Android 12 is set to offer some of the most extensive changes and redesigns of the user interface, with a wide range of user interface elements and menus that get a more “full” look in the latest version 3 of the developer.
A large number of the most prominent interface elements, dialog boxes and menus, including the pop-up side volume panel, are at the end of these changes in Android 12 DP3. We can certainly predict this as a divisive change for Android 12. Instead of the usual look, which was a key component of Android 9 to Android 11, Android 12 softens the sharp edges.
User interface changes extend right to the media player preview window in Android 12 DP3, as the artist album art is now rounded to emulate the bubble-filled aesthetic used elsewhere. The changes extend to the Recents app menu, while the Pixel launcher now has rounded corners when you drag in the app drawer. As I said, this could be a very divisive change in areas that did not necessarily feel as if they even needed such a revision. You can see just a handful of differences between Android UI 11 and 12 below:
That being said, if Google intends to make more changes to the user interface in future Android 12 Beta versions, changes made in other parts of areas like the Settings menu may look like the entire operating system and feel a little less cohesive – the little from a design perspective.
As the animations have also been modified to be more bouncy, the use of domed or rounded corners for most major UI menus and items is starting to make more sense, especially considering the same feeling of previous updates compared to their predecessors. Tell us in the comments section what you think about these changes. Android 12 Developer Preview 3 definitely feels like a small UI in its execution.
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