Android 12, Wear & Pixel leaks – a Google I/O special | Fast Charge 66
Google I/O 2021 may not have brought with it any hardware announcements, but we got our first official look at Android 12 and some MASSIVE Wear OS news.
Android 12brings a whole new design language (at least for Pixel phones…), key new privacy features, and a host of other smaller changes that will arrive officially this autumn. In the meantime thefirst public beta is herethough, andToddy is already on it.
Meanwhile Wear OS is no more – meet Wear. Google has rebranded its wearable operating system yet again, but there’s bigger news: it’sworking with Samsungto build the new software, and has confirmed that there areFitbits on the way that will run on Weartoo.
Finally, we didn’t get any new hardware, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t excited about what’s on the way. Jon Prosser leaked a wild newPixel 6 design, and we’re also expecting thePixel 5a,Pixel Buds A, and maybe even aPixel foldablethis year – here’s the latest on them all.
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Author: Dominic Preston, Contributor
Previously Tech Advisor’s Deputy Editor, Dom covers everything that runs on electricity, from phones and laptops to wearables, audio, gaming, smart home, and streaming.
