Google may release Android 12 on October 4. This is evident from an internal document that has been viewed by XDA Developers. Google already indicated last week that the first release build of Android 12 would appear “in the coming weeks”.
The internal document is said to be intended to inform smartphone OEMs about when Google will stop approving builds of Android 10, 11 and 12. In that document, Google mentions that the source code of Android 12 will be released on the Android Open Source on October 4. Project.
XDA Developers reports that such an AOSP release usually coincides with the release of a stable Android 12 build for Pixel owners. For example, the source code of Android 11 appeared on AOSP on September 8, 2020. On the same date, Android 11 was released for Google’s Pixel phones.
It is expected that Android 12 will again be the first for Google’s own Pixel smartphones to appear. In the months that follow, other manufacturers will prepare and release the new version of the mobile OS for their own devices.
Google recently released the latest beta version of Android 12 , with the company already reporting that the operating system would be released “in the coming weeks.” However, the company has not yet mentioned a concrete release date. The company is also coming in the coming weeks with its Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones, which will run Android 12.
Android 12 adds, among other things, major changes to the interface, with a so-called Material You design. Among other things, the OS will receive more personalized system themes, which will be based on users’ backgrounds. After users set a wallpaper, the system chooses which accent colors should be displayed in menus, toggles and buttons based on colors from that wallpaper. Tweakers tested an Android 12 beta version earlier this year and wrote a preview about it .
