diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/statehandlers/DepthController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/statehandlers/DepthController.java
index e3fd3f9..2a78bdf 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/statehandlers/DepthController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/statehandlers/DepthController.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import android.animation.Animator;
 import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter;
 import android.animation.ObjectAnimator;
-import android.util.FloatProperty;
 import android.view.CrossWindowBlurListeners;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewRootImpl;
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.BaseActivity;
 import com.android.launcher3.Launcher;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherState;
-import com.android.launcher3.Utilities;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.PendingAnimation;
 import com.android.launcher3.statemanager.StateManager.StateHandler;
 import com.android.launcher3.states.StateAnimationConfig;
@@ -47,43 +45,12 @@
 public class DepthController extends BaseDepthController implements StateHandler<LauncherState>,
         BaseActivity.MultiWindowModeChangedListener {
 
-    /**
-     * A property that updates the background blur within a given range of values (ie. even if the
-     * animator goes beyond 0..1, the interpolated value will still be bounded).
-     */
-    public static class ClampedDepthProperty extends FloatProperty<DepthController> {
-        private final float mMinValue;
-        private final float mMaxValue;
-
-        public ClampedDepthProperty(float minValue, float maxValue) {
-            super("depthClamped");
-            mMinValue = minValue;
-            mMaxValue = maxValue;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void setValue(DepthController depthController, float depth) {
-            depthController.setDepth(Utilities.boundToRange(depth, mMinValue, mMaxValue));
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public Float get(DepthController depthController) {
-            return depthController.mDepth;
-        }
-    }
-
     private final ViewTreeObserver.OnDrawListener mOnDrawListener = this::onLauncherDraw;
 
     private final Consumer<Boolean> mCrossWindowBlurListener = this::setCrossWindowBlursEnabled;
 
     private final Runnable mOpaquenessListener = this::applyDepthAndBlur;
 
-    /**
-     * If we're launching and app and should not be blurring the screen for performance reasons.
-     */
-    private boolean mBlurDisabledForAppLaunch;
-
-
     // Workaround for animating the depth when multiwindow mode changes.
     private boolean mIgnoreStateChangesDuringMultiWindowAnimation = false;
 
@@ -145,12 +112,8 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        float toDepth = toState.getDepth(mLauncher);
-        if (Float.compare(mDepth, toDepth) != 0) {
-            setDepth(toDepth);
-        } else if (toState == LauncherState.OVERVIEW) {
-            applyDepthAndBlur();
-        } else if (toState == LauncherState.BACKGROUND_APP) {
+        STATE_DEPTH.set(this, toState.getDepth(mLauncher));
+        if (toState == LauncherState.BACKGROUND_APP) {
             mLauncher.getDragLayer().getViewTreeObserver().addOnDrawListener(mOnDrawListener);
         }
     }
@@ -164,10 +127,7 @@
         }
 
         float toDepth = toState.getDepth(mLauncher);
-        if (Float.compare(mDepth, toDepth) != 0) {
-            animation.setFloat(this, STATE_DEPTH, toDepth,
-                    config.getInterpolator(ANIM_DEPTH, LINEAR));
-        }
+        animation.setFloat(this, STATE_DEPTH, toDepth, config.getInterpolator(ANIM_DEPTH, LINEAR));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -198,9 +158,9 @@
         writer.println(prefix + "\tmMaxBlurRadius=" + mMaxBlurRadius);
         writer.println(prefix + "\tmCrossWindowBlursEnabled=" + mCrossWindowBlursEnabled);
         writer.println(prefix + "\tmSurface=" + mSurface);
-        writer.println(prefix + "\tmDepth=" + mDepth);
+        writer.println(prefix + "\tmStateDepth=" + STATE_DEPTH.get(this));
+        writer.println(prefix + "\tmWidgetDepth=" + WIDGET_DEPTH.get(this));
         writer.println(prefix + "\tmCurrentBlur=" + mCurrentBlur);
-        writer.println(prefix + "\tmBlurDisabledForAppLaunch=" + mBlurDisabledForAppLaunch);
         writer.println(prefix + "\tmInEarlyWakeUp=" + mInEarlyWakeUp);
         writer.println(prefix + "\tmIgnoreStateChangesDuringMultiWindowAnimation="
                 + mIgnoreStateChangesDuringMultiWindowAnimation);
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
index ee9845b..3203f44 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/QuickstepLauncher.java
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@
 
     private SafeCloseable mViewCapture;
 
