SanDisk Joins Nasdaq-100, Replacing Atlassian on April 20 
Samsung Electronics Eyes Record Q1 Profit Amid AI-Driven Chip Boom 
TSMC Japan's Second Fab to Produce 3nm Chips by 2028 
San Francisco Suspect Arrested After Molotov Cocktail Attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Home 
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Posts Strong Q3 Earnings, Announces AI-Driven Job Cuts 
China's AI Stocks Surge as Zhipu and MiniMax Hit Record Highs 
Australia's Social Media Ban for Under-16s Sparks Global Movement 
Annie Altman Amends Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 
Microsoft's $10 Billion Japan Investment: AI Infrastructure and Data Sovereignty Push 
China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030 
Anthropic Fights Pentagon Blacklisting in Dual Federal Court Battles 
Britain Courts Anthropic Amid US Defense Department Dispute 
OpenAI Executive Shake-Up Ahead of Anticipated 2026 IPO 
Apple Turns 50: From Garage Startup to AI Crossroads 
Lumentum Holdings Rides AI Wave With Order Book Filled Through 2028 
The second version of Android 12’s developer preview has been released. As expected, new features were made available giving billions of Android users more idea on what to expect once it is fully released later this year.
Android 12 developer 2 new features
While all-new functionalities are expected to launch with the Android 12, it is also anticipated to deliver significant improvements to the features introduced in earlier versions of the operating system. For one, the option to use a system-wide dark theme was added in 2019, but the upcoming update is reportedly going to add new settings to make it more customizable.
In the first version of Android 12 released for developer testing, Google introduced a new dark theme setting that makes the background color appear more dark grey than a true black tone. While this seems like not much of a change, 9To5Google reported observing a “stark difference” since Google appeared to have made the new option even lighter.
A new widget picker was also reportedly added in the Android 12 developer preview 2, which was observed through the Pixel Launcher. Per XDA Developers’ report, it does not seem like major changes were made in the way users will choose an app’s widget but it was noted how the new feature looked “more compact” and designed so Android fans can continue scrolling with more ease.
Earlier versions of Android introduced a small screen mode allowing users to navigate through the screen even with one hand. It appears that Google is adding another feature for this purpose called the one-hand mode in Android 12. Unlike the small screen mode that minimizes the entire UI to about a third of the screen’s size, the one-hand mode appears to keep the original font size but moves the content to the lower half of the screen.
Android 12 release date
Based on the timeline Google provided, a third version of the Android 12 developer preview is scheduled to go live in April before the first version of “consumer Beta” is released in May. Like in previous years, the first full version of the update is expected to become available in late 2021.
Featured photo by Lisa Fotios from Pexels
