All you need to know about Android 13 latest Preview :
We all know that Android is the Google's mobile operating system which they release their new OS every year so part of the yearly development now as per schedule google had released DP 1 (Developer Preview 1) of Android 13 version which is the advanced version to the current running Android 12. This time google seems to be getting another good features in it. Let's look into those details now :
Material You Color Adjustments :
With this new update, The Material You (which is introduced in Android 12 as Theme designer) dynamically adjusting color engine extends to all app icons, Developers will have to provide compatible icons for their apps for this to work as this is not limited to google icons. These custom icons will be available on Pixel devices at first, but Google promises it will work with its device manufacturer partners to bring them to more phones.
Using Wifi instead of Location Services and new tiles :
In this update the another introduced feature is apps will be able to discover and connect to nearby devices via Wi-Fi without needing the location permission. The process of adding custom tiles to Quick Settings will be streamlined with a new API, as well as a new system dialog which will let you add a tile from within an app.
New File Picker with utmost Security :
Along with these features Android 13 also brings a new system photo picker as a standard and optimized way of sharing local and cloud-based images securely. It extends what the Android document picker does which let you share files without the app needing permission to view all media on the device for picking photos and videos too. This should eventually comes to more Android users other than these preview users through Google Play updates for all devices running Android 11 and higher except Android Go.
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| Source : Android developers blog |
Easier testing and debugging of changes :
To make it easier for developers to test the opt-in changes that can affect their app, Android make many of them toggleable again this year. With the toggles developers can force-enable or disable the changes individually from Developer options or adb.
These are the notable changes comes with Android 13 first developer preview update. If you want to try these new things you need any of the devices in list *(Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6, Pixel 5a 5G, Pixel 5, Pixel 4a (5G), Pixel 4a, Pixel 4 XL, or Pixel 4) so that you can get developer preview build if you are not a developer wait till beta builds to be launched, Once they launched you can get access through many more devices and also you can get stabilized updates.
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