2. Propped-up video viewing
Most days during lunch, I like to watch videos on my phone. That usually means I need to prop it up against my water bottle, or even worse, awkwardly hold it in one hand while I feed myself with the other. Not with the Fold! I knew I would love using the Fold’s hinge to let it hold itself up in tabletop mode, but it’s even better than I thought. For starters, it feels sturdy enough that there’s no chance it will slip and shut (or fall). And if there’s something that’s really grabbed my attention, I can just open the Fold entirely and watch it on the big screen. Or if I’m feeling like I need some movement instead, I’ll open the Peloton App and take a quick yoga or stretch class. The Peloton App is optimized for Pixel Fold so I can take their classes in tabletop mode. Speaking of big screens…
3. Two screens, two hands, too good
As a big reader, maybe this shouldn’t have come as a surprise, but I never knew how much I liked holding things — including my phone — like a book. I’ve been working on travel plans recently, something I usually do from a laptop because I feel like I need the space and bigger keyboard. But I’ve been grabbing my Pixel Fold instead. There’s something so comfortable and accessible about holding it open with both hands and using both sides of the display to read up on a city. In a couple of taps, I can pull more information into split screen mode, making my laptop unnecessary. My favorite split screen mode feature is dragging and dropping content from one screen to the other, like a photo to an email or a YouTube video link to a message thread — or in the case of my travel planning, I can easily copy and paste different places and sights I’m reading about into Google Maps, or take notes on the other side.