Google’s Android 12 may still be in the process of rolling out to smartphones and tablets, but the company is already working on Android 13 (and has released the midcycle Android 12 LO). The company announced the first developer preview for the operating system in February and shared what is coming to Android 13 at Google I / O 2022 at the end of May.
What’s coming in Android 13?
Google is building on what started with Android 12 and 12L. Material You become more colorful with additional customization features and plan to expand the theme beyond the selection of Google Apps. The company also highlights privacy and security features in Android 13 and has plenty of building on Android’s big-screen ambitions in foldable and tablet.
Release date
Google released the first Android 13 developer preview in February, with the second coming in March. In April, Google unveiled Android 13 for the general public The first beta release and two more releases until the month of June. Reached the platform Stability With the third beta update, and the program is expected to run until July, Pixel is expected to arrive with the final release of Android 13.
New accessibility features
Google will now Create support for Braille displays On Android. Braille displays, if you are not aware, are devices that allow visually impaired people to interact with computers and read texts that are normally displayed on-screen. They can be used on computers, phones and other devices, as well as connect via Bluetooth or USB.
Previously, visually impaired users had to use a BrailleBack app downloaded from the Google Play Store to interact with them, but Google is changing that with Android 13. The feature will be live on Android 13 Beta 3.
Even more material you
Material You’ve made your debut with Android 12 as Google’s own advanced customization feature for Android that draws color from your wallpapers to themes in your apps and your phone’s interface. It is now available on Google Pixels and some other Android 12 phones, while Google is working to make it widely available on all devices running Android 12L and later. With Android 13, the source is talking Android Police Shared that Google plans to allow users to change how those colors look At the moment, the material makes you very pastel. While this may sound like a favorite of some, not everyone is disappointed with that look. It also becomes a bit annoying, especially when compared to Android 11, with a much larger, readily available pool of colors to choose from.
With Android 13, Google plans to improve the color palette with four new options. The material you will still pick the color from your wallpaper, but how it will display is up to you – a bit. Current options are “tonal spot,” “vibrant,” “expressive,” and “spirits.” As Ars Technica Notably, Google’s Pixel 6 promo images show more vibrant colors than you might find on Android 12, so this could be a way for Google to fix it while giving the user more power.
In the first beta of Android 13, Google has expanded the number of features available to you from five to 11, creating a platform for enhanced customization in September.
Google has announced the expansion of its themed icon feature into third party apps. While it has come with Android 12 as a pixel-exclusive feature, Google says it is expanding it to its device maker partners. It is not clear whether the company will still be able to see any significant adoption as a component of Android 12. You remain an essentially Google-exclusive endeavor.
Advanced notification
Can it really be called a big upgrade if Google doesn’t go around with notifications for Android? The second developer of Android 13 has seen preview settings that indicate support for notification permissions. This means that Google will not only let you go directly to any Android app to send notifications. Just like you would see in Chrome or other modern browsers, you need to ask them explicitly and grant them access to send notifications. For apps like WhatsApp and Telegram, most users will feel free to do so, but it can be a bit difficult to stay away from the spam notifications that games and shopping apps have been coming up with over the years.
Tap to transfer
Among its iPhones and HomePods, Apple offers a feature known as tap-to-transfer. When playing a song on your iPhone with Apple Music, you can easily tap the homepod to transfer playback to the speaker for rich sound without on-screen controls. According to a mockup shared by Google, it is reported to be working on Android 13 Android Police. Not much is known about it at the moment except it exists, so it is more than a possibility. Still, Google sells Nest Audio and Nest Mini – as well as an extensive ecosystem of cast-enabled smart speakers – would love to have this feature.
More easy access to QR code scanner
QR codes have become much more important in the age of Covid-19, and Google may be working on ways to make them easier to use in the future. It’s worth noting that you can already scan QR codes via Google Camera or the equivalent third-party Android phone app. With Android 13, Google Work A built-in QR code scanner that will be able to work directly on the lock screen and quickly access the settings via the app. It will be more convenient than a camera, although it may not change much in practice. It is already available for testing in the second Android 13 developer preview for fearless users.
Multilingual madness
Google is adding local support for per-app language settings on Android. Currently, users can set a default system language that uses all apps on their phone, but Google is working on a new setting that will allow you to choose which apps use which language.
“Some apps allow users to choose a language different from the system language to meet the needs of multilingual users. Such apps can now call a new platform API to set or get the user’s preferred language, helping to reduce boilerplate code and improve consistency when setting the app’s runtime language, “explained Google’s Dave Burke.
Your WhatsApp can be in English, your Telegram in Russian, your WeChat in Chinese and much more. This is a wonderful little tool for those who speak multiple languages and communicate with others around the world.
New privacy features
With the first beta release of Android 13, Google Highlights New support for media sharing features. This means that apps can request access to files on your phone, specifying whether they want image, video, or audio files.
Currently, apps that request your media permission can access all types of files at once. Implementing this feature will prevent apps from accessing file types they don’t need. For example, Instagram doesn’t need your audio files and a recorder app doesn’t need to view your photos. While it’s up to the developers to make up for this change, Google says any app that targets Android 13 needs to enable it.
A great Windows 11 virtual machine
This is more for the technically savvy, but the rumor is that Android 13 will be shipped with a virtual machine that runs Windows 11. We’ve seen it before Google Virtualization with Chromebooks Android and Linux, and Compatible Asperger’s Mishal Rahman, Google is bringing the same technology to Android.
According to this rumor, you will be able to run more than just Windows on Android 13 devices. On Twitter, Kdragon has been able to launch several Linux distros. It’s not clear what Google intends to use it for – running a desktop operating system on a phone is a great parlor trick, but just a parlor trick – but it is.
And here Pixel 6 has Windows 11 as a VM https://t.co/0557SfeJtN pic.twitter.com/v7OIcWC3Ab
– Danny Lynn (@ kdrag0n) February 13, 2022
Android App Streaming
Google earlier this year Announcement Chromebooks are planning to open faster chat apps because it wants to integrate more tightly with Android phones. A report from now on 9to5Google The current Android 13 preview shows the building blocks of this feature. Once this feature goes live, people will be able to stream any Android apps installed on their phones, not just chat apps, to a linked Chromebook. It’s not clear if this will be a time-pixel exclusive or will use Google’s draw to entice people to upgrade to the next version of Android (to what extent the Chromebook feature could be a draw).
While Samsung is already offering something similar to Microsoft’s Windows Phone app on your Windows PC, Google is said to be working on a feature that will allow the app streaming service to run on both PC and Mac. It’s not as native as what Google would offer on Chromebook because it runs through a web app, but reports say the experience Feels Local enough that the average person probably won’t mind.
Although there is one type of usage when used on a PC, there is a question as to why anyone would want something on a Chromebook that already runs the Android app. The simple answer – and what Google offers – is that it allows people to quickly use an app without having to install it for a short one-off job. In addition, some apps are restricted to running on Chromebooks – banking apps like Sterling in the UK to give an example. This feature, if Google sends it in its full form, will help to plug those holes.
When will Android 13 be available?
Android is set to exit the beta around August 13 or September. As in previous years, it will roll out to Pixel phones sooner or later Although the Pixel 6a comes with Android 12, Google says the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro will be its first Android 13 phones. With the exception of Google; Asus, Nokia, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme and Xiaomi have already started testing Android 13 previews for their phones. Google has said that Samsung will join soon.
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