Google officially announced Android 12 last month, at which time the new version entered the public beta phase.Today, however, the version has reached "Beta 2" and is already available for download for Pixel phone users.It seems that the update brings more improvements on the confidentiality side, many of them are already presented at the Google I/O 2021 Conference.We have details below.
It seems that the interface is now more refined, there is more contrast and visually volume.We can still expect Google to finish the look to an official debut in stable variant.More matters the improvements in terms of security and confidentiality.A menu called "Privacy Dashboard" was added, we find in settings, under the Privacy menu.Users will see here a chronology for each app that has requested permission such as location, for example.It even offers the reason why that app needs a certain permission.
In the notification area we now have dedicated toggles to allow the software to access the microphone and camera.We also have an indicator in the status bar that announces if an app is using the camera or microphone. Totodată, vom fi notificați în cazul în care o aplicație încearcă să copieze conținut în clipboard și să îl transmită mai departe.There are many Android applications that do this.For example, Google Chrome will take over recently copied data in case we want to find out some information using the search engine.
We also have new settings for the Internet and its toggle.The Mobile Data menu and the one dedicated to Wi-Fi connections are now combined.A simple press on togle will display a list of available Wi-Fi networks, while a long press will allow us to access this complex menu.In addition, if we use Wi-Fi and want to move on mobile data, pressing on data to data, the Wi-Fi feature will be automatically disabled.
One issue that more users are currently complaining is the fact that in the notification area no longer appears the name of the WiFi network to which we are connected.We don't know if Google will change this.
Android 12 Beta 2 is now available for Google Pixel 3, 3 XL, 3A, 3a XL, 4, 4 XL, 4A, 4a 5g and 5.We remind you that there are still producers who offer the possibility to run the software in the beta phase such as OnePlus, ASUS, IQOO, OPPO, Realme, TCL, Xiaomi and ZTE.However, not all manufacturers still offer Android 12 Beta 2.