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At Google’s annual I/O developer conference this month, the search giant unveiled a sweeping design overhaul of its Android mobile operating software, describing Android 12 as “private and secure,” a “deeply personal” mobile OS, and one that also now works better together with other devices. The changes unveiled ahead of the now-available public beta release include the “Material You” design, with its new color palette, new buttons and sliders, and a more fluid app experience overall. Among other changes we noted in our initial summary of Android 12, a new Google Assistant invocation method is available to users by simply long-pressing the power button to summon the virtual assistant. And there are also new privacy features in Android 12, such as phones and tablets run the latest Android release being able to show indicators at the top of the screen which will signal to the user that the camera and/or the microphone are currently in use.
In addition to all the other Android 12 bells and whistles that Google unveiled, meanwhile, including a refreshed lock screen and other touches that inspired Google to call this update this biggest design overhaul in Android’s history, there’s at least one interesting feature that has been kept somewhat secret, which Google actually didn’t announce at all at I/O this year. Spotted by Reddit user Kilarasx, it seems there’s actually a secret game mode tucked away in the Digital Wellbeing settings -- and here’s how you find it.
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