Adam Kos Google has released the Android 13 Developer Preview, in which it shows the first news of its new operating system called Tiramisu. And this time, too, he was inspired by Apple's competing iOS. However, there are not many novelties yet and it is certain that more will be added as time goes on. Even so, it will appeal to many iPhone users. The final version of the system should be available during the end of the summer.
A selection of photos
Android 13 has a new photo picker, for which it also provides an API, which is clearly similar to how Apple handles file picker menus on its iPhones. If the application requires access to your photos, it will ask for your consent. You can then allow the application to access the entire gallery, only a certain album or manually selected photos. And since it's a security issue that Google has been quite interested in lately, the new Android will provide just that option. Although the feature is first seen in Android 13, it should also see Android 11 and 12 with updates. The ability to hide your location from Wi-Fi networks is also associated with security.
Thematic icons
Another big new feature in DP1 is support for themed app icons for the entire system, not just for Google's own apps. Previously, the company rolled out app icon support for its new dynamic Material You theme system in beta (only on Pixel phones), but it only worked for a fixed set of apps (barring some hacks, that is). For users, this meant that Android 12 could look a little inconsistent with this feature.
However, according to Google, this will no longer be a problem, as it will bring a system-level icon change that will implement the Material You dynamic look on the icons (if, of course, the developers decide to support it). On the contrary, this is a feature that we would like to see even in the still-the-same-looking iOS.
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Vratislav Holub Quick launch panel
The Quick Launch feature is Android's alternative to iOS's Control Center (although it's more like the other way around). But because Android is a more open system, it gives the user the opportunity to edit it, or add and remove various options and functions from it, including those of third-party applications. Apple's iOS allows this only to a very limited extent, and only for system matters (and Shazam). Google knows this is a useful feature, so in Android 13 it will make it even faster to add third-party app functionality to this panel.
Language preferences for individual applications
In many cases, users set the language of their system to one language, for example Czech, but they want to select other languages for specific applications, such as German, Spanish and others, because they do not support Czech and do not speak English. That's why Android 13 introduces an API that allows apps to set the language you like, not depending on the system language.
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