Today the operating system that is not updated is being forgotten, just as it happened with the Blackberry operating system or as it happened with the Nokia operating system, they were already forgotten and this because their updates were not correctly adapted to the market, but operating systems like Android always bring us new news that leave us surprised, today we will talk about Android 12, about what new features it brings us and what new functions and others you will see in which devices it is compatible.
Manufacturers will put their customization layers on this operating system, such as Xiaomi With MIUI, and Android often learns from these customization layers. In this case we will talk about Android 12.
What Are The Phones Compatible With Android 12?
For every update that comes out, only the most recent cell phones or those that offer better support are the ones that will have the new updates, and when it comes to which are the first mobiles or cell phones to receive the updates, the Google Pixels are the ones that always take the lead. I leave you a list of cell phones that can be updated to Android 12:
- Google Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 3 XL.
- Google Pixel 3a and Google Pixel 3a XL.
- Google Pixel 4 and Google Pixel 4 XL.
- Google Pixel 4a and Google Pixel 4a 5G.
- Google Pixel 5.
- Asus Zenfone 8.
- Asus Zenfone 8 Flip
- Asus Zenfone 7
- Asus ROG Phone 5
- Asus ROG Phone 5S
- Asus ROG Phone 3
- Black Shark 3
- Black Shark 3 Pro
- Black shark 3s
- Black Shark 4
- Black Shark 4 Pro
- TCL 20 Pro 5G.
- Xiaomi Mi 10
- Xiaomi Mi 10 LITE 5G
- Xiaomi MI MI 10 PRO
- Xiaomi MI MI 10 ULTRA
- Xiaomi Mi MI 10I
- Xiaomi MI MI 10S
- Xiaomi MI MI 10T
- Xiaomi MI MI 10T LITE
- Xiaomi MI MI 10T PRO
- Xiaomi Mi 11.
- Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra.
- Xiaomi Mi 11I.
- Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro.
- Xiaomi Mi MIX FOLD
- Xiaomi MiNOTE 10 LITE
- ZTE Axon 30 Ultra 5G.
- OnePlus 9.
- OnePlus 9 Pro
- One Plus 9R
- OnePlus 8
- OnePlus 8 Pro
- OnePlus 8T
- OnePlus 7
- OnePlus 7 Pro
- OnePlus 7T
- OnePlus 7T Pro
- OnePlus North
- OnePlus Nord CE 5G
- OnePlus Nord2
- OPPO RENO6
- OPPO RENO5
- OPPO K9
- OPPO A95
- OPPO A93
- Oppo Ace2
- OPPO Find X3 PRO
- OPPO Find X3 LITE 5G
- OPPO Find X3 NEO 5G
- OPPO Find X2
- OPPO Find X2 PRO
- OPPO Find X2 LITE
- OPPO Find X2 NEO
- OPPO A54S
- OPPO RENO6 PRO 5G
- OPPO A16S
- OPPO RENO4 PRO 5G
- OPPO RENO4 5G
- OPPO RENO4 WITH 5G
- OPPO RENO 10X ZOOM
- OPPO A94 5G
- OPPO A74 5G
- OPPO A73 5G
- OPPO A74
- OPPO A53
- OPPO A53S
- LITTLE F2 PRO
- POCO F3
- LITTLE F3 GT
- LITTLE M2 PRO
- LITTLE M3 PRO 5G
- LITTLE M3 PRO 5G
- LITTLE X2
- LITTLE X3
- LITTLE X3 NFC
- LITTLE X3 PRO
- Redmi 10X 4G
- Redmi 10X 5G
- Redmi 10X PRO
- Redmi 9POWER
- redmi 9T
- Redmi K30
- Redmi K30 5G
- Redmi K30 ULTRA
- Redmi K30I 5G
- Redmi K30S ULTRA
- Redmi K40
- Redmi K40 GAMING
- Redmi K40 PRO
- Redmi K40 PRO+
- Redmi Note 10
- Redmi NOTE 10 PRO
- Redmi NOTE 10 PRO MAX
- Redmi NOTES 10S
- Redmi NOTE 10T
- Redmi NOTE 8 2021
- Redmi Note 9
- Redmi NOTE 9 5G
- Redmi NOTE 9 PRO
- Redmi NOTE 9 PRO 5G
- Redmi NOTE 9 PRO MAX
- Redmi NOTES 9S
- Redmi NOTE 9T
- Samsung Galaxy S20
- Samsung Galaxy S21
- Samsung Galaxy S21 +
- Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
- VIVO X70 PRO +
- VIVO X70 PRO
- VIVO X60
- VIVO X60 PRO
- VIVO X60 PRO +
- LIVE V21
- LIVE Y72 5G
- LIVE V2LE
- LIVE V20 2021
- LIVE V20
- VIVO Y21
- LIVE Y51A
- VIVO Y31
- VIVO X50 PRO
- VIVO X50
- LIVE V20 PRO
- LIVE V20 SE
- LIVE Y33S
- LIVE Y20G
- LIVE Y53S
- LIVE Y12S
- LIVE S1
- VIVO Y19
- LIVE V17 PRO
- LIVE V17
- LIVE S1 PRO
- VIVO Y73
- VIVO Y51
- VIVO Y20
- LIVE Y20I
- VIVO Y30
What Is The Design Of Android 12?