+    private boolean mEnableWidgetDepth;
+
     @Override
     protected void setupViews() {
         super.setupViews();
@@ -206,6 +208,9 @@
         mTISBindHelper = new TISBindHelper(this, this::onTISConnected);
         mDepthController = new DepthController(this);
         mHotseatPredictionController = new HotseatPredictionController(this);
+
+        mEnableWidgetDepth = ENABLE_WIDGET_PICKER_DEPTH.get()
+                && SystemProperties.getBoolean("ro.launcher.depth.widget", true);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -587,9 +592,7 @@
     public void onWidgetsTransition(float progress) {
         super.onWidgetsTransition(progress);
         onTaskbarInAppDisplayProgressUpdate(progress, WIDGETS_PAGE_PROGRESS_INDEX);
-        // Change of wallpaper depth in widget picker is disabled for tests as it causes flakiness
-        // on very slow cuttlefish devices.
-        if (ENABLE_WIDGET_PICKER_DEPTH.get() && !Utilities.IS_RUNNING_IN_TEST_HARNESS) {
+        if (mEnableWidgetDepth) {
             WIDGET_DEPTH.set(getDepthController(),
                     Utilities.mapToRange(progress, 0f, 1f, 0f, getDeviceProfile().bottomSheetDepth,
                             EMPHASIZED));
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherActivityInterface.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherActivityInterface.java
index 1cb17cb..e9588d6 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherActivityInterface.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/LauncherActivityInterface.java
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
 
 import com.android.launcher3.DeviceProfile;
 import com.android.launcher3.Launcher;
+import com.android.launcher3.LauncherAnimUtils;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherInitListener;
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherState;
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.PendingAnimation;
 import com.android.launcher3.statehandlers.DepthController;
-import com.android.launcher3.statehandlers.DepthController.ClampedDepthProperty;
 import com.android.launcher3.statemanager.StateManager;
 import com.android.launcher3.taskbar.LauncherTaskbarUIController;
 import com.android.launcher3.touch.PagedOrientationHandler;
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@
                 float fromDepthRatio = BACKGROUND_APP.getDepth(activity);
                 float toDepthRatio = OVERVIEW.getDepth(activity);
                 pa.addFloat(getDepthController(),
-                        new ClampedDepthProperty(fromDepthRatio, toDepthRatio),
+                        new LauncherAnimUtils.ClampedProperty<>(
+                                DepthController.STATE_DEPTH, fromDepthRatio, toDepthRatio),
                         fromDepthRatio, toDepthRatio, LINEAR);
             }
         };
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsView.java
index e32aaee..bcaae99 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsView.java
@@ -200,13 +200,12 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setModalStateEnabled(boolean isModalState) {
-        super.setModalStateEnabled(isModalState);
+    public void setModalStateEnabled(boolean isModalState, boolean animate) {
         if (isModalState) {
-            mActivity.getStateManager().goToState(RecentsState.MODAL_TASK);
+            mActivity.getStateManager().goToState(RecentsState.MODAL_TASK, animate);
         } else {
             if (mActivity.isInState(RecentsState.MODAL_TASK)) {
-                mActivity.getStateManager().goToState(DEFAULT);
+                mActivity.getStateManager().goToState(DEFAULT, animate);
                 resetModalVisuals();
             }
         }
@@ -243,6 +242,9 @@
         if (finalState != MODAL_TASK) {
             setOverviewSelectEnabled(false);
         }
+        if (finalState != OVERVIEW_SPLIT_SELECT) {
+            resetFromSplitSelectionState();
+        }
 
         if (isOverlayEnabled) {
             runActionOnRemoteHandles(remoteTargetHandle ->
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/RecentsState.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/RecentsState.java
index 223eba5..8b5f091 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/RecentsState.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/RecentsState.java
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
     public static final RecentsState HOME = new RecentsState(3, 0);
     public static final RecentsState BG_LAUNCHER = new LauncherState(4, 0);
     public static final RecentsState OVERVIEW_SPLIT_SELECT = new RecentsState(5,
-            FLAG_SHOW_AS_GRID | FLAG_SCRIM | FLAG_OVERVIEW_UI | FLAG_CLOSE_POPUPS);
+            FLAG_SHOW_AS_GRID | FLAG_SCRIM | FLAG_OVERVIEW_UI | FLAG_CLOSE_POPUPS
+                    | FLAG_DISABLE_RESTORE);
 
