Nearly seven months have passed since Google released the first developer preview of its next major mobile OS release. Android 12 Beta 5 is available today as the final update (and release candidate) before the public launch. That unveil is officially a “few weeks away” as today’s release candidate comes four weeks after Beta 4….
The latest update to Google’s Flutter SDK, version 2.5, includes better support for full-screen Android apps, Material You widgets, and more while the Dart programming language gains Apple Silicon support. Early this year, with the release of “Flutter 2,” Google shifted Flutter’s dynamic from a cross-platform mobile app platform to a massively cross-platform tool for…
Google is bringing a whole new design to Android 12 with “Material You,” and that includes the first formal widget revamp the platform has seen in the better part of a decade. Now, in Android 12 Beta 5, Google has finally debuted a taste of its preferred design for Material You widgets in the form…
All of Wednesday’s best Android game and app deals are now up for the taking. Over in our Android, Google, and Chromebook hubs there are plenty of new deals including this morning’s OnePlus 9 Pro bundles, but for now we are focused on Google Play and the day’s best software offers. Highlights of today’s collection…
Material You is in full swing as we approach the stable release of Android 12, and in Beta 5 today Google has rolled out a few big Material You updates including the teased revamp of Calculator. The new Google Calculator update in Android 12 finally went live in Beta 5 after being left absent from…
Beta 5 of Android 12 is here as the final update before the public launch in the coming weeks. The Android 12 Easter egg was introduced last month, but it’s gotten more elaborate today with a homescreen widget that tells you the Dynamic Color palette Material You is using. Be sure to activate the Easter…
Android 11 delivered a truly great feature to the power menu with a list of smart home controls at the ready, but Android 12 completely removes it. That feature, though, will live on in another sense with a dedicated shortcut on the Android 12 lockscreen for smart home quick controls. In earlier Android 12 Beta…
Material You is the biggest story in Android design in years, but with a full launch of Android 12 around the corner, we haven’t seen many full makeovers to reflect the aesthetic. With Android 12 Beta 5, Google Clock has also picked up a massive Material You update. The new Material You version of Google…
After being spotted in progress with previous releases, the universal device search is now live in Android 12 Beta 5 within the Pixel Launcher app drawer. The feature has been a notable omission from previous Android 12 beta builds but has been spotted several times ahead of the Release Candidate becoming available for users. We…