Being the most superficial layer, it is the first thing we usually look at, which is why it becomes the main novelties, and much more special for those who are not used to customization layers. In this case we go from Material Design to Material You, the appearance of this has larger and smoother elements.
For the physical aspect we will also see new notification bubbles and also with new animations. Windows, widgets and also menu bars have cosmetic changes around color and shading. For example, if we talk about the dark mode, we will realize that this mode is a little lighter and also comes the possibility of extracting the color that predominates in the wallpaper and being able to adapt it to the menus.
We will also notice changes in the transitions and styles of very modern Widgets.
Material You, the new customization layer brought us a lot of customization in the icons, larger environment elements and with more space between them, but what stands out the most is the rounding and you will see modified transitions. You'll see shortcuts in the menu that go to Google Pay.
For Android 12, this year's Easter Egg is all about a new design language.
Another of the changes that we will see that affects the design layer is that in the settings menu, you will see a rather tiny change in the search bar, but it is still interesting: it turns out that it is a bubble that does not occupy the entire width of the screen and it is not rectangular either. And if we go to the Apps grid option, we will see that there is a new option to change our apps grid to 4 × 5.
And if we look at the Media Playback Widget, we'll see that it's wider on both the lock screen and the home screen. We will also find a pop-up menu of shortcuts or quick access when clicking on an application.
What are the main novelties of Android 12?
Now that we have a small introduction to some of the updates that Android 12 brings us, we go a little deeper to see more news of this new update of this operating system.
New Interactions
Now we will see new floating clouds where we can find new interactions such as a floating menu for video games, or for social networks like TikTok. Natively you will find in Android 12 the new cloud of interactions for Video Games, a cloud that you can deploy to find different configuration options within the game.
App Pairs is another of the new updates that is here to stay. This application allows us to pin 2 applications so that they open at the same time and also share space, in this way you will not have to activate the shared screen every time you do this.
One of the new additions that is a bit late for these days, but that has finally arrived is navigation through gestures, in this way you will be able to move between applications with fewer slides and you will also be able to handle your Smartphone with one hand because it adds the new mode to one hand.
You no longer have to say "Ok Google" to activate the Google assistant, you can also do it by pressing and holding the power button.
Another cool feature that tech lovers are sure to love is that you can now have a digital key to unlock your car. To be able to use it, you need a device that has Ultra Wideband technology, so we can open our car with the cell phone as if it were with NFC.
If you have the Google Pixel and the Samsung Galaxy with Android 12 you will see that this function comes to you first than the rest. For cars, the first manufacturer that will have this function will be BMW, then we continue with brands such as GM, Ford and Honda.
Privacy Panel Update and Performance Improvement
Another of the great updates because it helps us to protect our privacy much more, since, through a new menu, you will be able to see the applications that have accessed your camera, the microphone or the rest of your cell phone in general, so you can have much easier access to all this information that is not normally indicated with complete clarity.
In this way you can protect yourself from applications that you do not want to use these permissions constantly, you can have switches that block those accesses, and if we are sharing our location with applications we can request that this be an approximate location and not precise.
A little more internally we see the new "Private Compute Core" that is incorporated for this update. This is a space that is used for Android partitions but is mainly used to store sensitive data such as passwords or biometric data such as your fingerprint. This is a special space for artificial intelligence.
