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As part of this year’s Android Dev Summit, Google has unveiled a suite of new tools for developers, making it easier to use the new Material You design language and create apps for larger screens. Back at Google I/O, Google unveiled their third iteration of Material Design, the colorful new Material You, which has finally debuted in Pixel phones with Android 12. Along with other tweaks, the…

Google is renewing interest in big-screen Android devices with the announcement of Android 12L. The upcoming “feature drop” add-on to Android 12 brings enhancements to multitasking and usability on these larger devices and, thanks to an emulator, we can see what those changes will actually look like on the Galaxy Z Fold 3’s form factor and how the Android 12L taskbar works. Booting up…

Google has made Android 12L available for developers — and everyone else — to test out and see how well their apps can run on a large device, but not how you might expect. Here’s how to try a version of Android 12L on your own Chromebook. As part of the 2021 Android Dev Summit, Google announced Android 12L and made a build of it available for developers to test out. However, unlike usual…