Android 12 for mobile phones and tablets has been official for a few months, which was then followed by the version for Android TV and Google TV, available for the ADT-3 development device and the promise of coming to TVs and Chromecast laterbut we had no other information about it.
Now, Google’s Paul Lammertsma is a bit more specific in a Medium post urging Android TV app developers to prepare for the imminent arrival of Android 12. It will start “showing up on TV early 2022“, he says.
Android TV 12, closer to your TV
The policy of android tv update is even more confusing than mobile. Many TVs will keep the version they launched with, while devices like the Nvidia Shield have six years of updates behind them.
Esto generally no suppose mucho problema, pues los cambios en Android TV en el pasado han sido mínimos, pero Android 12 TV introduce algunas important novelties as compatibility with the interfaces in 4K resolution, adaptar los FPS de un app al content y las improvementes de confidentiality. If your TV needs updating, the good news is that shouldn’t take much longer to arrive. At least, according to Google.
The data comes from Google Developer Relations Engineer Paul Lammertsma, who posted a blog post highlighting the Android TV 12 major changes and how Android TV developers should adapt their apps to take advantage of these changes. These changes include the app synchronizing its frames per second with content, 4K interfaces, or support for text of different sizes, depending on the user’s choice.
The update hasn’t even hit Chromecast with Google TV yet
The most important thing for Android TV users is at the end, where it says “Android 12 will start appearing on TV at the beginning of this yearGiven that it’s March already, that should mean the update will start arriving in the next few weeks or months, or it could hardly be called “early”.
So far, Android TV 12 has been available for ADT-3 device for developers only (the firmware for them can be downloaded here) and the official Android Studio emulator, but it hadn’t reached any other devices, neither TVs, nor Chromecast, nor Google TV. Patience will still be required.
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