It is ensured that this new update of the operating system is more efficient since it has a lower CPU consumption, with 22% less; it also reduces the use of the most important nuclei of the system by 15%. But of course, this performance will vary depending on the customization layers of each of the manufacturers.
New Image Formats And Audio Improvements
For this new version we will find support for the HEVC video format. But not only that, we will also be able to see new formats such as AV1 or AVIF, in this way we will be able to have a better compression of images and have less losses in reference to JPG.
For audio we find support for spatial audio, for more than 24 audio channels and also for the MPEG-H codec
More News We Are Waiting To See
In fact, I have already told you enough news that this operating system brings us, pBut this does not mean that more updates and novelties can be added within this update and in this way this update matures, as for example Google is already anticipating another application that is another application store.
On a more internal level, we would like to see other functions such as saving space and also being able to hibernate applications automatically.
And to finish this part of news, we see that Android has a new way to restrict the network, basically a firewall that restricts applications that need to access the network from doing so without user authorization.
Android 12 Privacy
Of course, the idea is not to force you to shield your cell phone as much as possible, since it will not be beneficial for you either because many functions of your cell phone that are important for its proper functioning can be lost.
Android 12, like each of the new updates, comes with greater security to protect you from cyber theft.
Master Android 12 Notifications Perfectly
That's right, you can customize your notifications to the maximum, so that it is shown as you want and that notifications that you do not want are not issued, on the contrary, only those notifications that are important to you are shown and you will see the different options that you da by interacting with these notifications.
You will find a great list of possibilities when configuring your notifications.
Use Your Android As A Portable Battery
Through reverse charging you can charge other devices using your cell phone's battery, but of course, this is a function of certain specific devices. This function is activated directly by connecting your cell phone to another cell phone, an option will immediately appear on the screen that allows you to do the reverse charge and thus share the battery between devices.
But it will not only work for you to charge other cell phones, you can use it to charge your own accessories, such as your headphones, your watch, etc. What has not yet been improved is reverse charging via wireless, there is still time to improve our technology so that this can work properly.
It is also important that you keep in mind that both devices must be compatible with this type of charging, normally it only happens with top-of-the-range cell phones since it is a new technology and a bit expensive to manufacture, but surely in a few years or less. this will be a feature that is normalized across all devices.
Learn How To Measure Your Battery Cycles
Cycles is the number of times your cell phone has reached its limit and goes back down, each battery has a limited number of cycles and this will gradually wear out your battery so you will see that over time it has less and less capacity, it really is something inevitable but we can delay.
If you want to know how many cycles your battery has, I recommend you download an application that measures these cycles, this data can be obtained with AccuBatterý, Battery Life, Ampere or Kaspersky.
These applications will tell you how many cycles your battery has and you will see that when you reach an average between 300 to 500 cycles, your battery will begin to wear out, which is why it is recommended to change the battery every 2 years or so, change your cell phone on an average of every 2 years.
How Can You Measure Your Heart Rate With Android?
There are already many Smartphones today that will allow you to measure your heart rate with the Google Fit application. What Google does to measure your heart rate is to tell you to put your finger on the camera and with the variations of movement, it will tell you your heart rate.
Not only that, it also gives you a result that is quite close to your respiratory rate, it also does it with the camera, but this time the front camera, analyzing the movement of your chest, also the movements that you can make with your face and with your nose. It is not an application available for all devices, but the vast majority can already do it.
How to Download Android 12 to Update My Smartphone?
If you want to update your cell phone to a new version, it is a process that is the same as always, but if you do not know it yet, do not worry, here I will tell you how to do it. It is important that you know to make a backup in the event of any failure in the process, so we completely avoid data loss. Now what are the steps to update my cell phone to Android 12:
- First and foremost, make sure that your cell phone is compatible with this version, if it is not already compatible, you will not be able to update.
- Enter the settings of your cell phone
- let's system
- You will come across an option that says System Update. It is possible that, depending on the manufacturer of the cell phone, this option does not appear, if that is your case, do not worry, use the search engine in the settings section.
- Here if you already received the update you can start with the download and installation
- Once the installation is finished, it will only ask you to reboot and that's it.
What is the release date for Android 12?
By the time you are reading this article, Android 12 came to us, in fact, it is already on most devices And as I told you above, it first came to Google Pixel and some models from other manufacturers such as Xiaomi and Samsung. Actually when it comes to updates, there is no specific date for the arrival on all cell phones since it usually varies, you just have to be patient.