Android 12 updates, Feature & release date in India.
What is Android 12 update, Features & release date in India?
By Nirmal, Techblogger
10th February, 2021
Today’s article is on Android 12 updates, Feature & release date in India. Like Every year Google is known for updating its Android software for example Android 11 rolls out in Android previous year.
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In year 2021 Android 12 will be announced by Google. Not so many things are disclosed yet but there are few things have come out. And you will be provided with all the things we know and the rumors too.
What is the Android 12 release date?
According to the reports the Android 12 release date or its availability are given below:
- The developer preview release date will be in this month February 2021.
- In May 2021 the Google will release for Public beta testing.
- Then finally in the month of September, the official rollout will be available for the Consumers.
Google follow this patterns from years. As we saw that Android 11 too was released for developer preview in the month of February. And, so it’s strongly believed that Google will be releasing Android 12 for Developers in month of February
And then Android 12 beta release date will be around May. Where Google test its new update by providing Android 12 for selected peoples. And then finally, Official rollout will be available for all consumers after Beta testing at the month of September.
What are the list of Android 12 supported devices for now?
The list of the devices which will get this updates first are given below.
When Google launch its latest operating system it will likely to roll out in very few devices.
In which First of all the all Pixel devices of Google will get the support of Android 12. And the second one will be the Flagship phones launch at that time.
And last for the which are partners of Google and those devices which works on the Stock UI or powered by Android One.
Is the Android 12 name confirmed by Google for its new update?
Yes, it is officially confirmed by the Google. In their blog post of Android Developers. Google writes that next update will be called as “Android 12” in the month of September 2021.
New features of Android 12
Here is the list of new features of Android 12. What is the new things you will get to see in this updates?
Easier and safe accessibility to “Other App Store”
In the blog post of Google written at the time of Autumn. Google mentioned that you can now easily access the third party app sites and download your favorites app and games from there.
While there will not be any compromise from Google regarding the security of yours. But they didn’t talk much about the whole process like which app store includes in this section and how will they process it.
The New Restricted Networking mode:
I know you must be wandering what is this New Restricted Networking mode. So the basic function of this Restricted Networking mode is, Once, you enable this option the apps with permission to access “Restricted Networking” would be able to fetch data from device.
Other than this all applications on your devices without permission will not be able sends or receive the data.
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Mishal Rahman the XDA developer revealed that as this permission can only be granted to the system applications signed by the OEM. However, it’s not clear by Google till now how will they implement this feature.
Paris split screen experience for App:
As we all know the fact that Android 11 lets you run two applications simultaneously at the same time in your device through split screen. Which was a very significant option for the multitasker.
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But now in Android 12 you will see improved version of the Split-Screen known as Paris split screen. As you must be aware that in current split screen you can effectively work at only one application. But now after this updates you will be able to pair up system which will group the two app as a single task. And the two most recent opened application to pair with each other.
This is the pic shared by 9to5Gogole, how the Paris split screen look like.
New way to update your OS system
Yes, the all new way to update your OS system. As it is believed that Android 12 will make it easier for the consumer to update the OS by directly pushing software system updates to you through Google Play Store.
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Rather than sending them over through traditional way on air. This will lead into more subsequent updates and less hang ups by the device manufacturers company.
Hibernate remove unused apps to free up space
Hibernate remove opened apps that are not currently in usage and makes them low power consuming and free up the space. As it will result into long battery backup as well as optimal performance.
New gesture for Pixel phones
As android 12 will bring new gesture “DOBLE TAP” feature for pixel phone. By double tapping on back of your devices will results into activation of Google assistant.
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Which can be further modified for many other actions like taking screenshot, pause/play music, view notification and for viewing recent applications,
My conclusion:
I hope that now you are aware about Android 12 updates, Feature & release date in India
Overall the features seem to be fascinating. The things I expected that I want to see in the Android 12 will be a whole new looks and support to more phones for even in budget category. Google always store their cool features for pixel only.
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