The Android 12/13 UI really grinds my gears. Excessive amounts of whitespace, and the notification shade has become “kiddified” - Turning off wifi/mobile data now takes 2 taps, the icons are all ridiculously big and takes up so much screen space, etc.

I personally don’t like phones that are excessively big, because I use it a lot on my commutes. Screen real estate is valuable to me, and while whitespace has its uses, I think Android 12/13 went too far - it might work better on a tablet, but it sucks on a phone. I was really tempted by the Pixel, but ended up getting a Samsung partially because of this (One UI doesn’t have the same bloated-whitespace look).

Am I the only one? Surely Google did user testing… didn’t they?

  • Devgard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    personally i quite like it, but the quick settings menu is the one thing I don’t quite like. with the Material You redesign, one handed use is improved as the app starts with more elements closer to your actual hand.