The latest Android 12 update is out, and it comes with new app splash screens This article is part of our Android 12 Developer Preview Three lands today. As usual, Google highlights the developer-facing changes in today's announcement, though it's almost certain there are other user-facing changes and hidden features in DP3 beyond the publicly documented API and permissions tweaks. Importantly, this is also the last major release before Android 12 enters its Beta Program, and changes start to slow down a bit. Though Google highlights how DP3 affects developers more than anything, there are a few changes it sounds like we'll notice, including a new "app launch experience" that provides automatic splash screens for starting apps. Some of the details, like automatic dark theme support, leaked back in February, and we actually got a glimpse of them in action in a recent leak (pictured below). These new splash screens will use a standardized set of design elements — things like the app's icon and preset transitions — but developers can also further customize it if they choose to, and it's enabled by default, so we should notice it right off the bat.