diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/RecentsViewStateController.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/RecentsViewStateController.kt
index c8f46a9dd7..cca8bf8e17 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/RecentsViewStateController.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/launcher3/uioverrides/RecentsViewStateController.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.AGGRESSIVE_EASE_IN_OUT
 import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.FINAL_FRAME
 import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.INSTANT
 import com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.LINEAR
+import com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableDesktopExplodedView
 import com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableLargeDesktopWindowingTile
 import com.android.launcher3.LauncherState
 import com.android.launcher3.anim.AnimatedFloat
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.TASK_PRIMARY_SPLIT_TRANSLATION
 import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.TASK_SECONDARY_SPLIT_TRANSLATION
 import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.TASK_SECONDARY_TRANSLATION
 import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.TASK_THUMBNAIL_SPLASH_ALPHA
+import com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsViewUtils.Companion.DESK_EXPLODE_PROGRESS
 import com.android.quickstep.views.TaskView.Companion.FLAG_UPDATE_ALL
 
 /**
@@ -74,6 +76,13 @@ class RecentsViewStateController(private val launcher: QuickstepLauncher) :
             recentsView,
             if (state.displayOverviewTasksAsGrid(launcher.deviceProfile)) 1f else 0f,
         )
+        if (enableDesktopExplodedView()) {
+            DESK_EXPLODE_PROGRESS.set(
+                recentsView,
+                if (state.displayOverviewTasksAsGrid(launcher.deviceProfile)) 1f else 0f,
+            )
+        }
+
         TASK_THUMBNAIL_SPLASH_ALPHA.set(
             recentsView,
             if (state.showTaskThumbnailSplash()) 1f else 0f,
@@ -156,6 +165,15 @@ class RecentsViewStateController(private val launcher: QuickstepLauncher) :
             getOverviewInterpolator(fromState, toState),
         )
 
+        if (enableDesktopExplodedView()) {
+            builder.setFloat(
+                recentsView,
+                DESK_EXPLODE_PROGRESS,
+                if (toState.isRecentsViewVisible) 1f else 0f,
+                getOverviewInterpolator(fromState, toState),
+            )
+        }
+
         if (enableLargeDesktopWindowingTile()) {
             builder.setFloat(
                 recentsView,
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsStateController.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsStateController.java
index b4b80c5705..56dd696550 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsStateController.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/fallback/FallbackRecentsStateController.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.android.quickstep.fallback;
 import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.FINAL_FRAME;
 import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.INSTANT;
 import static com.android.app.animation.Interpolators.LINEAR;
+import static com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableDesktopExplodedView;
 import static com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableLargeDesktopWindowingTile;
 import static com.android.launcher3.states.StateAnimationConfig.ANIM_OVERVIEW_MODAL;
 import static com.android.launcher3.states.StateAnimationConfig.ANIM_OVERVIEW_SCALE;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import static com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.TASK_PRIMARY_SPLIT_TRANSLA
 import static com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.TASK_SECONDARY_SPLIT_TRANSLATION;
 import static com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.TASK_SECONDARY_TRANSLATION;
 import static com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsView.TASK_THUMBNAIL_SPLASH_ALPHA;
+import static com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsViewUtils.DESK_EXPLODE_PROGRESS;
 import static com.android.quickstep.views.TaskView.FLAG_UPDATE_ALL;
 
 import android.util.FloatProperty;
@@ -123,6 +125,10 @@ public class FallbackRecentsStateController implements StateHandler<RecentsState
                     state.detachDesktopCarousel() ? 1f : 0f,
                     getOverviewInterpolator(state));
         }
+        if (enableDesktopExplodedView()) {
+            setter.setFloat(mRecentsView, DESK_EXPLODE_PROGRESS, showAsGrid ? 1f : 0f,
+                    getOverviewInterpolator(state));
+        }
 
         setter.setViewBackgroundColor(mRecentsViewContainer.getScrimView(),
                 state.getScrimColor(mRecentsViewContainer.asContext()),
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.kt
index fbda3b3d7b..9bb8f3dd07 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/DesktopTaskView.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package com.android.quickstep.views
 
