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Google announced the first developer preview of Android 12, which is the major update to the mobile operating system that powers Android phones. Among the updates of the release, AVIF image support, foreground service optimizations, rich content insertion, and faster & more responsive notifications are the ones that Google highlights. It seems Google tends to add more user-facing changes and UI updates throughout the preview cycle.  “With each version, we’re working to make the OS… Source link

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Are you ready to learn more about Android 12?  Stephen Shankland/CNET Google 

Enlarge / This green circle (we added the background) is the Android 12 logo, I guess. Google is launching the first developer preview of Android 12 on Thursday. This is the beginning of a seven-month beta process that should end with a final release sometime around September. System images will be out today for the Pixel line (if these links are broken, check back later). Support is being cut for the Pixel 2 this year; for phones, the… Source link

Google is releasing a developer preview for the next version of Android, Android 12, for Pixel devices today. As is the norm for Google, the very first previews of Android are full of a lot of developer-facing changes. Android 12 has updates to how the OS handles images, video, and future security updates. It’s also the norm for Google to hold some of the major UI changes in reserve for its Google I/O conference, typically held in May. Although this developer preview does include some… Source link

Google is rolling out a new update for its two-factor authentication prompt on Android, which adds support for dark mode (along with a new Material Design-style look), via 9to5Google. Is this objectively a minor cosmetic update in the great scheme of things? Yes. Is it nice to not be blasted with retina-searing white light when your two-factor authentication prompt comes up while you’re trying to log into something in pitch-black darkness? Also yes. … Source link

A series of leaked images may offer a first look at Google’s Android 12 update. XDA-Developers has published screenshots from what is said to be from an “early draft” of documents Google distributes to Android partners. The screenshots, which XDA-Developers says haven’t been fully confirmed, include what appears to be new UI changes, alongside a new privacy indicator and conversation widget. If accurate, the UI changes include an emphasis on rounded corners, with a reduction in… Source link

(Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Google is reportedly taking a page from Apple’s privacy playbook with its new anti-tracking feature. Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg last week suggested the search giant is “discussing how it can limit data collection and cross-app tracking on the Android operating system in a way that is less stringent than Apple’s solution.” The move, Bloomberg reported, aims to balance consumers’ privacy concerns with the financial needs of… Source link

? For a moment, I thought I was reading a The Onion article. Thanks for the laughs. 35451152 Oh I dunno Google, I have already completely deGoogled my Android phone anyway. Now I use microG and replaced all Google products with their own FOSS alternatives. I don’t miss Google Mobile Services at all now. ? Anonymous UG4 2 hours ago Reason, 5 hours agoI’ve been on them for years about tracking, but it’s one of the things in android… Source link