Google unveils Android 12L, tailored to tablets, foldables, and ChromeOS devices

27 October 2021
It will be available early next year, "in time for the next wave of Android 12 tablets and foldables".

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  • sumdumguy
  • nxE
  • 28 Oct 2021

"ChromeOS devices running Android" ...what the hell does that mean?

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    • Anonymous
    • mpi
    • 28 Oct 2021

    Does this mean the Nexus 7 is coming back?

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      • Anonymous
      • M0x
      • 28 Oct 2021

      SizN80, 28 Oct 2021Is this the spiritual successor to the defunct joke of an O... moreAndroid 3.1 XD

        Is this the spiritual successor to the defunct joke of an OS known as Android 3.0 Honeycomb?

          Finally

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            • AnonD-454049
            • PSB
            • 28 Oct 2021

            DrakeX, 28 Oct 2021I'm gonna be skeptic on this one seeing how poor their... more if the official ones aren't optimised you could always use a custom rom

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              • Josh
              • fwr
              • 28 Oct 2021

              Hopefully Samsung will implement Android 12L with One UI 4 Tab on the Tab S8 Series and the Z Fold 4.

                all of a suden google cares about tablet users,but it was him that abondon them after android 4

                  I'm gonna be skeptic on this one seeing how poor their implementation was back then, even Microsoft botched it for Windows 10. I'll wait and see before jumping to conclusions.

                    This should make sense considering how big Android tablet and Chromebook laptop screen can be. I remembered Samsung made a 17.3" Android tablet before with the Galaxy View2. Also, this particular version of Android is also optimized for smartphones with dual screen or display as well. I'd so love to see how Microsoft and LG can utilize A12L for Surface Duo lineup and DualScreen case-compatible models respectively.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Hkr
                      • 28 Oct 2021

                      I feel this is the right step in the right direction, which was kept on hold by Google for long. With foldables on the rise and iPads (with better optimization) eating up Android tablets' sales, this is a good move. Though a few Android OEMs have created their Android skins optimized for tablets and even forced unoptimized apps to open in landscape mode instead of opening like a stretched-out version of a mobile app (Samsung Labs, for instance), something was missing. And this move will make using an Android tablet a wholesome experience.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • nRd
                        • 28 Oct 2021

                        Anonymous, 28 Oct 2021Instead of building this into android, we get this type of ... moreDon't forget Android TV haha. But in a sense, I understand this more like a Dex mode for tablet and ChromeOS so perhaps that way they'll kill ChromeOS? It wouldn't surprise me anyhow :P

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                          • Anonymous
                          • nYE
                          • 28 Oct 2021

                          Instead of building this into android, we get this type of fragmentation.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 6cb
                            • 28 Oct 2021

                            *Android One UI 12L

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                              • Viv
                              • 4nH
                              • 28 Oct 2021

                              Google is trying to get serious

                                I find all this really nice, as an Android tablet user. I wish they would also do something to make all Play Store apps compatible with Android TV.

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