Google releases the first Android 12 Developer Preview for Pixel phones
(Android Central)

The Android 12 Developer Preview is finally underway, with the beta to come in a few months. What you need to know The first Developer Preview for Android 12 is released by Google today. Notifications are receiving improvements, new image encoders are getting support, Google Play system updates are being expanded, and much more. The Android 12 Developer Preview system image is available on select Google Pixel smartphones. Google is releasing the first Android 12 Developer Preview today, giving users an initial taste of what the upcoming OS update will bring. While many features have been speculated for Android 12, don`t expect to see all of them here since the first preview normally gets a lot of the background API stuff out of the way. Still, some interesting things are coming out of this initial version, and you can be sure we`re going to dive into them. Notifications are getting some work done, which is no surprise. Android 11 brought more organization to the notification sh...