Android 12
| Android 12 | |
|---|---|
| Version of the Android operating system | |
Screenshots of Android 12 with Pixel Launcher | |
| Developer | |
| OS family | Android |
| General availability | October 4, 2021 March 7, 2022 (on Android 12L) |
| Final release | 12.0.0_r69 (SSV1.210916.103) / March 3, 2025 |
| Final preview | Beta 5 (SPB5.210812.002) / September 8, 2021 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Preceded by | Android 11 |
| Succeeded by | Android 13 |
| Official website | www |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported as of March 3, 2025 Google Play Services supported | |
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. The first beta was released on May 18, 2021. Android 12 was publicly released on October 4, 2021, through the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), and was released to supported Google Pixel devices on October 19, 2021.
As of January 2026, Android 12 is the 5th most widely used version of Android, with 10.66% market share, with 682 million devices. The first phones to have Android 12 were the Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.