Android 12

Android 12
Version of the Android operating system
Android 12 home screen with Pixel Launcher
DeveloperGoogle
OS familyAndroid
General
availability		October 4, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-04)
Latest release12.0.0_r65 (SSV1.210916.098)[1] / November 4, 2024; 6 days ago (2024-11-04)
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Preceded byAndroid 11
Succeeded byAndroid 13
Official websitewww.android.com/android-12/ Edit this at Wikidata
Support status
Supported[2]

Android 12 is the twelfth major release and 19th version of Android, the mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google.[3] The first beta was released on May 18, 2021. Android 12 was released publicly on October 4, 2021, through Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and was released to supported Google Pixel devices on October 19, 2021.[4][5][6] As of April 2024, it is the oldest Android version still supported via source code patches.[7]

As of August 2024, Android 12 is the 3rd most widely-used version of Android, with 15% market share (far behind Android 13),[8] with 682 million devices. The first phones to have Android 12 were the Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.

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