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Mar 17 • 27 tweets • 12 min read
Here's everything I found in Android 13 Developer Preview 2 (thread)
The settings and power menu buttons have been moved to the bottom of the notifications shade. Image
There's a new foreground service manager that shows apps running in the foreground. Whenever there's a foreground app, you'll see text at the bottom of the notification shade that shows the # of active apps. Tap that and a dialog appears, showing which apps. ImageImage
If you previously granted an app Android 13's new runtime permission for notifications, then Android may ask if you want to let an app continue sending you notifications. Image
Do Not Disturb mode has been renamed to Priority mode. ImageImage
DP2 includes the first hint of the major screen saver revamp that I previously talked about. The screen saver page now shows previews.

blog.esper.io/android-13-dee… Image
Android 13's taskbar now includes an app drawer! ImageImage
The Accessibility magnifier now has a "follow typing" setting that makes the magnification area follow the text as you type. Image
As I mentioned previously, Fast Pair is being added to AOSP, and now DP2 includes a toggle for it in Settings. blog.esper.io/android-13-dee… ImageImage
There's a new Quick Setting tile to launch Privacy Controls, where you can toggle camera, mic, and location availability. It also includes a shortcut to launch security settings. The UI seems rather unfinished, though. ImageImageImage
"Show touches on screen" is there in SystemUI's screen recorder in Android 13. It was removed in Android 12L due to an issue with how the cursor is drawn.

blog.esper.io/android-12l-de… Image
The new media player and media output picker UI I first revealed are now enabled by default in Android 13 DP2!

The redesigned output picker also added a "pair new device" button that wasn't there in DP1.

blog.esper.io/android-13-dee…

blog.esper.io/android-13-dee… ImageImage
The new Material You dynamic color styles work in DP2! Here's TONAL_SPOT, VIBRANT, EXPRESSIVE, and SPRITZ in order. I'll share how to enable them soon :)

blog.esper.io/android-13-dee… ImageImageImageImage
The UI when creating a new profile has been updated. ImageImage
When enabling freeform multiwindow support in Developer Options, a new dialog tells you to reboot the phone to properly enable it. Image
Android 13 prepares to add a "kids mode" nav bar that hides the recents and changes the icons for back and home. Image
Screwed up the thread (I blame Twitter's UI), so here's an embed of tweets you may have missed:

Another:
And another:
Android 13 includes a hidden developer option for toggling Memory Tagging Extension (MTE), a new feature of Arm v9 CPUs!

(More info on this soon!)

CC @RonAmadeo ImageImage
Taking a short break to update my Android 13 deep dive article with all these findings.

Go here for the more in-depth explanation on everything that I tweeted about: blog.esper.io/android-13-dee…
Recorded this video to show off the new Accessibility magnifier feature that follows the text as you type.
Ugh, Twitter threads. Sorry for screwing it up again, here's a tweet you may have missed:
Granular vibration sliders have been added to control alarm and media vibrations. Image
"Font size" and "display size" settings have been consolidated into "display size and text", where you can see a preview of how your font/display size affects text/icon sizes. Image
Per-app language settings are now available in DP2. This used to be hidden behind a feature flag in DP1. ImageImage
Legit think Twitter is messing up somehow. I keep going back to "Add another Tweet" in the thread, but it sometimes adds it as a reply to another tweet.

Anyway, ICYM this:

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Mar 17
Google has just announced Android 13 Developer Preview 2! Here's what they mentioned in their blog post 👇(thread)
Like I mentioned before, there's a new runtime permission for notifications. Apps targeting Android 13 will need the POST_NOTIFICATIONS permission before they can send notifications.
Speaking of permissions, apps that no longer need certain runtime permissions can self-revoke them.
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Mar 16
Bad USB cables are frequently behind Android Auto issues, so in the latest version of the Android Auto app (7.5.121104), Google's adding a USB Startup Diagnostics tool.

support.google.com/androidauto/an… ImageImage
The tool checks if Android is able to send data through USB, which might not be possible if the cable is connected to the wrong port in the car, the cable is incompatible/damaged, or the phone's USB port is damaged.
Let me know if this diagnostic tool shows up for you!
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Mar 15
At the Google for Games Developer Summit, Google officially announced the availability of Play Games for PC for beta testers in South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Image
Google also announced that Play as you Download will be expanding to more devices running Android 12. Under the hood, it uses the new Incremental File System to let users enter games while assets are being downloaded in the background. Image
To boost mobile game dev, Google announced the Google Play Partner Program which provides tools and resources for large-scale game studios, AGDE cross-compat between Android Studio and Visual Studio, ...
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Mar 14
It seems Google is rolling out an update to the Pixel Camera Service app that brings a vendor extension for Night Sight.

This enables Night Sight in Snapchat, which was promised as part of the March Pixel Feature Drop.

H/T @milan616

play.google.com/store/apps/det… ImageImage
Curious to see if 3P camera apps using CameraX like @GrapheneOS's Secure Camera can now implement Night Sight. Google doesn't list the Pixels as having any vendor extensions available, so Night Sight may be their first one?

developer.android.com/training/camer…
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Mar 4
The Android tablet market has been in such a sorry state for years that the best advice I could give to anyone wanting a tablet is to just get an iPad.

That's why I'm hoping @richminer's team succeeds at making the tablet UX better.

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Even the cheapest iPad is too expensive for many people, which is why budget Android tablets are still stupidly popular. The pandemic definitely helped to boost their sales, what with the increase in WFH and remote learning.
Samsung makes some REALLY great tablets (and tablet software), but they can't carry the entire ecosystem on their backs. They don't control AOSP, CDD, Google Play, etc. Everything they do makes their tablets better, leaving everyone else to figure things out on their own.
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Feb 10
Here's what's new in Android 13 Developer Preview 1

(thread)
There are Quick Setting tiles for toggling one-handed mode and color correction
A Quick Setting tile to launch a QR code scanner is here. It's grayed out by default, but you can enable it w/

'cmd device_config put systemui default_qr_code_scanner {component}'

where {component} is the component of a QR code scanner activity (can be anything really)
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