, due to insufficient mobile phone performance and small screen size, it made sense to limit each application to only one instance. However, with the larger screen and powerful performance, more and more users need to handle multiple applications and accounts at once, prompting manufacturers to support the dual application function, but currently, it is mainly for social media and messaging applications.
As mobile devices have become more complex and browsing habits have become more and more complex, the desire to provide similar functions to web browsers has also begun to gain attention. It seems that Google is finally going to let this happen, at least on the Chrome browser later this year.
XDA discovered the changes in the source code of Chromium and Android, and introduced an experimental Flag in the development version of the mobile browser, turning on the power user function. Once enabled, users will be able to move a tab to another window, creating a separate Chrome instance.
This multi-instance feature will allow up to five Chrome windows to run at the same time, whether side by side in split-screen mode or even just in the background. Each window can have the label you need, and the Android recent applications overview will display each window as a separate entry. In other words, this almost puts the Android version of Chrome browser at the same level as the desktop version in terms of multitasking.
