All the new user-facing features:
- New Accent Color
- Lock Screen
- Notifications and Quick Settings Changes
- Accessibility Settings Changes
- Bigger Toggles in Settings
- Improvements in One-Handed Usability
- Emojis on Screenshot Markup
- Edit option in Share Sheet
- Notifications Snooze
- Media Control Changes
- Nearby Share for Wi-Fi Passwords
- Redirect Vibration to Gaming Controllers
- Permission Dialog Changes
- Emergency SOS
- Reset Notification Ranking
- All the new in-development features:
- Experimental: New Lockscreen and Notifications UI
- Pixel Exclusive: Custom Lockscreen Clocks
- “Silky Home” for further improvements in One-Handed Usability
- Wallpaper-based Expanded Theming System
- Dedicated One-Handed Mode
- Scrolling Screenshots
- Improved Widgets: Widget Stacking, Conversation Widget
- Swipe Down Gesture for Notification Shade
- “Automatic” sound status for notifications
- Picture-in-Picture Improvements
- Privacy Indicators: Explicit Warnings, Hidden Quick Settings Tiles
- Permission Management Hub Dashboard
- Better Split Screen Multitasking with App Pairs
- Machine Learning for Side-swipe Back Gesture
- Game Mode and Gaming Toolbar
- Pixel 5 Specific: Double Tap Back Gesture
- Experimental: New Lockscreen and Notifications UI
- All the newly announced changes for developers
- All the new in-development features:
- Android 12 Developer Preview 1.1
- Android 12 Developer Preview 2:
- All the new user-facing features:
- Dark Theme with light gray color
- Dedicated One-Handed Mode is now live
- Swipe Down Gesture for Notification Shade is now live
- New widget picker
- Choosing individual apps bridged to notification listeners
- Smart Forwarding for calls
- Tweaks to PIN and Pattern Lockscreen
- Media Player follows system accent color
- All the new in-development features:
- New Search Widget in Pixel Launcher
- Taskbar for large screen devices
- Face-based Auto Rotation
- Conversation/People Space Widget Picker
- Revamped PIN view
- Enhanced Monet Theming System
- New Toast Message UI
- New Lockscreen Open/Close Animation
- New Overscroll and Ripple Animations
- Camera and Microphone Privacy Indicators
- All the newly announced changes for developers
- All the new user-facing features:
- Android 12 Developer Preview 2.1
- Features leaked but not yet live in Android 12
- Always On Display Changes
- Material NEXT
- Privacy Setting Changes
- New Bubble Animations
- Anti-tracking Features
- Android’s Runtime Resource Overlay (RRO) Improvements
- Default Splashscreen
- Letterbox Feature
- Restricted Networking Mode
- Hibernating Unused Apps
- Incremental File System
- API for connected Bluetooth controllers
- Game Controller Rumble Support
- Decoupled Emojis
- Ultra-Wideband API
- Wi-Fi Password Sharing with Nearby Share
- “Install Hints” to speed up the installation of important apps on new Android phones
- Ease-of-Use for Third-Party App Stores
- WireGuard VPN support to Linux kernel