The 4th and final Beta version of Android 13 was released today. This release provides an early taste of Android 13 for those brave enough to try it before it’s released. But this Beta is even more important for developers, as they can test their apps in the new version to see if they work properly.
Google said that the official version of Android 13 will be available to everyone “in a few weeks”. For comparison, Android 12 was released in October last year, while Android 11 was released in September 2020.
The latest Beta version doesn’t bring too many tweaks, but the details have been tuned to make the experience more stable. The new version doesn’t add new features, as the previous Beta release of Android 13 introduced support for the new Bluetooth LE Audio standard, new app icon theme options, and a new photo selector to limit the number of images the app can access, etc. Android 13 also introduces the tablet optimizations introduced in Android 12L, an incremental update This incremental update is optimized especially for large screen devices.
Compared to last year’s Android 12 update, Android 13 has relatively few user improvements. But that’s not a bad thing. Android 12 was a major update in Android’s history, making sweeping improvements to the interface and features, but also introducing a number of bugs. android 13, while lacking obvious improvements, means that the update will be smoother.
