After months and months of leaks and important information from the developers, Android 12 has finally come out into the open. During today's Google I / O, the company allowed the new operating system to debut. Some devices like Xiaomi Mi 11, Mi 11 Ultra and Mi 11i they can already install it. Today it is already available in beta for Google Pixel 3 and later versions. It is an update that along with a large number of new features it comes with the biggest aesthetic refurbishment of the system in years. Let's see everything in detail.
Android 12 is finally official and was announced during Google I / O. Here are all the news that we will encounter on the operating system
After so many years asking for a true renewal of the system interface, Google finally responded to the comments. With Android 12 we will see a more than significant change based on what Google Pixel users could already enjoy until now. At the same time, the activity of improved privacy functions, an increasingly important aspect in the development of the operating system.
Material You is the most personalized Android experience
Android 12 features Material you, a unique design language with which Google wants unify software and hardware ecosystems, leading to the biggest design change in Android history. With it we find innovations that range from a change of colors to a redesign of shapes, lights and movement effects. The result is that Android 12 wants to present itself as a more expressive operating system, dynamic and customizable.
You can completely customize your smartphone with one custom color palette and widgets redesigned. Using what they call color extraction, the background is chosen and the system automatically determines which colors are dominant, which are complementary and which are simply beautiful. Then apply those colors to the entire operating system, therefore in the shadow of notifications, the lock screen, volume controls, new widgets and so on.
Not only has the visual sector been redesigned, but that too audio. The notification tone, quick settings and even the power button have been reimagined to help the user perform tasks more easily. There notification ringtone is more intuitive and fun, with a clear and immediate view of app notifications.
Space Quick settings it doesn't just look and feel different. It has been rebuilt to include Google Pay and Home Controls, allowing for customization so you can have everything you need most in one easy-to-access place. To always have Google's help at your fingertips, you can now long press the power button to invoke the Assistant. You can make a phone call, open app, ask questions or read articles.
Privacy and transparency
Android 12 includes new features that allow greater transparency. In particular it can act on which apps access the data and gives the possibility to have more controls so that you can see a how much private information apps can access.
The new dashboard for the privacy offers a single view of permissions settings, as well as what data is accessed, how often, and via which apps. It also allows you to easily revoke permissions application directly from the control panel. A new indicator has been added to the top right of the status bar so you know when apps access the microphone or camera. And if you want remove app access to these sensors for the entire system, two new switches can be used in the Quick settings.
Still on the subject of privacy there is Private Compute Core. This feature enables features such as Live Caption, Now Playing e Smart Reply. All audio and language processing is done on the device, isolating it from the network to preserve privacy. Like the rest of Android, the protections in Private Compute Core are open source and completely inspectable e verifiable from the security community.
