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Android 13 developer preview 1 launched [New Features]

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On February 11, 2022, Google has released the 1st developer preview for the upcoming Android 13. This is an amazing input that is coming officially from the Android maker and ready to excite as the Android 13 developer preview 1 is the launch journey.

According to Google, Android 13 will continue to focus on privacy and security, the company is also focusing to provide a better development environment for the developers. In addition to this announcement, Google will also bring new updates for Android 12L that help you to take advantage of an optimized user experience on over 250 million large display devices.

Let’s check the latest offering from Android 13 developer preview 1:

Privacy & security are the core and essential part of the Android and Android 13 brings new photo picker, which adds a standard and optimized way for users to share both local and cloud based photos securely.

Nearby device permission for Wi-Fi:

Android 13 also brings NEARBY_WIFI_DEVICES runtime permission (part of the NEARBY_DEVICES permission group) for apps that manage a device’s connection to nearby access points over Wi-Fi.

There are also various developer productivity tools and API that has been added to simplify the process of Android app development with the Android 13 Developer Preview 1.

Android 13 developer

These includes:

  1. Quick Settings Placement
  2. Themed app icons
  3. App specific language
  4. Fast hyphenation
  5. Programmable shaders
  6. OpenJDK 11 Updates

Although, these features has a lot to discover but we’ll going to focus on key ones.

Quick settings placement – Quick Settings in the notification shade is a convenient way for users to change settings or take quick actions without leaving the context of an app. Apps that uses custom tiles can now discover and add your the app tile to quick settings with this new API.

Themed app icons:

Android 13 takes the Material You Beyond its initial launch with Android 12. Therefore, Android 13 dymaic color theme will allow you to opt into icons that adopts the tint of their wallpaper and other theme settings.

There’s more you could know about the Android 13 developer preview 1. Read here.

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Most of Deng Li's smartphones are from the Huawei ecosystem and his first Huawei phone was Ascend Mate 2 (4G). As a tech enthusiast, he keeps exploring new technologies and inspects them closely. Apart from the technology world, he takes care of his garden.

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