After a number of developer previews and beta variations, the official model of Android TV / Google TV Android 12 has been lastly launched.

Android TV 12 has an amazing enchancment over the earlier model. It gives a number of main options and enhancements. This method brings a redesigned UI, helps 4K UI rendering, dynamic refresh price switching, background blur, improved assist for HDR format and encompass sound format, Android 12 fashion microphone and digital camera indicator to reinforce privateness, and extra. Builders ought to like particularly the dynamic refresh price switching. Now, they’ll combine the characteristic to seamlessly change between body charges.

Media:

• Switching the refresh price throughout playback now not reveals movement jitter;
• Accuracy of licensed API for reporting show mode, HDR format, and encompass sound format.

UI:

• Use RenderEffect and WindowManager for background blur;
• 4K UI assist;
• Accessibility settings for font measurement.

Privateness and safety:

• Microphone and digital camera indicator;
• Microphone and digital camera change;
• System authentication by Android KeyStore API;
• Android 12 for Android TV microphone and the digital camera toggle.

HDMI & Tuner:

• Help HDMI CEC 2.0;
• Tuner HAL 1.1 with DTMB assist and efficiency enhancements;
• Use Tuner Service to offer a greater safety mannequin.

Though that is the ultimate model, it’s nonetheless aimed toward builders. This merely signifies that unusual customers can not obtain it on Chromebox or Android TV. They want a tool known as ADT-3, which is an Android TV adapter for builders.

With the official launch of Android 12, we’re additionally making the newest platform launch accessible for TV. Take this chance to start out constructing and testing your apps to make them appropriate with the newest Android launch on the brand new Google TV expertise. Alternatively, the construct photographs for the usual Android TV expertise are additionally accessible for obtain.

We’ve added additional customizations in Android 12 to enhance the expertise and compatibility on TV gadgets. A few of the highlights coming with Android 12 for TV are media playback enhancements, extra refined person interface capabilities, and privateness and safety enhancements. As well as, we’re introducing higher requirements assist and enhancements for HDMI and tuners.

Google stated that current ADT-Three developer gadgets will routinely obtain Android TV 12 updates over the air. If not, click on right here to obtain the mirror manually and flash in.

Nevertheless, we nonetheless haven’t any trace when this replace will come to the Google Chromecast dongle. As a reminder, it’s nonetheless working Android TV OS 10 and hasn’t seen any updates in a number of months.