Android 12
| Version of the Android operating system | |
Screenshots with Pixel Launcher | |
| Developer | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Android |
| General availability | October 4, 2021 (on emulated devices)
October 19, 2021 (on Pixel 6 & Pixel 6 Pro) 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 released publicly on October 4, 2021, through Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and was released to supported Google Pixel devices on October 19, 2021.
As of March 2025, Android 12 is the 3rd most widely used version of Android, with 12.89% market share (slightly behind Android 13), with 682 million devices. The first phones to have Android 12 were the Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.