We are looking forward to the official news about Android 12, Google’s next major update to its mobile operating system, and we may have seen some major changes in the user interface last week, thanks to XDA Developers. But now, thanks again to XDA Developers, we can know something even more important: the name of the Android 12 dessert.
For years, Android launches have also been identified with dessert names, and each year’s dessert started with the next sequential letter of the alphabet. Google has abandoned dessert names in favor of Android 10 numerals, but the company still uses dessert names internally. The name of the Android 11 dessert was apparently Red Velvet Cake, for example. Android 12 name? XDA Developers says it’s the snow cone.
Snow Cone is … well. But, to be honest with you, I can’t remember the last time I ate a snow cone. And “Snow Cone” doesn’t make my mouth water right away like some of the other Google classics, like “Ice Cream Sandwich”.
The skeleton of the crew in The Verge this beautiful Monday (it’s a federal holiday here in the USA) we think we could do better. So we thought of 17 other dessert names that start with “S” that, in our opinion, would be more delicious names for Android 12:
- S’mores
- Salted caramel
- Saltwater taffy
- Cake Sheet
- Sponge cake
- strawberry biscuit
- crispy dry cake
- Soufflé
- Sundae
- Ice cream
- Light duty
- Stracciatella
- Sugar Cookie
- Samoas
- Snickerdoodle
- Streusel
- Stroopwafel
I hope you’re hungry after reading all these names, because I’m sure.
Other recent reports may point to other new rumors about Android 12. According to XDA Developers, “We learned that Google has internally dubbed some of its notification UI changes as the start of the ‘road to NEXT material’, which could suggest broader changes in the road to Google’s Material Design guidelines. There may also be changes to the default unlock UI, the quick settings panel, and more on Android 12.
Google may be implementing a one-way mode for Android 12, XDA Developers also reported. And Google can come up with a way for Pixel smartphones to check which way your head is, to avoid rotating the screen when, for example, you’re lying on your side in bed.