Android 12La característica más notable es la nueva interfaz de usuario “Material You” con temas de color en todo el sistema. Just change your wallpaper and the phone UI will match the colors. A smartphone operating system of yesteryear had a similar idea years ago, and it was great.
You might remember Microsoft's last attempt at a smartphone operating system, Windows Phone. He was ahead of his time in so many ways, but ultimately, lack of app support was its biggest downfall. Despite this, one thing Windows Phone absolutely nailed was its "Metro UI" design.
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Windows Phone and Android never remotely alike, but Material You and Metro UI share an important feature. Windows Phone le permitió elegir un tema claro u oscuro y un color de “acento” secundario, in the same way as now in Windows 10 and 11.
That accent color choice can be found throughout the UI. The most noticeable place where accent color could be seen was on the home screen. The “mosaicos en vivo” de Windows Phone usaron el color de acento. Even if an application did not use the accent color in its user interface, most of them still made it for the live mosaic. You can easily fill your home screen with tiles with matching colors.
Accent color wasn't just limited to system apps either. Most third-party apps also used accent color. Windows Phone, more than any other smartphone operating system ever, had the most consistent look from home screen to in-app experience. System-wide and third-party applications, it was a very cohesive experience.
Android 12 is trying something similar with Material You. Instead of manually choosing an accent color, stems from your wallpaper. You can change the colors slightly by choosing a different color palette, but you can't choose a specific color. If you don't want to use the wallpaper for the theme, only have four color options.
Windows Phone had 20 accent colors to select. It didn't have as many nuances as Material You, since it was literally just an accent color with a white or black background. Even so, truly felt that the phone's user interface matched his personal style, even without a wallpaper on the home screen, which in conclusion got Windows Phone.
In any case, there are downsides to this design style, and Android 12 you will also encounter these problems. Services that focus on having the same experience on Android and iPhone will not adopt Material You themes. Many applications have a different brand that is easily identifiable. Lo último que buscan hacer es “mezclarse” con el resto de la interfaz de usuario del teléfono.
Many Windows Phone ideas have stood the test of time. The flat icon style that was introduced with Metro UI is still quite prevalent in software design. Actually, if you enable the Material You theme for icons, you will get the same kind of flat icon in a color shape effect as live tiles. Everything is coming to the starting point.
There were many legitimate problems with Windows Phone. Today it does not exist for very good reasons. But that doesn't mean it has nothing to offer the world of smartphones.. Both Android and iOS / Apple's iPadOS have taken parts of Windows Phone over the years. Con Material You de Android 12, someone in conclusion took the best part.
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