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Android S (12) is here with some cool features


Another year, another Android release. As you might expect, this year’s release will be called Android 12 since Google ditched its dessert naming scheme for Android 2 years ago.

While Google hasn’t officially confirmed its internally-decided dessert theme for Android 12. You can add your guess into a comment section regarding what dessert name can be used for Android 12 😀.

As of Thursday, the next version of Android has official begun its cycle, though it’s still in the earliest stage: the first Developer Preview build of Android 12 has arrived and it reveals much about the next major update to Google’s smartphone OS.

Frankly, there are too many new features to cover in a single post, but we’ll make some notable mentions here.

1. New Accent Color

With Android 12, the UI takes up a bluish tint visible in both light and dark themes. The light blue accent follows through the System UI within system apps, including Settings. The dialog boxes that show are also in this color.



2. Changed toggle UI in Settings

For category-wide controls, Android 12 is getting a bigger and more elaborate toggle at the top of the page that distinguishes it from other toggles below it.



3. One-handed mode

There’s a one-handed mode that’s not enabled just yet, but the feature seems to be on its way to the final version of Android 12. This one-handed mode is much like iOS’s reachability which briefly pulls the top of the screen halfway down so you can reach the UI.



4. Edit screenshots and add emojis into it

The screenshots editor is also receiving updates. You’ll now be able to add your own text and emoji stickers, aside from being able to write and highlight parts of the screenshot.




5. Notifications snooze

Snoozing notifications isn’t new on Android for other OEMs, but you’ll be able to do it now on stock Android 12. A snooze button within the notification will let you reset the notification to notify you at a later time.


6. Improvements in the picture in picture mode

Picture-in-picture resizing is now much easier. Rather than dragging a finger on the corner of the floating frame, you can pinch to resize the frame and the UI is more forgiving of where you drag-n-drop the frame.

7. Media controls

With Android 12, these media controls are getting more refined. Firstly, the media player occupies a slightly larger space than earlier with a bigger media artwork and just an icon for the device without its name. The new media player controls that were introduced with Android 11 will currently display all media apps that you recently used. A new menu will be implemented that lets you decide which apps will have permission to show media controls here.


8. Nearby share for Wi-Fi password

Android 12 makes password sharing easier. As we reported earlier, you can share Wi-Fi passwords using Nearby Share. This makes the process of connecting to a new Wi-Fi network very easy.


Google is making several refinements to its existing features rather than just pile on new features. We’re excited to see Android 12’s progress and see which changes stick all the way to the final public builds. Android 12 will likely debut with the Pixel 5’s successor sometime between Q3 and Q4 of this year.

Chances are you’re excited to try the new Developer Preview build, but we don’t recommend installing this on your primary device. This is more of a proof of concept and better reserved as an exploratory build for app developers to play with.

That's it for this blog. We will make you update with the new things coming in Android 12 in a timely manner :-)

Thank you https://www.xda-developers.com/ for the source images!!
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