![]() (And your bootloader may be unlocked already.) It’s the rest of us that don’t want to, or need to, be messing around in any of these programs. If you are, then why are you reading this? You’ll be fine. There is a way to sideload the Preview without wiping your phone, but you need to be familiar with how to use ADB through Windows’ Command Line or MacOS’s Terminal. Yes, if you install the Preview using the Flash Tool, you will wipe all the data, apps, photos, and everything else from your phone in the process. But the first step of the process is unlocking your bootloader - you probably don’t know what that is, but it requires factory resetting your phone. To install the first Developer Preview of Android 12 you need a Google Pixel phone - it works on the Pixel 3/3 XL and later - and the easiest way to do so is using the Android Flash Tool. Have I put you off yet? No? Allow me to try harder. Why? The Android 12 software you install is nowhere near complete - that’s not the goal of this release - so some features may not work, and it is also a way for Google to find and squash bugs, meaning it may not be reliable. It’s not for everyday use, even if you are a developer. The Developer Preview is for app developers to try out the new APIs and frameworks in Android 12, making sure their apps meet new standards, take advantage of new features, and generally get familiar with the new version. That will likely arrive around September - yes, we’re that far away. It’s not the final, public release of the software. Google has released the first Developer Preview of Android 12. I decided out of curiosity that it was worth the effort, and subsequently discovered that it wasn’t worth it at all.
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