Android 12 is now accessible for Pixel telephones

The last model of Android 12 has been accessible to builders and keen followers for a number of weeks on AOSP, however as we speak, it formally launched for individuals who need to simply choose up the replace over-the-air. It’s accessible to put in proper now on Pixel 3 and up, together with the Pixel 3A, Pixel 4, Pixel 4A, Pixel 4A 5G, the Pixel 5, and the Pixel 5A. It’ll launch on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, as effectively. Android 12 might be coming later this yr to Samsung Galaxy, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Tecno, Vivo, Xiaomi units.

The most noticeable characteristic in Android 12 is the brand new Material You design, which helps you to go just a little deeper to tweak the look of the house display screen to your liking. It’s extra expressive than earlier variations of Android, with instruments to allow you to coordinate colours that may lengthen throughout app icons, pull-down menus, widgets, and extra. Speaking of widgets, lots of these have been up to date to match the brand new look, and Google shared as we speak that by the top of October, it plans to have over a dozen new or refreshed widgets accessible for its first-party apps.

There are loads of different options in Android 12, and you may learn extra about them in my assessment of the software program. Google additionally printed a weblog that goes deep on the options you’ll have the ability to expertise. But when you’re primarily concerned with Material You, you must know that Google says it’s a “Pixel-first” characteristic, although will probably be coming to “more device makers and phones soon.”

It’s doubtless that Pixel telephones will obtain a number of extra “Pixel-first” options sooner or later with Android 12. For the previous couple of years, Google has launched characteristic drops that make it just a little sweeter to be a Pixel person. Some of the options solely work on newer Pixel telephones, although, in order that’s all of the extra purpose to think about choosing up the brand new Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro. Google shared throughout its {hardware} occasion that these telephones will get a minimal of 5 years of software program assist, which is spectacular.

To get the replace, head to your Pixel cellphone’s settings app, click on “System,” then discover “System update” and click on into it.

Developing… we’re including extra to this put up, however you’ll be able to comply with together with our Pixel 6 occasion stay weblog to get the information even sooner.