Android 12

Android 12
Version of the Android operating system
Screenshots of Android 12 with Pixel Launcher
DeveloperGoogle
OS familyAndroid
General
availability
October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04)
March 7, 2022 (2022-03-07) (on Android 12L)
Final release12.0.0_r69 (SSV1.210916.103) / March 3, 2025 (2025-03-03)
Final previewBeta 5 (SPB5.210812.002) / September 8, 2021 (2021-09-08)
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Preceded byAndroid 11
Succeeded byAndroid 13
Official websitewww.android.com/android-12/
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.