Google Previews Android 12 With Deeper Customization and iOS 14-Inspired Privacy Protections

[ian87w]

iOS needs a redesign. long overdue.

Did you see how many people were up in arms when Apple did iOS7? Even today, there are still loyalist to iOS 6 design.

Google can change thing every year because stock Android is not the image people has on Android, it’s the OEMs’ skins. Apple doesn’t have that luxury. Many of their icons and UI have become iconic that changing them just because can alienate a ton of customers.

 

[ian87w]

So will the likes of Facebook sue Google for this privacy features? I mean since Google themselves are gathering a ton of data, and their apps are probably exempt from many of the privacy restrictions.

 

[GSWForever8]

and yet Apple relied tremendously on Google to sell their phone. No native Maps app, no native YouTube app, the iPhone would have been a failure at launch.

Well, let’s just say the 2 rely on each other a lot.

 

[ian87w]

and yet Apple relied tremendously on Google to sell their phone. No native Maps app, no native YouTube app, the iPhone would have been a failure at launch.

Let’s put that into perspective. For the original iPhone, there was no Android. In fact, Apple helped Google in making the maps app, that later I’m sure resulted in the Google Maps app, aka knowledge transfer. But at that time, Jobs didn’t have expectation that Google would make Android. That’s why Jobs was so furious when Android happened.

 

[Caviar_X]

Google shouldn't feel too bad about basing their look on iOS. After all everyone, including Apple, just copied Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 UI and made everything flat and boring wheeeee

It's just been refinements of flatness for about a decade now. Ready for that to die.

Apple also shamelessly copied WebOs UI including the famous “card style” app switcher.

 

[LFC2020]

Whoever designed googles control Centre for android 12 must have the easiest job in the world, or is the laziest designer. 🤦‍♂️🤢🤮😂

This is what you call a beautiful design 👇😍

 

[madge28]

Zero functionality?? The stock Mail app lets me add both my personal and work email accounts, check for new emails, compose emails, and search through email. So basically what an average person does regularly with their email account. If you want bells and whistles you're free to use a different email app.

it doesn't even search through emails properly, it keeps missing stuff and tells you there's no other result. You should try Spark and you will see how crappy the default Mail app is.

 

[LFC2020]

😳🤢🤮🤦‍♂️

😍👌

Google needs to fire their design team 😂

 

[kk200]

iOS needs a redesign. long overdue.

Fix the photo transfer from computer to phone at first!

 

[mwidjaya]

Pixel 6 will replace my iPhone 12 Pro and then I have a happy usb-c family (+Macbook M1, iPad Pro).

We will see. Their track record is not good.

People get all excited before release but how often they get let down by Google hardware.

 

[DeepIn2U]

iOS needs a redesign. long overdue.

Don’t worry, if Google is stealing the Home Screen Lock Screen design of a 5yr old Sony Xperia X Performance (hour time above minute time) iOS is doing just fine.

I dislike Ive’s iOS 7 and finally glad iOS 14.x has been departing from the senseless minimal 2 dimension layout.

 

[valkov9191]

Google and privacy? Good joke.

 

[MathersMahmood]

Lol the immature fanboy comments in this thread are hilarious.

 

[nfl46]

Lol. In 2021, people are still arguing about which OS is better? This is just as sad as when an iOS user belittles an Android user for the green bubbles then proceeds to call them poor. Or when an Android user says they can customize their OS unlike iOS users. We have to do better and respect each other’s preference.

 

[ghanwani]

Google and privacy? Marketing at its best! Just go long $GOOG, because that is what all of this sleight of hand is about.

 

[Nuvi]

It’s really too bad Google doesn’t have a privacy respecting business model. Their products are generally great; the only reason I don’t use them is their data gathering practices. Their cloud services are practically second to none; and they’re only major player who supports Linux natively.

Regarding the services you have the option of choosing Google Workspace. It is unfortunate Google doesn’t really have a premium consumer version of Google Workspace. I believe at some point Google has stated that vast majority of consumers are not willing to pay for a premium service if there is a free option available. Somewhat sad really when you end up paying it with your data and/or by consuming masses of advertising.

 

[MVMNT]

How useful is privacy on Android if you've been a long time legacy user and all your data will have been leaked across that time?

 

[matrix07]

Why is Android support atrocious?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1394744554839056386

 

[SmugMaverick]

Lol. In 2021, people are still arguing about which OS is better? This is just as sad as when an iOS user belittles an Android user for the green bubbles then proceeds to call them poor. Or when an Android user says they can customize their OS unlike iOS users. We have to do better and respect each other’s preference.

It is funny that most iPhone users I see in public have the cheapest models because they're so desperate to own an iPhone and spend a whole months wage on it then they text a Galaxy Fold user who paid $2k with loose change and call them poor for having green bubbles.

Theres a reason iPhone SE, 11 and 12 sold far better than 11 or 12 Pro because people can't afford them.

Times have changed and with so many iPhones available at different price ranges, more people can own one instead of buying last years model at a cheaper price and acting like a baller for owning one.

Why is Android support atrocious?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1394744554839056386

Blame Qualcomm, if they don't support SoC the software can't and thats why Google is making it's own silicon this year.

Samsung however were just being ****** and greedy but they're offering more updates now.

That guy in the tweet is a snide little bitch anyway as it's been known since Feb that the Pixel 2 wouldn't get Android 12.


As for Android 12, I think it's fantastic and as this video shows, so much more customisation is coming over the next few months of Beta.

 

[matrix07]

Blame Qualcomm, if they don't support SoC the software can't and thats why Google is making it's own silicon this year.

Samsung however were just being ****** and greedy but they're offering more updates now.

Thanks for the info 👍

 

[AirunJae]

Beatiful, I miss Android.
Pixel 6 will replace my iPhone 12 Pro and then I have a happy usb-c family (+Macbook M1, iPad Pro).

Yeah, if it's going to have the upgraded cameras, a design that looks like they actually tried, and a Pixel Watch to match, I may be jumping back to Android as well. I tried with the Pixel 2XL, but that screen shift was terrible and WatchOS was pretty bad at the time. I'm excited to see what they're doing this year.

 

[MacBH928]

Android vs iOS is the same story as Windows vs MacOS , both does the same thing, its the experience of using both devices that matters.

 

[smaffei]

The real problem Android has not yet fixed is "market fracturing". Android developers have to backwards support many previous versions on the OS because there are so many low end devices running old ones. It limits the adoption on new OS features and it makes testing a nightmare.

On iOS, the new OS adoption rates are fairly high. Usually, most companies wind up supporting the latest and the last two major versions before that. That usually covers about 95% of the market.

 

[Khaleesi Kendall]

Still will never go back to android. An atrocious software

 

[jav6454]

Stop being a samsung/android fanboy. This is after all, macrumors.com so you’re going to have to come to grips with reality and realize people here like/love Apple products even if sometimes they be a little feature lacking than samsung/android but it’s all good because I’m sure the samsung/android fans, some at least, maybe go “wow I wish my samsung had this or android had that”

How is my comment Android-fanboy? I don't own a Samsung device nor will I. However, saying that iOS is the best thing since the invention of the wheel is utter none-sense. iOS has strengths and weaknesses, so does Android. Live with it.