Android 12 (Beta): What is System-wide Wallpaper-based theming?

Android 12 has been announced by Google at the Google I/O 2021 as the upcoming version of Google’s OS for smartphones.

Moreover, 11 brands including OnePlus, Vivo, Oppo, Samsung, Xiaomi, iQOO, Asus, Pixel, and others have received the beta version update of the operating system for testing and development of their skin.

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However, Android 12 features might be available only for the Google Pixel devices.

Meanwhile, this newer version of Android aims to provide a unique color theme, easy-to-use UI, fast app loading times, improved privacy features, and more.

System-wide Wallpaper-based theming

This is a major change towards the system UI in Android 12. The whole system theme will be based on your wallpaper and it will be decided by the phone itself.

This means the phone will pick up a primary and an accent color on its own and then apply it to most of the UI from buttons to sliders.

Also, widgets fall in the same category, as soon as the wallpaper changes, widget color adapts to the background wallpaper image.

In the official Android 12 Preview, Google is calling this Wallpaper-based Theming as Material You design.