When a new year kicks off, just after we’ve crowned our “phones of the year” from the previous 12 months, the first wave of phones hits to show us the beginnings of new tech trends going forward. It’s also the first chance for a company to step up with their…

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BIG change: If you enable the "Silky home" feature flag that I previously mentioned, you'll get a DRAMATICALLY changed Settings UI that's MUCH more one-handed friendly. Here are a few screenshots:

The Apple TV app is now available on Google TV devices, including Chromecast with Google TV.

Got it 😉 (Still working on how to activate it, but here are the settings!)

As a preview — rather than beta, Android 12 DP1 is "for developers only​" and not focused on new user-facing features. That said...

With every major Android release, we want to strike the right balance between improving security and manageability and making the platform more usable and private for employees. 

Take two, this time with taps showing. https://t.co/Rawtccag05

Just noticed this today.

Waze has struggled to grow within Alphabet Inc's Google, the navigation app's former top executive said, renewing concerns over whether it was stifled by the search giant's $1 billion acquisition in 2013.

Is...is this the beginnings of a widget stack? This is an "enhanced" and "expanded" smart space. https://t.co/9tnfK2kA5a

Android 12 finally adds support for scrolling screenshots natively, adding proper support for a feature long present on OEM skins.

Android 12 may ship with a radically new design for the lockscreen and notification panel. Here's what it might look like.

Android 12 is also bringing a few improvements to the picture-in-picture feature, such as stashing and pinch-to-resize.

Android 12 is seemingly bringing widget stacks, a hallmark feature of iOS 14 widgets, to the Android side. Read on to know more!

Google may get rid of the half-swipe notification gesture in Android 12, and replace it with a new snooze button in the bottom right corner of notifications.

Google has added a new swipe-down gesture in Android 12 to spare your thumb from doing awkward gymnastics for pulling notification shade.

All the best new features the very first Android 12 Developer Preview!

00:00 - Intro
01:17 - New media player UI and enhancements
02:24 - Settings app redesign
03:00 - Pill-shaped activation toggles
03:31 - Tweaked app shortcut menu
03:55 - Share WiFi passcodes…

We've found an "Automatic" option that lets Android 12 decide whether a notification is important enough to alert on your phone.