Android 12 was announced in an Android blog posted on February 18, 2021. A developer preview was released immediately, with two additional ones planned for the following two months. After that, four monthly beta releases are planned, beginning in May, the last one of them reaching platform stability in August, and general availability coming shortly after that.
Android 12 introduces great new features and APIs for developers. For a detailed list of new, modified, and removed APIs, read the API diff report. For details on new APIs visit the Android API reference — new APIs are highlighted for visibility. Also, to learn about areas where platform changes may affect your apps, be sure to check out Android 12 behavior changes for apps that target Android 12 and for all apps.
However, the second developer preview was released on March 17, 2021, this was followed by a third preview on April 21, 2021. The first beta build was then released on May 18, 2021, and was followed by a second on June 9, 2021.
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Now, according to Google’s blog post, Android 12 Beta 2.1 now live for the pixels users. This beta update fixed an issue that prevented users from accessing things on the lock screen and more. You can check the complete changelog which is mention below as well as download link.
This minor update to Android 12 Beta 2 includes various stability improvements as well as the following fixes:
- Fixed an issue that prevented users from accessing things on the lock screen. For example, swiping down for the notification shade, swiping away notifications, or swiping up to unlock the phone. (Issue #190702454)
- Fixed issues that caused information such as weather and calendar events to not appear in the At a Glance widget on the home screen or lock screen. (Issue #190700432, Issue #190644743)
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused flickering or jittery animations when accessing recent apps with gesture navigation.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused microphone and camera permission indicators to get stuck and disappear until the phone was rebooted.
- Fixed an issue when using the Android Emulator with an Android Virtual Device (AVD) running Android 12 that prevented the AVD from connecting to the internet.
- Fixed an issue where after taking Beta and resetting the device, some users are were stuck on setup wizard (Issue #190082536).
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