Update 8/24: After a lull in updates — besides Contacts, Google News is the latest app to adopt Android 12’s animated splash screen.. It’s introduced with version 5.37 and one of the more ...

In some cases, like Google Chrome, this splash screen is brand new in Android 12 and not a part of the app itself. In others, the splash screen gets redesigned, which is what we see with Slack.

Not only are splash screens now an acceptable part of Android design, Google is making immediate use of them in a defensive move against other cloud providers such as Microsoft.

Pixelmator's image editing apps have been updated with no bug fixes and no improvements — but it did get a new splash screen confirming the firm's acquisition by Apple.

Android 12 delivers a new App Splash Screen system, so all apps will either need to point to their custom splash screen of choice, or be subject to a default splash screen.

If seeing the PortableApps splash screen every single time you launch Portable Firefox gets on your nerves, you aren't alone, and thankfully there's a quick and easy solution to your problem.

Immediately, you'll be greeter with a splash screen. You'll want to tap on the Set default SMS app button. From the list presented, tap on the text messaging app of your choice .

With that being said, there's a good chance that Google will update all of their apps to include this splash screen, and I just haven't gotten those updates yet. You know how Google is with updates.

Samsung's recent One UI 8 beta reportedly detailed new lock screen customization in its "What's New" splash screen. The ...