Android 12 DP3 makes screenshots more useful with a new gesture

Do you have Android 11? Take a screenshot: you will notice thatA small thumbnail of the capture appears as a floating thumbnail at the bottom of the screen. This thumbnail will stay on the screen for a few seconds before disappearing on its own. You can also try tapping to go faster. cross in the right corner of the stickerIn use, this system is not always practical; the cross mark that eliminates the sticker is too easy to miss.

And accidental screenshot taken frequently when the physical buttons of the device are pressed Lose a few seconds every time on Android 11. It’s not much, to be honest, but it can be annoying in the long run. Android 12 looks set to change that with new gestures instead of a cross that will make the thumbnail disappear.

Android 12 DP3: The gesture that makes screenshots disappear is now the same as notifications

The new feature was first spotted in the Android 12 Developer Preview, but Google has improved it significantly with Android 12 DP3. In fact, at first, it was possible to drag the capture thumbnail off the screen so that it would disappear to the right. For ergonomic reasons, the company decided to make this swipe action possible to the left as well as the right.

Thanks to hidden references in the source code of Android 12 DP3, we know that: The final versions of the next version of the operating system will usher in a completely new design language known as code Material NEXT.

We saw especially hints of radical design changes The Quick Settings panel features more square icons and a completely different slider design. Allowing the user to swipe the screenshots left or right, Google seems to be unifying the experience, as this is the expected behavior in notifications, for example.

Source : Android Police