-import android.animation.Animator
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint
 import android.content.Context
 import android.graphics.Matrix
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ import com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableDesktopExplodedView
 import com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableOverviewIconMenu
 import com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableRefactorTaskThumbnail
 import com.android.launcher3.R
-import com.android.launcher3.anim.AnimatedFloat
 import com.android.launcher3.testing.TestLogging
 import com.android.launcher3.testing.shared.TestProtocol
 import com.android.launcher3.util.RunnableList
@@ -165,9 +163,6 @@ class DesktopTaskView @JvmOverloads constructor(context: Context, attrs: Attribu
             ?.inflate()
     }
 
-    fun startWindowExplodeAnimation(): Animator =
-        AnimatedFloat { progress -> explodeProgress = progress }.animateToValue(0.0f, 1.0f)
-
     private fun positionTaskWindows() {
         if (taskContainers.isEmpty()) {
             return
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
index 1ca14a5dae..9e53f11679 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsView.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import static com.android.quickstep.views.OverviewActionsView.HIDDEN_NON_ZERO_RO
 import static com.android.quickstep.views.OverviewActionsView.HIDDEN_NO_RECENTS;
 import static com.android.quickstep.views.OverviewActionsView.HIDDEN_NO_TASKS;
 import static com.android.quickstep.views.OverviewActionsView.HIDDEN_SPLIT_SELECT_ACTIVE;
+import static com.android.quickstep.views.RecentsViewUtils.DESK_EXPLODE_PROGRESS;
 
 import android.animation.Animator;
 import android.animation.AnimatorListenerAdapter;
@@ -2911,13 +2912,15 @@ public abstract class RecentsView<
         }
 
         if (enableDesktopExplodedView()) {
+            if (animatorSet == null) {
+                mUtils.setDeskExplodeProgress(1);
+            } else {
+                animatorSet.play(
+                        ObjectAnimator.ofFloat(this, DESK_EXPLODE_PROGRESS, 1));
+            }
+
             for (TaskView taskView : getTaskViews()) {
                 if (taskView instanceof DesktopTaskView desktopTaskView) {
-                    if (animatorSet == null) {
-                        desktopTaskView.setExplodeProgress(1.0f);
-                    } else {
-                        animatorSet.play(desktopTaskView.startWindowExplodeAnimation());
-                    }
                     desktopTaskView.setRemoteTargetHandles(remoteTargetHandles);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsViewUtils.kt b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsViewUtils.kt
index f742ec3898..8df743053c 100644
--- a/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsViewUtils.kt
+++ b/quickstep/src/com/android/quickstep/views/RecentsViewUtils.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.android.quickstep.views
 
 import android.graphics.Rect
+import android.util.FloatProperty
 import android.view.View
 import androidx.core.view.children
 import com.android.launcher3.Flags.enableLargeDesktopWindowingTile
@@ -294,7 +295,24 @@ class RecentsViewUtils(private val recentsView: RecentsView<*, *>) {
         }
     }
 
+    var deskExplodeProgress: Float = 0f
+        set(value) {
+            field = value
+            taskViews.filterIsInstance<DesktopTaskView>().forEach { it.explodeProgress = field }
+        }
+
     companion object {
+        @JvmField
+        val DESK_EXPLODE_PROGRESS =
+            object : FloatProperty<RecentsView<*, *>>("deskExplodeProgress") {
+                override fun setValue(recentsView: RecentsView<*, *>, value: Float) {
+                    recentsView.mUtils.deskExplodeProgress = value
+                }
+
+                override fun get(recentsView: RecentsView<*, *>) =
+                    recentsView.mUtils.deskExplodeProgress
+            }
+
         val TEMP_RECT = Rect()
     }
 }