Foldable gadgets like Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3, left, and Z Flip 3 ought to profit from Android 12L.
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Google has been speaking about enhancing the foldable and pill expertise with its Android 12L replace since final October. On Monday, the corporate lastly offered an replace with extra tangible particulars.
In a weblog submit, the search big revealed a couple of of the adjustments customers can look ahead to, together with a revamped notification shade and a brand new taskbar. The former will now have its personal devoted column for simpler viewing and swiping away of notifications whereas a brand new taskbar will enable for extra shortly multitasking between a number of apps.
Android 12L’s up to date notification shade.
In the submit, Google provides an instance of watching a YouTube video and trying to find a lodge in Chrome whereas concurrently taking a look at a location in Google Maps.
The Android maker reiterated that it’s engaged on optimizations in different areas, too, together with the house display screen, lock display screen and settings in order that they appear higher on bigger shows.
Despite the corporate’s Android developer web page stating {that a} public launch was “deliberate for early 2022,” Google has but to offer an actual launch date for the replace. On Monday it stated that the brand new software program can be accessible “beginning later this yr” with a Google spokeswoman telling CNET that the replace will come within the second half of 2022.
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In the weblog submit, Google provides that Android 12L updates are coming to gadgets from Samsung, Lenovo and Microsoft and that it’s going to “proceed to construct extra options and functionalities that will help you benefit from your bigger display screen gadgets in Android 13 and past.”