How to install Android 12 Developer Preview a step by step guide
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Move over Android 11; there’s a new developer preview in town! The last few Android versions have focused more on refinement than on reinventing the OS, and this trend continues with Android 12 Developer Preview. Google says their main goal is to make Android 12 “more intuitive, better performing, and more secure.” You can learn more about the new Android Developer Preview in our announcement feature.
As you’d expect with a first preview, Android 12 Developer Preview is aimed solely at developers and is a very early build. We caution against trying it out unless you have a secondary device lying around, as it’s undoubtedly too buggy to use as a daily driver. For those that have a spare Pixel or who want to throw caution to the wind, your only choice, for now, is to download and apply the update manually.
The official Android 12 release date is currently unknown. However, Google does have a roundabout schedule.
The schedule suggests we could see Android 12 launch during or after August this year.
There will be at least three developer previews and four betas before then.
We are now into the early days of Android 12. However, don’t get too excited: we are still months away from the operating system being stable enough for consumers to adopt.
So far, we’ve seen two developer previews with one minor update in between. We can expect at least one more developer preview of Android 12. After that, we can expect at least four beta releases. The Android 12 release date should be easy enough to ascertain around the launch of that fourth beta.