diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitAnimationTimings.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitAnimationTimings.java
index 90569b4..3a6d9b0 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitAnimationTimings.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/SplitAnimationTimings.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.android.quickstep.util;
 
 import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.LINEAR;
+import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.STANDARD;
 
 import android.view.animation.Interpolator;
 
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
     int TABLET_APP_PAIR_LAUNCH_DURATION = 998;
     /** Total duration (ms) for launching an app pair from its icon on phones. */
     int PHONE_APP_PAIR_LAUNCH_DURATION = 915;
+    /** Total duration (ms) for fading out desktop tasks in split mode. */
+    int DESKTOP_FADE_OUT_DURATION = 200;
 
     // Initialize timing classes so they can be accessed statically
     SplitAnimationTimings TABLET_OVERVIEW_TO_SPLIT = new TabletOverviewToSplitTimings();
@@ -83,6 +86,10 @@
         return (float) getStagedRectSlideEnd() / getDuration();
     }
 
+    default float getDesktopFadeSplitAnimationEndOffset() {
+        return (float) DESKTOP_FADE_OUT_DURATION / getDuration();
+    }
+
     // DEFAULT VALUES: We define default values here so that SplitAnimationTimings can be used
     // flexibly in animation-running functions, e.g. a single function that handles 2 types of split
     // animations. The values are not intended to be used, and can safely be removed if refactoring
@@ -124,5 +131,9 @@
     default float getAppRevealEndOffset() { return 0; }
     default Interpolator getCellSplitInterpolator() { return LINEAR; }
     default Interpolator getIconFadeInterpolator() { return LINEAR; }
+
+    default Interpolator getDesktopTaskScaleInterpolator() {
+        return STANDARD;
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 2db942f..ec169a8 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.FAST_OUT_SLOW_IN;
 import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.FINAL_FRAME;
 import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.LINEAR;
-import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.OVERSHOOT_0_75;
+import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.EMPHASIZED;
 import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.clampToProgress;
 import static com.android.launcher3.AbstractFloatingView.TYPE_REBIND_SAFE;
 import static com.android.launcher3.AbstractFloatingView.TYPE_TASK_MENU;
@@ -3647,6 +3647,7 @@
         // Grid specific properties.
         boolean isFocusedTaskDismissed = false;
         boolean isStagingFocusedTask = false;
+        boolean isSlidingTasks = false;
         TaskView nextFocusedTaskView = null;
         boolean nextFocusedTaskFromTop = false;
         float dismissedTaskWidth = 0;
@@ -3702,6 +3703,7 @@
             scrollDiffPerPage = Math.abs(oldScroll[1] - oldScroll[0]);
         }
 
+        isSlidingTasks = isStagingFocusedTask || areAllDesktopTasksDismissed;
         float dismissTranslationInterpolationEnd = 1;
         boolean closeGapBetweenClearAll = false;
         boolean isClearAllHidden = isClearAllHidden();
@@ -3842,14 +3844,14 @@
                 AnimUtils.getDeviceOverviewToSplitTimings(mContainer.getDeviceProfile().isTablet);
 
         int distanceFromDismissedTask = 1;
-        int stagingTranslation = 0;
-        if (isStagingFocusedTask || areAllDesktopTasksDismissed) {
+        int slidingTranslation = 0;
+        if (isSlidingTasks) {
             int nextSnappedPage = isStagingFocusedTask
                     ? indexOfChild(mUtils.getFirstSmallTaskView(getTaskViews()))
                     : mUtils.getDesktopTaskViewCount(getTaskViews());
-            stagingTranslation = getPagedOrientationHandler().getPrimaryScroll(this)
+            slidingTranslation = getPagedOrientationHandler().getPrimaryScroll(this)
                     - getScrollForPage(nextSnappedPage);
-            stagingTranslation += mIsRtl ? newClearAllShortTotalWidthTranslation
+            slidingTranslation += mIsRtl ? newClearAllShortTotalWidthTranslation
                     : -newClearAllShortTotalWidthTranslation;
         }
         mDismissPrimaryTranslations = new int[taskCount];
@@ -3877,12 +3879,12 @@
                 // Animate task with index >= dismissed index and in the same row as the
                 // dismissed index or next focused index. Offset successive task dismissal
                 // durations for a staggered effect.
-                int staggerColumn = isStagingFocusedTask
+                int staggerColumn = isSlidingTasks
                         ? (int) Math.ceil(distanceFromDismissedTask / 2f)
                         : distanceFromDismissedTask;
                 // Set timings based on if user is initiating splitscreen on the focused task,
                 // or splitting/dismissing some other task.
-                float animationStartProgress = isStagingFocusedTask
+                float animationStartProgress = isSlidingTasks
                         ? Utilities.boundToRange(
                         splitTimings.getGridSlideStartOffset()
                                 + (splitTimings.getGridSlideStaggerOffset()
@@ -3893,7 +3895,7 @@
                                 INITIAL_DISMISS_TRANSLATION_INTERPOLATION_OFFSET
                                         + ADDITIONAL_DISMISS_TRANSLATION_INTERPOLATION_OFFSET
                                         * staggerColumn, 0f, dismissTranslationInterpolationEnd);
-                float animationEndProgress = isStagingFocusedTask
+                float animationEndProgress = isSlidingTasks
                         ? Utilities.boundToRange(
                         splitTimings.getGridSlideStartOffset()
                                 + (splitTimings.getGridSlideStaggerOffset() * staggerColumn)
@@ -3901,7 +3903,8 @@
                         0f,
                         dismissTranslationInterpolationEnd)
                         : dismissTranslationInterpolationEnd;
-                Interpolator dismissInterpolator = isStagingFocusedTask ? OVERSHOOT_0_75 : LINEAR;
+
+                Interpolator dismissInterpolator = isSlidingTasks ? EMPHASIZED : LINEAR;
 
