Although Android tablets have been around for as long as Android phones, Google’s progress in acknowledging and accepting the form of large screens has been very slow. It wasn’t until Android 3.0 Honeycomb that Google began to optimize the tablet, but the subsequent actions were not large. This also highlights the importance of Android 12L, which is expected to be released in March next year.
Although there is no shortage of high-end tablets such as the Galaxy Tab S7 series on the market, the experience is not particularly ideal. Only Samsung and Huawei are so few are willing to OEM manufacturers to optimize systems based on Android tablets, and while most of them are smartphones are similar. Although most apps will at least rotate their orientation to match the tablet, they don’t always take advantage of the extra screen space or, better yet, change the form factor.
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As the Android system becomes more diversified, this has become a big problem. In addition to tablets, there are new varieties of foldable devices, and applications that run in a windowed environment, such as Chromebooks. Android 12L is Google’s attempt to finally support these use cases. Of course, it will take some time to wait. Android DevOps company Esper is filling some of the gaps left by Google. According to this blog post, the first opt-in beta will begin in December, as previously announced, but there will be two other betas in January and February next year. According to the timetable, the final launch will take place before the end of the first quarter of 2022.
It is not clear which devices will be eligible for these tests, with the exception of Pixel phones. Only Lenovo confirmed that its P12 Pro tablet will join, and Galaxy Z Fold 3 is likely to be part of it at some point. Samsung will also launch a new Galaxy Tab S8 tablet during that time.