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Android 12 Beta 1: Google’s design overhaul is here, but most of the features are missing

May 19, 2021
Years in the making, Android 12 is bringing a huge visual overhaul to the platform with the biggest impact since Material Design first debuted in Lollipop. “Material You” has some major potential and we’re seeing the first effects from it in the first Android 12 Beta release, but most of the good stuff is missing. If you install Android 12 Beta 1 on a Google Pixel phone, you’ll be…
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Android 12 Beta 1: Charging your phone now sends a wave of color across the display

May 19, 2021
Colors are going to be a big part of Android 12 when it reaches its final form and, while most aren’t live yet, Google is also adding more colors to the charging animations on Pixels with this update. Whenever you provide power to a Pixel smartphone you’ll get a neat little animation along with it. A circular array of dots appear at the center of the display when using a wireless charger.
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Google is building a more ‘accurate and inclusive’ camera for Pixels and beyond

May 19, 2021
Sad as it is to say, people of color are often an afterthought when it comes to cameras and that includes even Google’s. This year, at I/O 2021, Google has announced an effort to create a more “accurate and inclusive” camera for Android smartphones. Google says that it’s making adjustments to its computational photography algorithms to help take better photos of darker skin tones. This…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 18, 2021

May 19, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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