How to start testing the Android 12 beta right now May 18, 2021 15:38 EDT with 7 comments Today, Google formally announced Android 12, which is packing some major UI changes in the form of Material You, in addition to some privacy enhancements, and other new features. Of course, along with that, the company also announced the Android 12 beta program, as it usually does at its I/O developer event. This time around, Google is saying the beta program is available on devices from 11 different brands, which you can find here. We're going to be focusing on Google's Pixel devices, which are the easiest to setup for the beta program because beta builds are simply served as OTA updates instead of requiring you to flash a new build.