Android 12 review
- Akashraj
- 2SD
- 05 Oct 2021
HopeFilledIdiot, 04 Oct 2021Both Third Party Appstores and sideloading apps are now bot... moreAlready some 3rd party stores like apkpure support the installation of bundled apps so it's a matter of time that other app stores start adopting it and you can also use split apk installer to install any apks file.
- Akashraj
- 2SD
- 05 Oct 2021
Lyrienne, 04 Oct 2021Ehh... As the author(s?) said... it's a "love it ... moreThere's a toggle to turn off this automatic colour picking so you can choose your favourite accent colour.
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- axe man
- QB0
- 05 Oct 2021
Only 1 question.
Has the option to remove the "At a Glance" and "Google Search bar" from the home screen given this time?
It has been hard-coded since Pie.
Feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks.
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- Anonymous
- X}e
- 05 Oct 2021
GAMIRSFM, 04 Oct 2021I agree, makes me happy that OneUI won't follow this s... moreAgree. OneUI is becoming increasingly more attractive. New Android design language seems made by 3 years old kind from kindergarten nearby. Don't like it! Simplified design doesn't necessarily should look silly, Google!
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- Alan
- ibb
- 05 Oct 2021
Imagine even the reviewer is using a Pixel 4XL to run the Android 12 instead of the watered down Pixel 5 that shows a lot. Can't wait for the Pixel 6 to have almost the same performance as the Snapdragon 855 in Pixel 4.
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- unxpctd
- kkr
- 05 Oct 2021
I don't care about any of the good features of Android 12 because those quick settings are an abomination.
Who asked for this? Not actual Android users. This is a "Google thing" that the rest of us have to deal with now. It was created by and for them.
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- Anonymous
- 6PW
- 05 Oct 2021
Cartooncheese, 04 Oct 2021What dessert is this?Snowcone
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- Anonymous
- 8Kf
- 05 Oct 2021
I've had this rotation since android 5.
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- Anonymous
- 7kk
- 05 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 04 Oct 2021Sideloading nightmare!? Lol anyone can install apk files so... moreHe was talking about ios!!
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- Anonymous
- gq3
- 04 Oct 2021
HopeFilledIdiot, 04 Oct 2021Both Third Party Appstores and sideloading apps are now bot... moreSideloading nightmare!? Lol anyone can install apk files so easily. You don't even need an appstore
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- HopeFilledIdiot
- wd8
- 04 Oct 2021
HopeFilledIdiot, 04 Oct 2021Oh you're right! Google focused so much on Privacy and... moreBoth Third Party Appstores and sideloading apps are now both dead unless some third party appstores find a workaround for this. I remember reading one store working out a workaround but I haven't really followed on that.
The flexibility of Android is slowing being killed off. Like IOS and it's sideloading nightmare.
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- HopeFilledIdiot
- wd8
- 04 Oct 2021
Lyrienne, 04 Oct 2021Ehh... As the author(s?) said... it's a "love it ... moreOh you're right! Google focused so much on Privacy and "Material You" so as to remove attention from the fact that .apks are now obselete.
Scooped Storage with Android 11 and the death of .Apk with Android 12, Android is now becoming a far cry from the convenient to use android it's been all these years.
I understand the many many positives of .aab I really do but I still believe the simplicity of unified .apk was much better.
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- Pumpino
- vFX
- 04 Oct 2021
Like others suggested, I suspect Google made massive changes to the UI because it finally made changes to the hardware. It wants more market share. Personally, I don't like the new look. I'll continue to enjoy ColorOS/OOS on my Nord 2 and will run LineageOS v11 on my 4a 5G to avoid Android 12.
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- Lyrienne
- xv6
- 04 Oct 2021
Ehh... As the author(s?) said... it's a "love it or hate it" thing...
I mean. Many of the features I love. but that Control panel. I really detest it honestly and prefer ye olde style.
Another "complaint" I have. (if you can call it like that. I am not sure it's even considered a complaint) is the ability to toggle "Material You" feature. What If I want the wallpaper but keep the stock appearance? Or just have it dark mode with somewhat bright wallpaper? these are my concerns.
THIRDLY. Goodbye APKs. As far as I am aware. (and I MIGHT be wrong here.) Android 12 doesn't support APK anymore. using a new app format called .aab (Android App Bundle) which means most of the 3rd party stores MIGHT NOT work with android 12. (If android 12 DOES support APK. just tell me it supports. don't bash me. please~?)
I hope vendors will design a better control panel+notifs than the stock AOSP build... for the mercy of it's userbase.
- GAMIRSFM
- LyH
- 04 Oct 2021
JustSomeRandomGuy, 04 Oct 2021at first, I was so excited for Material You. but after the ... moreI agree, makes me happy that OneUI won't follow this silly design language.
Google wanted to re-design just to make some hype around the new version it seems.
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- JustSomeRandomGuy
- EwD
- 04 Oct 2021
at first, I was so excited for Material You. but after the hype, I realized this "redesign" is absolutely garbage. Google pastel the heck out of everything. it's like it's been bathe is sunlight and bleached until all colors are a dull washed out shade
also, why is everything so damn huge? the Quick Tiles are so abnormally big. this Android version is like designed for toddlers
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- Ivo.
- jMx
- 04 Oct 2021
Android is much better then iOS, but still horrible and full of Google nonsense! Google wants to control everything, like Apple, no matter what the user wants! The worst is killing apps in the background, which brakes how they work! For example, Android was killing my RunKeeper which prevents it from recording my run, and I had to go manually through a lot of menus and crap in order to stop Android from killing it - what fascist idiots! When is Microsoft going to make a real Windows for phones, and destroy Android and iOS? It's like, they don't want to do it on purpose, for some reason!