Activate the ‘Material You’ Dynamic Theme on Android 12

Bianca Patrick
2 min readAug 11, 2021

Google’s ecosystem is similar to Apple’s. Its users have access to a wide range of products for all of their technological requirements. The tech behemoth has continued to evolve, releasing innovative product after inventive product.

Google’s next big smartphone update, Android 12, is mainly focused on design. “Material du,” A new design language combining simple, engaging graphics with color themes derived from the phone’s wallpaper.

Next Big Update

To test the feature right now, you’ll need an Android 12 beta device, because Android 12 scans the smartphone’s background to determine the color palette for the system’s user interface. This functionality includes buttons, backdrops, menus, and more; Chrome is now included as well.

It is worth mentioning that Android 12 is still in the beta version and has not been released yet. No telling when the final version will be launched since no release date has been given by Google. Follow the steps outlined in the article to access Android 12.

Chrome Canary can be downloaded if your smartphone is running the Android 12 beta. This dynamic theme functionality is presently available in Chrome’s trial version. Fair warning: Canary software is risky since it includes new features that haven’t been thoroughly tested by bugs. Simply put, Chrome Canary will not perform as well as the stable version of Chrome.

It’s time to get to work after clicking through the initial registration screens. This option is now controlled by two “flags,” which are essentially hidden Google features that are currently being tested.

After accessing Chrome Canary, the Chrome Canary user interface should now change to match your wallpaper. To be fair, it’s all quite subtle, but it’s a good aesthetic. Chrome Canary should adjust the theme to match your new wallpaper. It works in both bright and dark modes, so people who prefer to surf with a darker theme will be able to use it as well.

However, it is not yet perfect; context menus, for example, may not reflect the theme change, so your Chrome Canary experience may differ from what we expect Chrome to be when Android 12 is released officially.

Summing Up

It seems as if we have been waiting for Android 13 since forever. The beta version has revealed some interesting features which will make SMS share quite easy however we aren’t sure which features will stay in the final version. We will have to wait a bit more for this update.

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Bianca Patrick

Bianca is a content creator & a passionate blogger. She is a professional tech blogger & an avid reader. She loves to explore topics related to tech.