Android 12 Snow Cone- Everything You Need To Know!
Android is the world’s most popular OS running on over 3 billion devices all around the world. Because of this extensive popularity, even the tiniest of changes in the operating system contain the potential to affect millions of users. Tech geeks and developers look forward to the next big Android update hoping it brings exciting changes to the current version.
Android 12, or perhaps we should say Snow Cone, has hit multiple milestones. And in the previous month, Google released the fifth beta to the public, giving users access to a brand new build of the OS.
Today, we will discuss everything about Android 12 Snow Cone.
So, to get started, let us discuss why Google went for a dessert code name.
Why has Google named Android 12 as Snow Cone?
Google appears to be reviving the practice of naming its Android operating system after desserts. According to Google’s Vice President of Engineering for Android Dave Burke, Android 12 has a dessert codename, Snow Cone.
After introducing Android 10, Google ditched the dessert naming strategy to make Android release names simple and more intuitive for the global community. The company stated that it would continue to provide codenames for its Android releases, but that would only be available to the internal team. Since then, every Android release has been referred to by its version number.
Now that Google has officially announced the codename for the latest operating system, Android 12 will be the first in the last couple of years to be given a dessert name, following Android Pie.
Fun Fact
Did you know the title Snow Cone got first leaked in February?
However, it did not get enough attention because Google ditched the notion of naming its latest Android versions after desserts. And here we are, standing with a watery mouth. After all, it is a Snow Cone.
Android 12 (Snow Cone) Stable version
Google has released the stable version of Android 12 to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), and companies such as Oppo, OnePlus, and Realme have already announced the availability of custom skins based on the new Android version. Google has confirmed that the stable version of Android 12 will be available for Pixels in the coming weeks.
The Android 12 operating system comes with multiple enhancements and new features. Dynamic theming, new widgets, and improved privacy settings are among them. It comes loaded with a dynamic theme and the new Material You design style.
Android 12 also has a new privacy dashboard, which allows users to see exactly what settings an app accesses and how often, such as location or camera, and how often it does so.
While we are at it, let us discuss some fascinating features of Android 12 Snow Cone.
7 Exciting features of Android 12
Material You
Material You is indeed one of the most significant changes on Android 12. It is the next iteration of Material Design.
What’s more interesting is that the design style is not going to be restricted to Android and will be seen across a wider variety of Google Services. It has a lot of focus on color and customization that allows users to choose their color patterns, contrast, element sizes, line widths, and much more.
Wallpaper-based UX theme
After years of OMS and RRO on the Android platform, the latest wallpaper-based UX theming engine in Android 12 was revealed as “monet.”
Based on the colors used in the phone’s current wallpaper, Android 12 chooses a set of comparable color palettes across the system UI. The color is consistent throughout the interface, including the lock screen, notifications panel, and even the newly included adaptable widgets.
Privacy Dashboard
Google efforts to shift the primary focus on privacy with Android 12’s Privacy Dashboard and other related changes.
This Privacy dashboard will represent a timeline of when apps access your phone’s camera, device location, or microphone. Android 12 will also have new indicators to show when your phone’s microphone or camera is in use.
Private Compute Core
Android 12 will feature a Private compute core that will keep your data private for various AI-driven features such as Now Playing, Live Caption, and Smart Reply. This core will be a secure partition within the OS, similar to the ones used for password and biometric data for these machine learning features.
App Hibernation
Android 12 Sweet Cone introduced a new feature known as App hibernation that allows you to put apps into a hibernation state if they are not getting used actively.
Applications put into this mode will optimize the storage usage, and the permissions will get revoked for the time being. Also, the applications which are not getting used for several months will be put automatically in a hibernation state. Users can toggle this feature on or off if they do not want apps to get hibernated.
Unlock your car with Android 12’s Car key feature
Did you know Google announced it is partnering with other smartphone companies to establish an industry-wide standard to help users unlock their cars using their phones?
This car key feature of Android 12 works through NFC, and you can simply tap your smartphone on the car’s door to unlock it.
Smoother than ever Audio transitions
Android 12 update comes with smoother audio transitions between apps. With this feature, when an app loses audio focus, its audio automatically fades out.
As a result, it provides a smoother transition between apps that play audio and prevents other apps from playing over each other. This is specifically important in foldable and multi-screen Android environments.
Summing Up
According to Google, Android 12 is the most extensive design overhaul in Android’s history, and it has so far lived up to the hype. Without using any Android launcher or icon pack, the new Material You UI customizes and animates your phone screen.
Customization is the main focus here. Google has made it easier than ever to tailor your phone to your preferences. The transformative function allows you to create a custom color palette and modify the interface colors.
As a result, your notification shade, lock screen, widgets, volume controls, and other features get a new look that changes with your wallpaper. Our hands-on with Android 12 beta 2 gave us our first peek at the much-anticipated theming engine.
So, this was all about Android 12 Snow Cone and the functionalities it comes with.
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