American tech giant Google released Android 12 last week, and now it’s launching the next feature drop, which is Android 12L. The L stands for large screens, as the focus of this release will be all about better adapting the OS to tablets, foldable, and ChromeOS devices.

As per ANI, Android 12 will become available early next year, in time for the next wave of Android 12 tablets and foldable.

A developer preview of Android 12L is now out for emulator use, and it will be available soon for Lenovo’s Tab P12 Pro. Later a public beta for Pixel devices will be opened too, as Android 12L will also arrive as an update for phones, even though most of its features won’t be visible on smaller screens.

The UI has been refined for use on large screens. This includes notifications, quick settings, the lock screen, the home screen, the overview, and so on.

On large screens, the notification shade, lock screen, and other system surfaces all use a new two-column layout, and system apps are also optimized, ANI reported from Washington.

For enhanced multitasking, Android 12L has a new taskbar that allows for quick switching between your favourite apps on the fly. This also makes split-screen mode easier to discover – all you need to do to engage it is drag and drop an app from the taskbar. All apps are enabled to enter a split-screen mode in Android 12L, which is another big step forward.