Samsung had other OEMs beat with an early release of Android 12 for the Galaxy S21 series, even though it appears to be causing issues
This pre-release Android 13 build (via XDA-Developers) has revealed a few features that may still be around by the time the OS gets a public release. You never know this early in development, but the source is confident that the screenshots below are genuine.
Keep in mind that, aside from these features having an uncertain nature, Samsung covers Android OS with its proprietary One UI skin, and not every Android feature always makes it through. With that being said, let’s have a look at what Google’s working on in the early stages of Android 13.
Per-app language options and notifications runtime permissions
Google appears to be working on a new feature in Android 13, codenamed “Panlingual.” If implemented in the final build, it will enable per-app language settings and allow multilingual users to set different languages for different apps without having to change the system language.
In addition, app notifications could be getting runtime permissions in Android 13. In other words, similar to camera and location services, notifications could become an opt-in feature via Privacy settings and upon installing new apps in Android 13.
This appears to be an effort from Google to help users reduce notification spamming, although it poses the question as to whether or not every app will have notifications disabled by default.
New UI lock screen clock option
Android 12 added a new visual effect wherein the lock screen clock changes from a double-line layout to a single-line one when notifications arrive.
Android 13 appears to be adding a new toggle for disabling this lock screen animation and maintaining a double-line layout for the lock screen clock regardless of notifications
