Power users might feel like they’re using a Fisher Price phone, particularly when it comes to how the pull-down menu looks, but others may not mind as much. In some cases, though, the refreshed design comes at the cost of information density. Notification pop-ups, items in the pull-down quick settings menu, the volume interface, and more have nice, rounded edges, nesting elegantly within the equally rounded corners of the displays on Pixel phones.
The animations you’ll see when you power on your device, turn it off, or plug in a charger all look refined and fluid. The core design improvements in Android 12 further smooth over some of the operating system’s edges - quite literally. This sun-shaped clock is probably the best widget Google has created yet.
There’s more color and more fun shapes throughout, and weirdest of all, widgets are officially a thing again. I agree that it’s significant, since it basically makes stock Android look like a really good custom launcher. The company says it’s the biggest design change in Android’s history. The most obvious change, which is also the biggest incentive for most people to download Android 12, is Google’s new Material You design.
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You can easily get by on the new update without using the smattering of new features that Google buried in the settings, though it’s worth seeking out a few of them. I’ve been using Android 12 on the Pixel 3 since the first developer preview, and on the Pixel 4A 5G more recently during the latest release candidate. Android 12, which is now available on Pixel phones (3 and up), and coming to more devices later this year, is interesting because, well, it doesn’t have a bunch of those. The most exciting thing about a big Android update is getting to try all of the new show-stopping features that’ll change the way you’ll use your phone.
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