Android 12 user interface could be very different, check it here

Before we saw the first Android 12 developer preview yesterday, we saw a leak of some potential UI changes for the operating system. However, when we installed Android 12, we found that it looked pretty much like Android 11. What happened to all these big design changes?

See also: Android 12 features: everything confirmed and rumored so far

Turns out, Android 12’s user interface could look a lot different than Android 11. It’s just that Google hid most of the changes in this first developer preview. Fortunately, XDA Developers went through the code and found a way to “activate” some of the new design elements.

We detail XDAthe conclusion below. Before you start salivating over the new UI tweaks in Android 12, keep in mind that Google has deliberately hidden these features. As long as they aren’t easily accessible in a beta, it’s quite plausible that they won’t ship with Android 12.

Android 12 UI Changes: Lock Screen, AoD & Notifications

First, let’s talk about always-on display. Rather than having most of the information in the middle, Google seems to be moving the information to the top of the screen. The clock has a more modern look and the date / weather widget is smaller and shifted to the right. Under this widget, you will see notification icons as they arrive.

When you exit the AoD to access the lock screen, the design of the clock widget is retained. However, now it appears to be a thicker and much larger font, taking up about a third of the entire display. If you have notifications, however, the widget will scale back to the same size as on the AoD to make room for your notification cards.

Finally, the notification drawer is very different. The quick settings tiles have a lot more space around them since they are now in a 3 × 3 grid. The background is much more opaque than the one we saw in the DP1 Android 12 UI (for which we are grateful). The brightness bar takes up a lot more space and the notification cards are slightly different.

Again, there is no guarantee that these changes will actually work with Android 12. This wouldn’t be the first time Google has included code in a preview from the Android developer who never released it. However, it’s nice to see that Google is at least playing around with some big design changes this year, as Android has looked pretty much the same over the last few cycles.