Samsung announces Android 12L for the Galaxy Tab S8

Samsung has introduced some interesting news in recent times, both as regards his smartphones that regarding its series of tablets with the Galaxy Tab S8 family.

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In the last few hours, the South Korean giant has announced a big news precisely for its top-of-the-range tablets. Let’s talk about the official arrival of a major update, that is, of Android 12L. This is the new Android version released by Google specifically for tablets, with a customized user interface specifically for devices with large displays.

So let’s take a look at the innovations introduced by Samsung on the various models of Galaxy Tab S8 with Android 12L:

The increasingly smart Taskbar, gesture for the Split Screen

The animation you find below shows the new potential of the Taskbar Android 12L also on Samsung tablets. It is essentially the same novelty that we have seen on the new folded leaflets from Samsung.

There is also one new gesture to quickly enable it Split Screen, using the side swipe, as you can see from the animation below. The novelty can be activated via the system settings Settings > Advanced features > Labs > Swipe by split screen.

New options for Split Screen

Some come new options also for Split Screen, the split screen mode on Samsung tablets. It will be possible to open the view of notifications just received by dragging the notification from the Taskbar to the UI.

It will also be possible to save entire groups of activities or apps opened via App Pair. Below you will find an animation that provides a preview of the innovations described.

Transparent pop-ups

With the new update Samsung adds the possibility of see through pop-up windows holding down on the outline associated with their window. This will make it easier to interact with the various elements present in the interface when they are used many apps.

In addition to the news just seen, Samsung makes it known that it has expanded optimization of Android 12L to a greater number of apps. This will make it possible to use Android 12L’s dedicated big screen options across multiple apps, including third parts.

Android 12L, with all the news just seen customized by Samsung, arrives with the One UI 4.1.1. There automatic distribution for Galaxy Tab S8 it should start soon. Subsequently, the rollout is also expected for the Galaxy Tab S8, Tab S7, Tab S7 FE, Tab S6, Tab S6 Lite and Tab Active3 series.