Google’s mobile operating system comes with a hidden desktop mode that opens on an external screen, mimicking what you would get from a computing interface. However, it is buried within the developer mode, and it’s far from polished to get any serious work done.

The company, however, continues building a next-gen experience for Android’s native desktop mode. The overarching idea is to turn your phone and tablet into a desktop computing device. Mishaal Rahman, over at Android Authority, was able to enable this mode in the latest beta build of Android 16, though he warns that it might not be ready for the stable release in the coming months.

The biggest difference is that the in-development desktop experience features a full-fledged taskbar at the bottom and a status bar, as well. The current barebones version shows an app tray tethered to the left edge, lacks proper tiling controls, and doesn’t allow keyboard shortcuts, either.

In the version that is currently in development at Google, the apps are pinned alongside the lower edge of the screen, while the three core navigation controls are positioned near the lower right corner.

Rahman notes that users will be able to resize, move, and tile app windows “just like on desktop operating systems.” This approach also opens the doors for dragging and dropping content across two app windows.