Google is set to release its next major version of Android — Android 12 — later this year, following a series of Developer Previews and Betas that will likely begin later this month. Ahead of the stable release, Google shares documentation and source code with its major partners in order to give them time to prepare for the release. Today, an alleged early draft of a document that Google made to summarize changes in Android 12 leaked, and screenshots showcasing the new UI and functional changes have appeared online. While we can’t fully confirm their authenticity, we have seen evidence that the document in question is, in fact, real, and furthermore that these screenshots indeed came from said document. That being said, here’s what we’re seeing right now.
One of the alleged Android 12 screenshots showcases the new notifications panel UI. The transparency has been replaced with an opaque light beige background. The separation between the “conversations” section with the rest of your notifications is still there, though each notification now has more rounded corners. The number of Quick Settings tiles that are shown before the notification panel is fully pulled down has been reduced from 6 to 4, resulting in each icon becoming much larger. The position of the date and clock have been swapped, while there are also new privacy indicators in the top-right corner (more on that later).
Next up, it seems that Google may add new privacy features in Android 12. As mentioned previously, you may receive a warning in the form of status bar icons whenever an app is using the camera or microphone. Tapping on these status bar icons may show up a pop-up at the top that tells you exactly which app is using the camera or microphone. Google has been testing these privacy chips for over 2 years now, so it would be nice to see them finally make an appearance in Android 12.
Related to this change is an alleged revamp to the “Privacy” settings in Android 12. The new Privacy settings may contain toggles to disable the camera and mute the microphone entirely, in addition to toggling location access.
Lastly, we have what appears to be a new addition to Android’s widget selection. When Apple recently added widgets to iOS, we argued that they’re better than Android’s implementation in some ways. While we don’t know if Google plans a major overhaul of Android widgets, it does look like they at least plan to finally address the system in a few ways. In a few screenshots, we can see an alleged new “Conversations” widget in Android 12 that may highlight recent messages, missed calls, or activity statuses. The widget that’s shown is small and only seems to be big enough to accommodate showing one message/call/status at a time in its smallest size.
According to a screenshot of the document we viewed, Google is planning to mandate the inclusion of camera and microphone indicators in Android 12. These indicators must be shown prominently at the top of the screen, always be visible whenever the camera or microphone is being accessed, and must have the same color across the ecosystem.
We haven’t received the full document in question, so again, we can’t 100% verify the authenticity of these images. However, the screenshot we received of the document comes from a trusted source who has, in recent times, shared other confidential documents with us. If we receive more evidence corroborating these alleged screenshots of Android 12, we’ll follow-up in a separate post. We also asked Google to comment on this leak and will update this article if we hear back.
Thanks to XDA Senior Member RKBD for bringing these images to our attention, and thanks to our tipster (who wishes to remain anonymous) for their help in corroborating these images!
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