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Mar 18 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Android 13 has a custom UI for PCs, finally! It's not much, but PCs get dedicated buttons for pulling down the notifications/quick settings. PCs also launch apps in freeform mode by default!

Screenshots/details here: blog.esper.io/android-13-dee…
CC @electrikjesus @farmerbb1

I'm sure the Android-x86 folks will love this 😄
I bet this is going to come into play with a future update to Google Play Games for PC...somehow. Play Games for PC is based on Android 11 right now IIRC, and there's no way to exit a game into full Android. But the backbone is there.
If you're wondering why the UI looks totally funky in those images, it's because those images weren't from an actual PC running Android 13 - just my Pixel 6 Pro with a custom DPI and the PC device type feature declared.

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Mar 18
My article on Android 13 just hit 10k words, and we're only at DP2👀

Hope this shows that Android 13 is a lot bigger of an update than you were probably expecting (or I just write too much, lol)!

Anyway, here are a few new features I found in Android 13 (thread):
There's a hidden fullscreen user profile switcher interface that I enabled. The config to enable it can be found here: blog.esper.io/android-13-dee… Image
Speaking of multi-user, Google is also experimenting with a status bar chip that shows the current profile and launches the user profile switcher when it's tapped.

blog.esper.io/android-13-dee… Image
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Mar 17
Starting to feel mentally exhausted, but I just put out a second big update to my #Android13 deep dive post over on @Esperdev. Check it out! blog.esper.io/android-13-dee…
Added: sections on the FGS task manager, sliders for alarm & media vibrations, launching an app in split screen from its notification, button rearrangement in the notif shade, kids mode for the nav bar, revamped UI for adding a new user, and consolidated font and display settings
If you ever come across this article and want to find out what's been added, there's an entire changelog at the bottom that I keep up to date: blog.esper.io/android-13-dee…

Each section is also hyperlinked for easy access from the Table of Contents.
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Mar 17
Just pushed a MASSIVE update to my Android 13 deep dive article on @Esperdev. Added everything Google announced in their blog post for DP2 as well as most of what I covered on Twitter. Still refining it as I discover more things, but please check it out!

blog.esper.io/android-13-dee…
Added sections on: Bluetooth LE Audio, MIDI 2.0, app drawer in taskbar, follow text while using Accessibility magnifier, Do Not Disturb rebranding to Priority mode, improved Japanese text wrapping, improved line heights for non-Latin scripts, MTE for Armv9 devices, ...
... downgradable permissions, safer exporting of context-registered receivers, text conversion APIs, and color vector fonts.

Removed the section on the split-screen button in PiP windows.
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Mar 17
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
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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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