Looks like grandparent mode is enabled by default with all the whitespace and even lower information density. What's the endgame? In 20 years only a single letter at a time on the screen?

>Any information processed in Private Compute Core requires explicit user action before it can be shared with Google (...)

If they know everything about the data going in and coming out it's still useless.

Also what important APIs did they axe now?

Anyone else just stopped keeping track of what version of Android their phone is on?

I used to know this stuff, but these days couldn't care less.

Last time I used android it was version 4.1 boasting how it improved responsiveness of the system. Here we are with Android 12 still trying to improve responsiveness and smoothness of the system...

I love Android, at least on my TV set top box. I haven't used it on my phone since the Samsung GS3, almost a decade now. I like it and as a Windows user would love the additional integration but I need a "mini" phone and I want someone to match Apple's longterm support. People (don't know they) want Microsoft's foldable device and a phone like my 12 mini, but on Android. If Microsoft or Amazon ever decides to fit the void, I'd be back in. I enjoy the heck out of my FireTV devices, and have ever since I moved off of my AppleTV gen2 box, which was the last one I know of that could be easily jailbroken.

It is remarkable the difference in awareness that android vs iOS releases produce. As a iOS user, i'm glad that iOS releases and features are pushed to me aggressively.

Not bad. Monet, the Android theming engine, is closed-source. We will see how much more Google covers up away from the community with the Pixel 6.

I see three total representations of time... I think? I think that's what I'm looking at on the left screenshot on the "Mon 4" widget? A clock face? One of them's normal (top bar), one (the clock face) looks way more "cutesy" and decorative than functional, so I guess if it's some customization and not standard, that's fine, but what's with the Lock Screen? Why print the time with unusual formatting on there? (I know, I know, the answer is "it looks very nice in screenshots for marketing... and for my portfolio")

Rightmost screenshot: wow, iOS and Android quick-settings screens have converged a lot more than I realized, since I was last in the Android world. Who copied whom?

It's really weird that the rightmost screenshot (the quick-settings screen) bumps the top bar down for a second top bar that just prints the date, in small type.

The permissions and privacy stuff seems OK but I'm surprised they were so far behind on that front that this is new.

Screenshot interface is also damn near identical to the one on my iPhone. Again, dunno who got there first, or if it's just convergent design... but wow, it's very close. The "scrolling screenshot" thing is cool, though I wonder how that'll interact with drawing rules for various app widgets—or maybe it just works on web content? (no clue if my iPhone can do that—I don't think so?)

Phone switching feature—again, I'm surprised this is new for them. Being able to do it from iPhone, too, is a nice touch though.

So if it’s released, why does my phone say there are no updates available…

/s

How many things will I have to fix for this release?

"Private by design so you’re in control."

Oh, come on.

I am positively impressed with the new "Material You". Really. Don't want to stay in my comfort zone. Some positive stress for the brain to adapt to the new situation. All UI seems a little soft and friendly. For me missing IOS functionality with gestures from top to bottom to lower down any app for more convenient control with one hand

did they stop giving these cutesy dessert-related nicknames for some reason?

Still no full system backup like iOS

The new accessibility features seem pretty cool. But this design is awful, and these widgets are the worst I’ve ever seen. The clock widget in particular is just… ugly? Wtf, why do they seem so proud of this monstrosity, sticking it everywhere they can?

This UI style reminds me of the jitterbug phone UI.

My Pixel 5 picked up the update just now. So it is actually available not yet another future announcement.

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I must admit, I no longer look forward to new Android releases. It's now a "what did they ruin this time" kind of expectation.. :/

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More spyware, yay!