Samsung's Android 12-based One UI 4.0 beta program for the Galaxy S21 series phones will begin sometime in September.
Android 12 will track your face with the selfie camera to speed up the rotation between portrait and landscape mode. While cool in theory, this feature is a bit buggy in the beta and may make you uncomfortable from a privacy perspective. So here's how to turn the feature off.
This tiny update to Android 12 beta 3 improves stability, making it a lot easier to use on your daily driver.
Users aren't too happy about Android 12 removing certain style options, but Google may have had the final say on the matter.
Google's next phones might still be up-to-date and fully supported in October 2026, finally making them competitive with the iPhone's direct support lifespan. That's pretty wild.
With the release of the Android 12 beta 3, you can easily take longer (or shorter) screenshots that aren't restricted by the size of your phone. Taking scrollable screenshots is a cinch, so let's get you sharing some properly-sized screen captures.
Google is updating 992 emoji with new designs to make them more universal and accessible across its services. They will be available on Android 12 this Fall.
Android 12 Beta 3 is the latest installment of Google's latest mobile OS, and the last time we'll likely see feature additions in the program. A new set of game controls, on-device search, better auto-rotation, customizable colors, scrollable screenshots, and more are found here!
Google has released Android 12 Beta 3 for the Android TV platform, with 4K UI rendering improvements, along with software controls for microphone and camera access.
One of the sweetest additions in Android 12 has finally arrived in Beta 3: being able to select from a plethora of custom or standard color themes for your Pixel phone! The process is pretty straightforward, but there are a few tips to improve your theming experience.
The Android 12 beta is here, and there are a lot of new features to check out.
Google is rolling out Android 12 Beta 3 to select devices, bringing several new features and enhancements.
Google announced several new updates coming to Android 12 at the Google for Games Developer Summit, including a new "Play as You Download" feature that will let gamers jump into a game while it downloads.
It's not always clear when your Android phone is recording you through its camera or microphone. But with the Android 12 beta, Google added a nuclear Quick Settings option to shut down the camera or mic for all apps immediately. Here's how to find and use these settings.
There's been a lot of fear, uncertainty and doubt floating around surrounding Android phone security over the years. But Android in general, and Android security in particular, has come a long way over the past decade.
Running Android 12? Time to check for updates as Google rolls out a new bug fix to smoothen out the experience.
Android 12's Privacy Dashboard is a great introduction to a visualization of what the apps on your phone are really doing. Finding it isn't hard once you know where to look.
After the latest Google beta app was released to the Play Store, a new feature called 'Live Space' was discovered. This supercharges the At a Glance widget with even more useful information that can be displayed on your Home Screen.
Your phone does a lot and much of it is AI-driven. That sensitive data needs a space of its own with strict rules about what goes in or what comes out — that's the new Private Compute Core.
Setting a reasonable screen timeout length on your Android phone helps you save up a ton of battery life. If you don't know how to change the amount of time your phone takes to go to sleep, here's how to do it.