T he Google I/O is an annual developer conference where Google announces new hardware, software, and various updates for its existing apps and services. The event is taking place from Tuesday, May 18, through Friday, May 21. Tuesday’s main attraction was the keynote from Sundar Pichai and other Google executives. To save your time and effort jumping from one news post to another, here’s a recap of every major announcement and development that covered in Google I/O 2021. Android 12 Beta 1 Here it is, right off the bat, the announcement most people were waiting for — the full reveal of Android 12. We finally have a much better idea of what the future of Android holds, especially the new Material You design language. Android 12 will take device personalization up a notch by automatically theming your notification panel, lock screen, quick settings, and other UI parts from your wallpaper. There is a confirmation on multiple features which are introduced in Android 12 which I will cover in ...