Android 15 could make using landscape on phones better

These include changes to the notification drawer, Quick Settings tiles and the lock screen.

The notification drawer changes take a page straight from Android’s tablet interface and split the interface in half, putting Quick Settings tiles on the left and notifications on the right.

This is a significant improvement compared to the current landscape layout, which is just a stretched-out version of the portrait layout that stacks the Quick Settings and notifications on top of each other (and leaves very little room to actually see notifications).

Stock Android 14 doesn’t allow the lock screen to rotate, so this is a pretty significant change.

Rahman also noted that the landscape interfaces have been around for a while, dating back as far as the Android 14 QPR1 Beta.

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