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Android 12 Beta walkthrough

Google just released the public beta version of Android 12, so we put it on a Pixel phone to take a look. Subscribe to CNET: CNET playlists: Download the new CNET app: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Follow us on Instagram:

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Google just released the public beta version of Android 12, so we put it on a Pixel phone to take a look.

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51 Comments

  1. Solidcancer07

    May 19, 2021 at 10:25 am

    It’s soooooooo ugly. OneUI is more functional and prettier

  2. Growing up

    May 19, 2021 at 10:26 am

    No idea why I’m watching this, my phone is Still stuck on Android 9 lol

  3. Kunal Das

    May 19, 2021 at 10:37 am

    07.23
    Google copy the
    Time widget of classic ring
    From motorola widget

  4. HAWXLEADER

    May 19, 2021 at 10:45 am

    7:07 not new.. this was in MIUI and in HTC sense before

  5. Michael D

    May 19, 2021 at 11:27 am

    I found a back tap option but it doesn’t seem to work

  6. Sid C

    May 19, 2021 at 12:12 pm

    how did you get the mandalorian wallpaper?

    • iyaz akhtar

      May 19, 2021 at 4:39 pm

      It was an option in the beta

  7. David Spencer

    May 19, 2021 at 12:20 pm

    The most notable difference I see since installing the Beta is in performance. My phone seems a lot faster now. Apps open faster, the interface is snappier and I can perform some tasks, like switching between open apps, much more simply and quickly. A lot of features are not available yet like Material you, privacy dashboard and some other stuff, but what I see so far is great. And it is installed on my daily driver Pixel 4a5g. I’ve installed every Android public Beta on my daily drivers the moment it was available since Android 5 on my Nexus 5.

  8. Fuck You

    May 19, 2021 at 1:14 pm

    Ew wtf

  9. TexasVet72

    May 19, 2021 at 1:25 pm

    Is Android like iOS when it comes to updates? What I mean is Apple releases an iOS update that is always full of bugs and I takes them until the next iOS version before they get MOST of the bugs worked out. Then the new buggy update drops and we start another year of dealing with bugs that Apple gets in no hurry to fix. Is Android like this as well? I haven’t used Android in a few years but I don’t remember Android being this way.

    • DeAngelo Gray

      May 19, 2021 at 9:24 pm

      If you get a pixel there’s an update every month but a big update such as android 12 once a year up to 3 years . But bugs don’t really happen.

  10. Francois

    May 19, 2021 at 1:34 pm

    The screenshot and text copy thing is already in Android 11

  11. Abijeet Krish

    May 19, 2021 at 1:39 pm

    Disabling all sensors was around since android 10. This time they added separate toggles for camera and microphone.

  12. physics77guy

    May 19, 2021 at 1:49 pm

    nothing is going to come close to what metro UI was able to achieve almost 11 years back. no matter what google and apple can try…. too bad Microsoft threw in the towel too quickly

  13. James Rumohr

    May 19, 2021 at 2:06 pm

    The screenshot and select feature is already available on Android 11 with Pixel devices.

  14. Joie

    May 19, 2021 at 3:21 pm

    It looks really clean and aesthetic. It simple, but big and colorful. I like it a lot. Looking forward to the new software changes as well. Hoping Samsung phones transition to the new update quickly.

  15. iyaz akhtar

    May 19, 2021 at 4:02 pm

    Hey everyone, I should have mentioned this in the vid: The screen recording feature in Android 12 Beta when I was trying it kept crashing. So I installed a third-party app so I could show you something on screen.

    • Edgar

      May 19, 2021 at 5:02 pm

      The Select button has been available and the screenshot button has also been available for Android 11

  16. niklas davind

    May 19, 2021 at 4:43 pm

    Can’t wait but since I have a oneplus I’m probably waiting for an additional 7 months…

  17. Saleh Sajjad

    May 19, 2021 at 5:28 pm

    A request for android OS! The sound bar should be shown from hide by horizon swipe on side with two fingers. If it is included, we do not have to press the volume key and the hardware durability will be longer.

  18. Saleh Sajjad

    May 19, 2021 at 5:28 pm

    An expectation from android OS! The sound control bar should be shown from hide by horizon swipe on side with two fingers. If it is included, we do not have to press the volume key and the hardware durability will be longer.

