Google published the second Developer Preview of Android 13 earlier this week, but there appear to be some hidden gems in the latest code. Even though it isn't yet available to everyone, Developer Preview 2 contains a new popup for copying text that appears similar to the screenshot popup in current Android versions.
Esper outlined the functionality in a blog post; it is not yet enabled in the public build, but it was enabled with the assistance of developer Danny Lin. When you copy text, photos, or other data to the system clipboard, the new capability displays a popup at the bottom. If the clipboard content is an image, a tiny preview of the picture is displayed; if it is text, the text is displayed.
The new popup now includes an edit option (with a pencil icon), which allows you to change the contents without pasting them someplace else and copying them again. The edit button for photos launches the Markup programme, whereas the text edit button launches a lightweight text editor. If a recommended action is available, a third button appears for copied text — for example, an open button for Chrome may show when a site URL is copied.
Because this isn't even enabled by default in Developer Preview 2, it's uncertain whether the capability will make it into a subsequent beta or preview version in time for Android 13's final release. That is theoretically true for all features in beta software packages, but it is especially true for something that is not yet meant to be utilised. Because it appears to be completely working, inclusion in Android 13 appears likely, but we won't know for sure until it arrives.
Runtime permissions for app alerts, enhanced Japanese text wrapping, a new Text Conversion API for languages such as Japanese, COLR typefaces, MIDI 2.0, Bluetooth LE Audio, and other modifications are also included in Android 13 Developer Preview 2. More information and download links for Pixel devices may be found in our main Android 13 Developer Preview 2 article.
