Google Releases Second Preview Feature For Android 13, Anything?

The second Android 13 preview has rolled out. (photo: Doc. GSM Arena)

JAKARTA - The second Android 13 preview has rolled out. It includes a new feature where the app has to ask the user's permission to send notifications.

In this new feature, it seems that Google has adopted the capabilities of Apple. Because iOS has had this feature for years, and it's very useful for making sure only certain apps can send notifications to users.

"Apps targeting Android 13 now need to request notification permission from the user before posting a notification," said Dave Burke, VP of Engineering for Android, in an official company blog post.

Apps built for Android 12 or lower won't face this obligation, but if users want to disable app notifications, they'll have to set it up manually.

Another big feature in this second preview is Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio support. Bluetooth LE audio is a new standard that uses an audio codec, called the Low Complexity Communications Codec (LC3), which can transmit at lower bitrates in higher quality.

That will result in less energy consumption, leading to better battery life. The new Android 13 version is also better at handling non-Latin languages like Japanese and Tamil.

Launching The Verge, Friday, March 18, the second Android 13 preview also includes several other improvements, including support for the new MIDI 2.0 standard which adds two-way communication, more precise timing, and higher resolution with 32-bit messages. should give it a more analogous feel.

Previously, the first preview of Android 13 launched last February, showing off new theme options and a system-wide photo picker.

However, users are not advised to install this second preview, given that Android 13 is unlikely to be released publicly until after July, there may still be a lot of bugs to fix. Google expects to roll out the Android 13 beta sometime next April.