     public final int ordinal;
     private final int mFlags;
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/BaseDepthController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/BaseDepthController.java
index 29ae9a1..064e675 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/BaseDepthController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/util/BaseDepthController.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
      * Ratio from 0 to 1, where 0 is fully zoomed out, and 1 is zoomed in.
      * @see android.service.wallpaper.WallpaperService.Engine#onZoomChanged(float)
      */
-    protected float mDepth;
+    private float mDepth;
 
     protected SurfaceControl mSurface;
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    protected void setDepth(float depth) {
+    private void setDepth(float depth) {
         depth = Utilities.boundToRange(depth, 0, 1);
         // Round out the depth to dedupe frequent, non-perceptable updates
         int depthI = (int) (depth * 256);
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/LauncherRecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/LauncherRecentsView.java
index bb8506d..2ae7136 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/LauncherRecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/LauncherRecentsView.java
@@ -162,13 +162,12 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setModalStateEnabled(boolean isModalState) {
-        super.setModalStateEnabled(isModalState);
+    public void setModalStateEnabled(boolean isModalState, boolean animate) {
         if (isModalState) {
-            mActivity.getStateManager().goToState(LauncherState.OVERVIEW_MODAL_TASK);
+            mActivity.getStateManager().goToState(LauncherState.OVERVIEW_MODAL_TASK, animate);
         } else {
             if (mActivity.isInState(LauncherState.OVERVIEW_MODAL_TASK)) {
-                mActivity.getStateManager().goToState(LauncherState.OVERVIEW);
+                mActivity.getStateManager().goToState(LauncherState.OVERVIEW, animate);
                 resetModalVisuals();
             }
         }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index c8ef958..6d95e7d 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@
     private void onOrientationChanged() {
         // If overview is in modal state when rotate, reset it to overview state without running
         // animation.
-        setModalStateEnabled(false);
+        setModalStateEnabled(/* isModalState= */ false, /* animate= */ false);
         if (isSplitSelectionActive()) {
             onRotateInSplitSelectionState();
         }
@@ -5198,11 +5198,8 @@
         setInsets(mInsets);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Enables or disables modal state for RecentsView
-     * @param isModalState
-     */
-    public void setModalStateEnabled(boolean isModalState) { }
+    /** Enables or disables modal state for RecentsView */
+    public abstract void setModalStateEnabled(boolean isModalState, boolean animate);
 
     public TaskOverlayFactory getTaskOverlayFactory() {
         return mTaskOverlayFactory;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
index c1df403..cdd8f5a 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/CellLayout.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import static android.animation.ValueAnimator.areAnimatorsEnabled;
 
 import static com.android.launcher3.anim.Interpolators.DEACCEL_1_5;
+import static com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags.SHOW_HOME_GARDENING;
 import static com.android.launcher3.dragndrop.DraggableView.DRAGGABLE_ICON;
 import static com.android.launcher3.icons.IconNormalizer.ICON_VISIBLE_AREA_FACTOR;
 
@@ -552,7 +553,9 @@
     public void setSpringLoadedProgress(float progress) {
         if (Float.compare(progress, mSpringLoadedProgress) != 0) {
             mSpringLoadedProgress = progress;
-            updateBgAlpha();
+            if (!SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+                updateBgAlpha();
+            }
             setGridAlpha(progress);
         }
     }
@@ -577,7 +580,9 @@
     public void setScrollProgress(float progress) {
         if (Float.compare(Math.abs(progress), mScrollProgress) != 0) {
             mScrollProgress = Math.abs(progress);
-            updateBgAlpha();
+            if (!SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+                updateBgAlpha();
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -616,7 +621,7 @@
             }
         }
 
-        if (mVisualizeDropLocation) {
+        if (mVisualizeDropLocation && !SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
             for (int i = 0; i < mDragOutlines.length; i++) {
                 final float alpha = mDragOutlineAlphas[i];
                 if (alpha <= 0) continue;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAnimUtils.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAnimUtils.java
index b858d1a..4e80d41 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAnimUtils.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherAnimUtils.java
@@ -218,4 +218,32 @@
             }
         };
     }
+
+    /**
+     * A property that updates the specified property within a given range of values (ie. even if
+     * the animator goes beyond 0..1, the interpolated value will still be bounded).
+     * @param <T> the specified property
+     */
+    public static class ClampedProperty<T> extends FloatProperty<T> {
+        private final FloatProperty<T> mProperty;
+        private final float mMinValue;
+        private final float mMaxValue;
+
+        public ClampedProperty(FloatProperty<T> property, float minValue, float maxValue) {
+            super(property.getName() + "Clamped");
+            mProperty = property;
+            mMinValue = minValue;
+            mMaxValue = maxValue;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void setValue(T t, float v) {
+            mProperty.set(t, Utilities.boundToRange(v, mMinValue, mMaxValue));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Float get(T t) {
+            return mProperty.get(t);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherSettings.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherSettings.java
index 66195f3..4c8f2d9 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/LauncherSettings.java
@@ -94,15 +94,11 @@
          */
         public static final int ITEM_TYPE_DEEP_SHORTCUT = 6;
 
