Android 12
E318303
Android 12 is a major version of Google's mobile operating system that introduced a refreshed Material You design, enhanced privacy controls, and performance improvements for Android devices.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Android 12 canonical | 6 |
| Android 12 Snow Cone | 1 |
| Android 12 family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2991952 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Android 12 Context triple: [Pixel 5a, upgradableTo, Android 12]
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A.
Android 12L
Android 12L is a specialized version of Android 12 optimized for large-screen devices like tablets and foldables, featuring enhanced multitasking and improved interface layouts.
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B.
Android 11
Android 11 is a major version of Google’s mobile operating system that introduced enhanced privacy controls, improved messaging features, and better device and media management for Android smartphones.
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C.
Android 13
Android 13 is a version of Google's Android operating system that focuses on enhanced privacy controls, refined user customization, and improved performance for smartphones and tablets.
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D.
Android 10
Android 10 is a major version of Google’s mobile operating system that introduced system-wide dark mode, improved privacy controls, and enhanced gesture navigation for Android devices.
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E.
Android
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, widely used on smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Android 12 Target entity description: Android 12 is a major version of Google's mobile operating system that introduced a refreshed Material You design, enhanced privacy controls, and performance improvements for Android devices.
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A.
Android 12L
Android 12L is a specialized version of Android 12 optimized for large-screen devices like tablets and foldables, featuring enhanced multitasking and improved interface layouts.
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B.
Android 11
Android 11 is a major version of Google’s mobile operating system that introduced enhanced privacy controls, improved messaging features, and better device and media management for Android smartphones.
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C.
Android 13
Android 13 is a version of Google's Android operating system that focuses on enhanced privacy controls, refined user customization, and improved performance for smartphones and tablets.
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D.
Android 10
Android 10 is a major version of Google’s mobile operating system that introduced system-wide dark mode, improved privacy controls, and enhanced gesture navigation for Android devices.
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E.
Android
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, widely used on smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Android version
ⓘ
mobile operating system version ⓘ |
| announcedAt |
Google I/O
ⓘ
surface form:
Google I/O 2021
|
| basedOn | Linux kernel ⓘ |
| codename | Snow Cone ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| firstDeveloperPreviewReleaseDate | 2021-02-18 ⓘ |
| firstPublicBetaReleaseDate | 2021-05-18 ⓘ |
| firstShippedOn |
Pixel 6
ⓘ
Google Pixel 6 Pro ⓘ
surface form:
Pixel 6 Pro
|
| followedBy | Android 13 ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2021-10-04 ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
AVIF image format support
ⓘ
Game Dashboard ⓘ HEVC transcoding support ⓘ Material Design ⓘ
surface form:
Material You design language
Private Compute Core enhancements ⓘ Rich content insertion API ⓘ approximate location permission ⓘ dynamic color theming based on wallpaper ⓘ enhanced widgets with Material You styling ⓘ improved accessibility features ⓘ improved auto-rotate with face detection ⓘ improved haptic feedback controls ⓘ improved notifications UI ⓘ improved power efficiency ⓘ mic and camera usage indicators ⓘ new privacy dashboard ⓘ one-handed mode ⓘ performance improvements ⓘ quick settings toggles for camera and microphone access ⓘ rounded UI elements and larger touch targets ⓘ scrolling screenshots ⓘ |
| kernelName | Linux ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| license |
Apache License 2.0
ⓘ
GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form:
GNU General Public License v2
|
| majorReleaseNumber | 12 ⓘ |
| marketingName |
Android 12
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Android 12 Snow Cone
|
| partOf |
Android
ⓘ
surface form:
Android operating system
|
| platform |
ARM
ⓘ
ARM64 ⓘ x86 ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Android 11 ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Android TV
ⓘ
surface form:
Android TV (Android TV 12)
Wear OS ⓘ
surface form:
Wear OS 3 (adapted)
smartphones ⓘ tablets ⓘ |
| sourceModel |
open source
ⓘ
proprietary components ⓘ |
| stableReleaseDate | 2021-10-04 ⓘ |
| targetDevices |
Android smartphones
ⓘ
Android tablets ⓘ |
| UIFramework |
Material Design
ⓘ
surface form:
Material You
|
| updateDistributedVia | over-the-air update ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Android 12 Description of subject: Android 12 is a major version of Google's mobile operating system that introduced a refreshed Material You design, enhanced privacy controls, and performance improvements for Android devices.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Android 12 family
this entity surface form:
Android 12 Snow Cone