While some smartphones
are preparing to welcome Android 13
in a few months, the version 12
of the OS will soon arrive on TV.
Better definition for the interface, text size, choice of refresh rate, Android TV 12 will above all bring small welcome corrections.
Everything for the image on Android TV 12
It’s rather consistent that an operating system for televisions focuses its updates on the image above all. Certainly, deeper changes would be welcome in order to make the operating system even more complete, but Google first wants to improve the visual experience.
To do this, the American giant will, among other things, talk to lovers of details, since the first thing we will see in this update will be the definition of the Android TV interface. Until then blocked at an aging 1080p, it will be available in Ultra HD 4K, undoubtedly delighting owners of compatible televisions.
Next comes an improvement in the display frequency of the TV. Android TV 12 will add automatic management of refresh rate switching. To be clear, the operating system will be able to force televisions to go from 60 to 120 frames per second, or even 30 or 25, even when the content being played is stuck at 24 frames per second ( as is the case with a very large number of films).
This functionality makes it possible, for example, to ensure great interface fluidity, even when playing content with a low refresh rate.
Enlarge the text for the sake of your eyes
Depending on the size of your television, its distance or your own sight, it is not always easy to read what an interface wants to tell us. Settings, menus, synopses of films and series, if you have to get closer to the screen, the experience can become frustrating.
Amazingly, it wasn’t possible to do this on Android TV yet. Version 12 of Google’s OS will make it possible to enlarge the size of the text to 115 and 130%, adapting the organization of the menus according to the format of the text displayed on the screen.
It’s difficult to know the release date of Android TV 12 at this time, but it is interesting to know that the version reserved for developers and developers is, according to Google, close to the one which will arrive “early this year” for the general public. .
Source: Medium.com
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