-        /**
-         * The favroite is a search action
-         */
-        public static final int ITEM_TYPE_SEARCH_ACTION = 7;
 
+        // *** Below enum values are used for metrics purpose but not used in Favorites DB ***
 
         /**
          * Type of the item is recents task.
-         * TODO(hyunyoungs): move constants not related to Favorites DB to a better location.
          */
         public static final int ITEM_TYPE_TASK = 7;
 
@@ -112,6 +108,11 @@
         public static final int ITEM_TYPE_QSB = 8;
 
         /**
+         * The favorite is a search action
+         */
+        public static final int ITEM_TYPE_SEARCH_ACTION = 9;
+
+        /**
          * The icon package name in Intent.ShortcutIconResource
          * <P>Type: TEXT</P>
          */
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
index 6aff83e..5d388dc 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/Workspace.java
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
 import com.android.launcher3.util.RunnableList;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.Thunk;
 import com.android.launcher3.util.WallpaperOffsetInterpolator;
-import com.android.launcher3.views.ActivityContext;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHost;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHost.ProviderChangedListener;
 import com.android.launcher3.widget.LauncherAppWidgetHostView;
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FeatureFlags.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FeatureFlags.java
index 3a530af..211ec77 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FeatureFlags.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/config/FeatureFlags.java
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
             "In foldables, when reordering the icons and widgets, is now going to use both sides");
 
     public static final BooleanFlag ENABLE_WIDGET_PICKER_DEPTH = new DeviceFlag(
-            "ENABLE_WIDGET_PICKER_DEPTH", false, "Enable changing depth in widget picker.");
+            "ENABLE_WIDGET_PICKER_DEPTH", true, "Enable changing depth in widget picker.");
 
     public static final BooleanFlag SHOW_DELIGHTFUL_PAGINATION_FOLDER = new DeviceFlag(
             "SHOW_DELIGHTFUL_PAGINATION_FOLDER", false,
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java
index 3286afb..f5d511c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/states/SpringLoadedState.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package com.android.launcher3.states;
 
+import static com.android.launcher3.config.FeatureFlags.SHOW_HOME_GARDENING;
 import static com.android.launcher3.logging.StatsLogManager.LAUNCHER_STATE_HOME;
 
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -44,6 +45,11 @@
 
     @Override
     public ScaleAndTranslation getWorkspaceScaleAndTranslation(Launcher launcher) {
+
+        if (SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+            return super.getWorkspaceScaleAndTranslation(launcher);
+        }
+
         DeviceProfile grid = launcher.getDeviceProfile();
         Workspace<?> ws = launcher.getWorkspace();
         if (ws.getChildCount() == 0) {
@@ -62,6 +68,9 @@
 
     @Override
     protected float getDepthUnchecked(Context context) {
+        if (SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
         return 0.5f;
     }
 
@@ -72,6 +81,10 @@
 
     @Override
     public float getWorkspaceBackgroundAlpha(Launcher launcher) {
+        if (SHOW_HOME_GARDENING.get()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
         return 0.2f;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/MultiPropertyFactory.java b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/MultiPropertyFactory.java
index e7a7785..43daf08 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher3/util/MultiPropertyFactory.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher3/util/MultiPropertyFactory.java
@@ -107,12 +107,9 @@
 
         @Override
         public Float get(T object) {
-            // The scale of the view should match mLastAggregatedValue. Still, if it has been
-            // changed without using this property, it can differ. As this get method is usually
-            // used to set the starting point on an animation, this would result in some jumps
-            // when the view scale is different than the last aggregated value. To stay on the
-            // safe side, let's return the real view scale.
-            return mProperty.get(object);
+            // Callers of MultiProperty should only care about the sub-property that it sets. If
+            // the overall value is needed, mProperty.get should be called directly.
+            return mValue;
         }
 
         @Override