Google is rolling out the stable version of its latest generation of Android on Pixel devices starting today. The Android 12 has brought newer and better customization features, new visual identity and a lot more. Google’s new redesign Material You will roll out on all devices that run on Android 12. This will bring fresh design changes to Google’s Workspace apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

Now, if you are wondering whether your device will get the Android 12 update. We have compiled a list of all smartphones that will get the Android 12 update natively. This list features devices that are confirmed to get the update as well as those that are expected to get the updates.

While all of this looks great, Google wants you to believe that it’s not just all about design. To convince users for this, Google has rolled out a Privacy Dashboard to users, which really just puts all the privacy features and permissions under one umbrella. Under this dashboard, you can now get a microscopic and graphical view of which app is using what features on your phone, along with a ‘manage permissions’ shortcut that directly gives you access to feature-wise permissions – something that you find at the bottom of app permissions right now. Similar to Apple bringing the App Tracking Transparency feature for iPhone users earlier this year, Google’s Android 12 will also offer a similar feature to Android users with Android 12. According to an Android 12 support page from Google, users will be able to opt out of targeted or personalised ads by deleting an Advertising ID that allows works as an identifier to allow advertisers to track users’ movements online.

Android 12 will also show tiny icons at the top right corner to notify you which app is using your camera and/or microphone, in a bid to make you more aware of what apps might be sneakily activate certain permissions. This feature was rolled out by Apple with iOS 14 last year. However, Google has remained silent on anything that it may plan to do towards stopping apps that track your activities and serve ads – the way Apple has with app privacy permissions. It did, however, touch upon the Android Private Compute Core, which promises to do a lot of tasks such as live captioning and sensitive Google speech translate data within a walled off area locally in devices – without giving it any network access. It is a privacy positive move, but still one that somewhat skirts the bigger question.