At I/O, Google debuts Android 12 beta with new design, Wear OS and more SHARE Android 12, the Google LLC mobile operating system now used in some 3 billion active devices worldwide, today debuted in beta test mode with a new design, developer tools and updates to the Android-based WearOS software for wearable devices. The updates came today at the virtual but live Google I/O 2021 developer conference, where the company also revealed new features for Android Studio, the Kotlin programming language, the Jetpack’s code library suite and more. The Android 12 Beta brings to the forefront personalization and does so through design elements and user interface, giving users a greater ability to control how the user interface looks and feels than ever before. The beta is now available on Pixel phones as well as other Android-capable devices.