 From cupcakes to gingerbread all the way to Oreos and pie Android has come a long way over the years with more than 12 major versions But not a lot has changed visually since Google introduced material design back in 2014 Until now with the Android 12 public beta announced at Google I O We are getting a massive redesign of Android along with a bunch of fancy new tools to tailor the look and feel of the device directly to you material you And you can actually try it on partner devices this time not just pixels But after you try our sponsor today's video is brought to you by antlion audio antlion audio's mod mic wireless microphone delivers best-in-class Audio quality 12 plus hours of battery life and it can magnetically mount to almost any headphones Get 15% off mod mic wireless and other mod mic products at the link down below material you is basically a cute way of saying we are gonna let you change the way that Android looks because I guess I And me were already taken in the phone space and the customizability is both extensive and deep Including this is really cool a feature called color extraction Which will pull from your wallpaper and generate a palette of primary and complementary colors for use in the Notification shade the settings menu or even user interface elements like the volume slider and widgets third party developers can even hook into the API to allow their apps to recognize all or some of the colors that is as long as their marketing departments don't get in the way because branding Unfortunately color extraction is not available in the public beta yet But we're expecting it maybe around the time beta 2 rolls out later in June for now though at least you can manually adjust the colors So that's something they've also focused on making Android feel snappier and smoother with a ton of new subtle animations starting with the reimagined stock lock screen if you're using the lock button the screen wakes up with this effect from the side or If you're picking up the device it sort of lights up starting at the bottom I don't I'm not quite sure how to describe it But you guys are looking at it, and I think we can all agree. It's pretty sleek They also changed how the clock behaves so if you clear all your notifications the clock Expands to make it easier to see the time which will also signal visually that hey you're all caught up Moving on to the home screen this looks pretty familiar But with a new set of widgets which along with icons you can actually customize the shape of Finally now the notification shade and quick settings are one of the areas that seen the biggest Retooling with quick settings options switching from smaller icons into big goal rectangles wonder where they got that idea This supposedly allows them to display more information But it also means that you have fewer of them immediately available and as a power user I'm actually a little iffy on this one. Hey material me How about you know letting me have either one I want I mean at least they do look nice And matchy Google is also moving Google Pay and home controls away from the secret long Power-button press menu to the quick settings menu so that means that long pressing your power button can now open the Google Assistant Similar to how iOS functions to open Siri But this wasn't enabled by default and instead is a toggle in the settings if you prefer it the old way see more options now if you're a small business owner like me or just a busy person with the tendency to accidentally swipe away some of the eight and a half million Notifications you get in the day. I have good news for you because Google has added a notification history shortcut directly in the shade Thank you Thank you I actually have to use this stupid third-party nice catch app in order to see my vibration and wringer history because Sometimes notifications don't have a timestamp on them which should be illegal and I'm very happy about this Usability wise Google announced a few new gesture controls including a swipe down on the navigation bar to enter the new to Google One-handed mode that's neat although. I don't really think there's any Android devices that are Hard to use with one hand okay there are that's a very That's a very large device But if you don't care about that you can actually bind that action to something else and at least for pixel users There's a new double tap gesture for the fingerprint button that you can set to do any number of things That is unless you have a pixel 4 you only have face unlock Performance wise they've actually managed to reduce the CPU time needed for core system services by up to 22% and this is a big deal They've also managed to reduce the use of big or performance oriented course by up to 15% That means your phone is gonna spend less time Processing crap in the background which should save you battery and ensure that you get the most possible FPS is in Fortnight or whatever it is that you do on your phone because you run Android or not iOS Google also managed to package up the Android runtime as a project mainline module allowing it to be updated directly in the Play Store This is just one more step towards making it easier for partner device makers to keep their devices up to date as Google can issue lower level system security updates without having to wait for partners or even worse mobile providers to issue full over-the-air system updates That's low-key probably the best news out of this whole thing and the last big staple of the Android 12 release is Privacy with a slew of new tinfoil hat features that I'm sure Google Really cares about and are definitely not just a response to Apple's privacy changes and It's entirely designed to make it appear like they care The keystone of these features is Google's new privacy dashboard Which provides a nice timeline of permission uses by apps which Google made a point to clarify Does include Google apps because they care so much Why did they think to say that? Oh, right because they care so much jokes aside It also includes a direct way to revoke permissions if you don't want your favorite apps tracking your every move Speaking of tracking Google is adding a new type of location permissions approximate and precise because your weather app doesn't really need to do turn-by-turn navigation Make sure by the way that you don't forget your LTT store stealth hoodie so you can stay warm regardless of the weather LTT store.com They've also added a system-wide taskbar indicator for when apps start using your microphone or camera Kind of like the record light on a webcam, but it's software-based and that means it's definitely not hackable Just like the new dedicated quick settings toggles for the camera and mic that override existing permissions The last of the privacy updates comes in the form of Android's new private compute core Which is basically just a separate privileged sandbox to store data That's used in machine learning functions like the personalized smart replies or the now playing feature for identifying nearby music And it's open source like the rest of Android so it is free to be audited by third parties It all just goes to show how much Google cares about your data Privacy, excuse me. There's a few other random improvements that we wanted to mention. So here's some rapid-fire quick bit Oh shoot. This is the wrong. This is wrong channel Sorry, Android has switched from using a shadow effects to indicate when you've reached the end of whatever you're scrolling to a global stretch Effect Wi-Fi sharing just got a bit easier and instead of being limited to QR codes with Android 11 You can now use Android's built-in nearby share to sort of airspace Drop them to another compatible Android device. That's pretty cool inside of the do not disturb scheduler You can enable game mode which allows you to toggle on an FPS indicator and get quick access to screen recording and live streaming to YouTube Google has also put a bunch of effort into making their camera processing more equitable specifically when it comes to displaying the skin tones of people of color They've made tweaks to the automatic white balance the exposure systems and they've even reworked their AI processing models So they can handle it more accurately and for portrait mode photos They've also created a better depth map for curly and wavy hair types rather than just Cutting off a subject's hair altogether as though they used spray-on glue in their hair Google also launched digital car key which allows your phone to lock unlock and even start your car and Can even be securely shared to a friend? I mean as long as the car supports it though We will be getting in some cars that do support it for future car reviews. So make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss that That Was genuinely a lot of new stuff. It's always fun for us to do these sorts of videos So let us know if you like seeing them and while you're down there Let us know what you think of the new redesign looks pretty spiffy to me And if you want more phone related content to watch right now, maybe check out that time We watercooled a phone with a crazy external reservoir cooling case from Aliexpress. That was a good one It did work And you know what else works? Squarespace you think you don't need a website? 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