  19. Jose Alvarez

    May 19, 2021 at 5:32 pm

    Is it me ? I don’t see the select button on my Galaxy s20, is it on Pixel phones only?

    • Tobias Westphal

      May 19, 2021 at 6:20 pm

      It’s Pixel only (at least on Android 11)

  20. Rishabh Sharma

    May 19, 2021 at 6:15 pm

    8:00 You’re fired!!!

    Is it your first time handling a pixel device? Screen Select is there since Android 10

  21. lOll1

    May 19, 2021 at 6:20 pm

    I still installed it on my main xD

    • iyaz akhtar

      May 20, 2021 at 4:26 pm

      You’re a wild one!

  22. patrick jackson

    May 19, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    I hope the conversation widgets becomes live widgets that we can reply to right from the widget.

    • iyaz akhtar

      May 20, 2021 at 4:24 pm

      Oh, that would be pretty cool.

  23. TylerTron21

    May 19, 2021 at 9:31 pm

    To people who have this installed? Is it very buggy, mainly large bugs. Normally I wait for beta 2 or 3 until getting on board. Thanks!

  24. Danijel Ujčič

    May 19, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    All I really want is a usable default desktop mode. It’s been LONG overdue.

    • iyaz akhtar

      May 20, 2021 at 4:27 pm

      I wish Chrome OS was just an app for a desktop experience like DEX.

    • Danijel Ujčič

      May 20, 2021 at 4:52 pm

      @iyaz akhtar Agree. Either this or something similar like DDE.

  25. Narq

    May 19, 2021 at 11:23 pm

    The notifications options window sure does waste a lot of space with those giant buttons. Is there an option to condense those?

  26. Gregory Monlouis

    May 20, 2021 at 12:26 am

    I watched the video and saw nothing really ground breaking. Most of those features like 90% of them were on Android 11 already on my pixel 5. And for the design, it seems a lot like One UI, rounded color icons and stuff. I hope Google will use the password locked turn off option I really miss from Samsung’s phones. I mean that’s a useful security.

  27. Travis

    May 20, 2021 at 4:08 am

    Did they not have a android user to do this video.

  28. Sharjin Alavi Antik

    May 20, 2021 at 8:46 am

    notification panel looks like garbage now. give us our old sleek panel back!

  29. Jeevan Batla

    May 20, 2021 at 9:17 am

    Best of luck waiting for 6 months to 1 year to get android 12 on non pixel phones 😁😂🤣

  30. NN

    May 20, 2021 at 10:09 am

    Why their UI and Iocn color arw so dark ?

  31. Ini Ony

    May 20, 2021 at 10:18 am

    7:49 somehow i don’t feel comfortable with this

  32. Cassius

    May 20, 2021 at 11:10 am

    Wow this guy makes everything so uninteresting.

    • iyaz akhtar

      May 20, 2021 at 4:29 pm

      Yeah!

  33. Daniel Sutton

    May 20, 2021 at 11:35 am

    I’ve installed the Beta on my (daily) Pixel 5… seems to be pretty stable TBH, although live wallpapers don’t work properly.

    Not found any other significant issues other than the new search filters in Photos calling LEGO “Legos” !!!

  34. Aniket Das

    May 20, 2021 at 12:04 pm

    Hey Iyaz, the ‘select’ & ‘screenshot’ feature was from Android 11!😑😑

    • iyaz akhtar

      May 20, 2021 at 4:28 pm

      I keep looking for it on my Pixel 3A XL. I will find it!

  35. emory jackson

    May 20, 2021 at 12:40 pm

    How buggy is it?

  36. Nerdyllama93

    May 20, 2021 at 1:24 pm

    The notification shade is giving me slight Hermann grid vibes 😅

  37. Frankie B

    May 20, 2021 at 1:50 pm

    Ugly af lol. Looks like easy mode you use for your grandmas phone!

  38. Frankie B

    May 20, 2021 at 1:50 pm

    Cam and mic cutoff is cool tho

  39. Alexandria Prudence

    May 20, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    I really want that wallpaper

  40. Sandeep Pal

    May 20, 2021 at 6:48 pm

    Can someone give me the melody at the absolute start of the video??? I would love it as a ringtone

  41. mahesh pharande

    May 21, 2021 at 7:56 am

    We expect you do some research before the video. You should have atleast watched Google i/o if not verge’s video .

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