What you should know:
- Google is offering extra details about Android 12L, its replace for large-screened gadgets.
- The replace will embrace adjustments to the notification shade and settings menu and different updates to make the most of bigger shows.
- Android 12L is obtainable now on Pixel smartphones. It is coming later this 12 months to tablets and foldables.
It’s been a number of months since Google first introduced Android 12L as a foldable-centric replace that goals to make higher use of large-screened gadgets. However, together with the March replace and have drop, Google is offering extra particulars about what to anticipate in Android 12L, which is now out there for sure gadgets.
As we have seen in varied betas, Android 12L options visible adjustments that goal to enhance the UI on a number of the greatest foldable telephones and tablets. Among them is a brand new notification shade that splits into two halves; one aspect for fast settings and the opposite for notifications. This ought to make it simpler to view extra notifications at a time.
The Settings menu can also be being improved with a brand new UI that makes it simpler to leap between varied settings.
Google can also be highlighting the brand new taskbar, which is able to be capable to maintain as much as six apps at a time. This won’t solely make it extra Chrome OS-like, however it must also make it a lot simpler to multitask, permitting customers to pull apps into split-screen view and regulate the home windows.
There are a sequence of extra minor updates that customers will be capable to recognize on smaller smartphones, reminiscent of the flexibility to vary to a single-line clock on the lock display screen, an improved wallpaper selector, and extra.
Google says that Android 12L is rolling out “later this 12 months” to tablets and foldable gadgets from producers together with Samsung, Lenovo, and Microsoft (excellent news for Surface Duo 2 homeowners). However, in line with 9to5Google, Android 12L is obtainable now on Pixel smartphones as a part of the March 2022 characteristic drop.