                 float primaryTranslation = 0;
                 if (taskView == nextFocusedTaskView) {
@@ -3928,14 +3931,30 @@
                     primaryTranslation +=
                             nextFocusedTaskView != null ? nextFocusedTaskWidth : dismissedTaskWidth;
                 }
-                primaryTranslation += mIsRtl ? stagingTranslation : -stagingTranslation;
+                if (!(taskView instanceof DesktopTaskView)) {
+                    primaryTranslation += mIsRtl ? slidingTranslation : -slidingTranslation;
+                }
 
                 if (primaryTranslation != 0) {
                     float finalTranslation = mIsRtl ? primaryTranslation : -primaryTranslation;
-                    anim.setFloat(taskView, taskView.getPrimaryDismissTranslationProperty(),
-                            finalTranslation,
+                    float startTranslation = 0;
+                    if (!(taskView instanceof DesktopTaskView) && slidingTranslation != 0) {
+                        startTranslation = isTaskViewVisible(taskView) ? 0
+                                : finalTranslation + (mIsRtl ? -mLastComputedTaskSize.right
+                                        : mLastComputedTaskSize.right);
+                        animationStartProgress = Utilities.boundToRange(
+                                animationStartProgress
+                                        + splitTimings.getDesktopFadeSplitAnimationEndOffset(),
+                                0f,
+                                dismissTranslationInterpolationEnd);
+                    }
+                    Animator dismissAnimator = ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(taskView,
+                            taskView.getPrimaryDismissTranslationProperty(),
+                            startTranslation, finalTranslation);
+                    dismissAnimator.setInterpolator(
                             clampToProgress(dismissInterpolator, animationStartProgress,
                                     animationEndProgress));
+                    anim.add(dismissAnimator);
                     mDismissPrimaryTranslations[i] = (int) finalTranslation;
                     distanceFromDismissedTask++;
                 }
@@ -5113,13 +5132,37 @@
      */
     public void handleDesktopTaskInSplitSelectState(PendingAnimation builder,
             Interpolator deskTopFadeInterPolator) {
+        SplitAnimationTimings timings = AnimUtils.getDeviceOverviewToSplitTimings(
+                mContainer.getDeviceProfile().isTablet);
         if (enableLargeDesktopWindowingTile()) {
-            for (TaskView taskView : getTaskViews()) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < getTaskViewCount(); i++) {
+                TaskView taskView = requireTaskViewAt(i);
                 if (taskView instanceof DesktopTaskView) {
-                    // Correcting the animation for split mode since we hide DW in split.
+                    // Setting pivot to scale down from screen centre.
+                    if (i >= mCurrentPage - 1 && i <= mCurrentPage + 1) {
+                        float pivotX;
+                        if (i == mCurrentPage - 1) {
+                            pivotX = mIsRtl ? taskView.getWidth() / 2f - mPageSpacing
+                                    - taskView.getWidth()
+                                    : taskView.getWidth() / 2f + mPageSpacing + taskView.getWidth();
+                        } else if (i == mCurrentPage) {
+                            pivotX = taskView.getWidth() / 2f;
+                        } else {
+                            pivotX = mIsRtl ? taskView.getWidth() + mPageSpacing
+                                    + taskView.getWidth()
+                                    : taskView.getWidth() - mPageSpacing - taskView.getWidth();
+                        }
+                        taskView.setPivotX(pivotX);
+                        taskView.setPivotY(taskView.getHeight() / 2f);
+                        builder.add(ObjectAnimator
+                                        .ofFloat(taskView, TaskView.DISMISS_SCALE, 0.95f),
+                                clampToProgress(timings.getDesktopTaskScaleInterpolator(), 0f,
+                                        timings.getDesktopFadeSplitAnimationEndOffset()));
+                    }
                     builder.addFloat(taskView.getSplitAlphaProperty(),
                             MULTI_PROPERTY_VALUE, 1f, 0f,
-                            clampToProgress(deskTopFadeInterPolator, 0f, 0.1f));
+                            clampToProgress(deskTopFadeInterPolator, 0f,
+                                    timings.getDesktopFadeSplitAnimationEndOffset()));
                 }
             }
         }