While the Vivo X Fold 6’s launch date is yet to be revealed, the foldable’s key software feature has been officially highlighted by the company’s product manager. In a move to offer the buyers of the upcoming foldable a flexible and productive software experience, the software will be equipped with new multitasking capabilities.
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Vivo X Fold 6 to gain major multitasking upgrade
Through a Weibo post, Vivo’s product manager, Han Boxiao, has officially confirmed that the X Fold 6 will be equipped with a new feature called the “Parallel mode” as part of Atomic Workbench. Until last year, OriginOS 6 for foldables allowed you to have one main app open while keeping four others in the background or as tiny windows. You focused on one thing and occasionally glanced at the others. With the new release, you’ll be able to split your screen into four equal windows and run four apps at the same time. Every single app is active, fully visible, and ready for you to tap and use instantly.
This feature will enable users to fully utilise the large inner display, giving a significant boost to productivity. For instance, when shopping, users can open four shopping apps side-by-side to find the absolute lowest price for an item instantly. Or, if one’s travelling, they could open a music app, maps, a guide app, and a website to keep a tab on the locations they wish to visit.
Vivo’s product manager notes that to make four apps run smoothly at the same time without lagging or overheating, the brand had to rewrite Android’s core system code. Vivo has even worked with chipmakers to customise the phone’s processor so it could handle the heavy workload and save battery life.
How is Vivo’s new multitasking mode different from others?
When compared to other solutions available in the market, Samsung’s One UI on the Z Fold series maxes out at three split-screen apps. If you want a fourth app, you have to open it as a “floating pop-up window” that hovers over the others, blocking your view. On the other hand, OPPO uses a rolling canvas system on Find N phones where apps sit side-by-side off-screen, and you push them back and forth like sliding papers. But unlike Vivo, you can’t view four apps fully at the same time.
The bottom line is, Vivo’s true four-screen multitasking mode lets you control four live apps simultaneously without the phone slowing down or dying, making it a powerhouse for productivity, shopping, and AI tools. If ultimate mobile multitasking is your priority, waiting for the full reveal of the X Fold 6 could be a worthwhile consideration, especially if current foldable options don’t meet your needs.
On the hardware front, the Vivo X Fold 6 could be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500, feature a 200MP primary camera paired with a 50MP periscope telephoto lens, and run on a massive 7,000mAh battery.
