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Android 13 has turned out to be one of the best releases of the platform till date. Although it may not be the game-changing release that Android 12 was, Google developers further refined the UI, improved battery life and made the whole experience smoother. All the new features and improvements come together in such a way that there’s a lot to love in Google’s latest release.
Case in point: I happened upon a little addition on stage that actually made me smile. Let me set the stage.
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While it’s not a daily thing, I do run into situations where the app needs to be closed or force-closed. It may simply be because I’m not using the app, or the app may have turned rogue on me and is using more system resources than it should. When such a case arises, I need to close that app quickly or at least I want to be able to.
Android 13 makes this a lot easier than previous iterations.
Here’s how it’s done.
How to close apps from notification shade
what you’ll need: All you need is a Pixel device like the Pixel 6 Pro running Android 13 (Pixel devices are the only phones to have received the upgrade at this point).
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Hopefully, as soon as Android 13 is released for other devices, anyone with a supported phone will be able to access the feature.
First of all you have to unlock your Android device.
Pull down the notification shade twice (pulling down twice is important, as this feature doesn’t appear with a single pull down). Once you’ve pulled the shade right down, you should see a little pill on the bottom left of the shade indicating how many apps are active.
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It shows apps that are actively running, such as fitness trackers, rather than apps you have open but not currently using, such as Twitter.
I have two active apps at the moment. Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNet
Tap Active apps and a new popup will appear listing the active and running apps.
KDE Connect and Samsung Health are both running on my device. Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNet
Within the Active Apps popup, you should see a Stop button for each active app. For any app you want to force-close, tap on Stop and then the app will be listed as Stopped.
KDE Connect has been discontinued. Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNet
The next time you open the Active Apps popup, it The stopped app will no longer be listed.
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And that’s all there is to pausing active apps in Android 13. It’s much easier than going to Settings > Apps > (app name) > Force Stop. Swiping up an app may take a bit more effort than using gesture navigation, but it doesn’t always work for every app. If you often have apps that go astray, this new feature will make your Android life a little more efficient.
With the upgrade to Android 13, you should experience far fewer instances where apps need to be force-closed anyway. But even if you do, you now have a convenient way to stop them.
