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this episode of Android Authority is brought to you by the LG g3 one thing we definitely need our smartphones to be able to do is multitask after all our lives can be so busy that we need to be able to do one thing at the same time as doing another like say looking up a phone number and then being able to dial it right away without having to memorize it in our heads that's a pretty simple example but our smart phones are perfect ways of being able to do that so it's Joshua card from Android authority what's going on everybody and this is a look at multitasking on the LG g3 alright so here we are with the LG g3 and we're going to jump right into the multitasking capability so we'll just unlock the phone and basically you have a number of different tools in order to multitask on the g3 and one of them is a pretty classic one the recent apps screen and it's part of the soft keys down here in the nav bar just go ahead and press that and we have a slew of different applications already open you can maybe do a 2x2 grid or in this case we have a 3x3 grid and it allows you to take a look at a number of different applications at once and of course if you zoom in you have the entire line to go through it's just a way for you to get a better look at the applications that you may be using at the time but what if you want to be able to keep the screen that you're looking at but still be able to perform some functions on the side wall that is where Acushla applications come into play qslide applications as I mentioned before are a little shade in the notification drop-down that do hide these elements if you want more space right here in the notification shade and it is a great idea that LG put in in order to hide those elements so they don't really clutter up the screen so when you hit qslide right there you have a number of different applications right here and these are all the ones that you can use you might be able to draft a quick email check the calendar see what day is coming up for you if you're busy on a particular day even watch a video on top of what you're already doing you even have a browser if you so wish to browse a little bit and take a quick look at something now you might have to look up like say a Wikipedia entry or a dictionary entry but the example that I'll use is with the same one that I gave in the previous one and that's this location where I love to buy and drink tea so we have the number right here that is available and if I wanted to dial it very quickly I would open the phone qslide application right here and easily be able to dial the number in so that is one of the better ways of being able to just quickly get to a number let's say using the Q side app for the phone and the other way around works as well if you have the phone open we can open up the browser Q side application and we'll have the number right there in the Q slide browser if I hold the back button right here I'll be able to pick from a small list but a effective list of applications to be able to get some tasks done I can browse wild messaging or looking at a map or even by watching YouTube which is the example I'll show right now I'll throw if the browser on the top there and then I'll throw YouTube on the bottom it's nice and quick and once you have it available you can't actually change the amount of space that both windows take up you'll see I have this page right here that I've had queued up for the last two examples already and then I have a video queued up here good old Joe with the Google Play weekly video for this week and from there we basically have just an easy way of looking at two different applications at once and being able to enjoy YouTube video in this case and browsing the Internet at the same time if you were to tap on the middle you do have some options here to switch them to open up other applications if you so choose and also depending on which section you have open you can always click this third button in order to make it fullscreen again to go back to a singular app interface but if I go horizontally right here they also move accordingly so this might not be the best example for YouTube but you can still do this if you're looking at say a map or messaging other people using jima or hangouts one final function that I'll show you from the dual window is the ability to have a comp up in particular situations automatically now you do have to use the built-in email application in order for this to work but once you have an email that has an attachment on there like say a picture which is what is used in this situation then you are going to be able to hit that attachment and it will automatically open up the gallery in order for you to see the picture while still holding your place inside of the email and you can see that right here there you go the dual window comes up and we have our one for Android Authority logo on the bottom but I still have the email at the top ready for me to do any replies or 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