26 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 88ANDROID 12
would automate this process a little more
and send the password over Android’s
Nearby Share feature.Restricted Networking Mode
This is another feature dug up from
AOSP. It appears to be a setting that,
when enabled, restricts networking
only to apps with a specific high-
level permission – which will in effect
limit network access only to default
system apps, and none that the user
has installed. We’re hoping this will be
joined by a customizable permission list
that allows you to specify which apps
have permission to use the network, but
even if not this could be a useful new
networking safe mode.Native support
for WireGuard VPN
VPNs are becoming more and more the
norm in these digitally surveilled times in
which we live. So, it’s good news that the
new, fast encryption protocol WireGuard
looks like it will have native support in
the new version of Android.App pairs
This is a new split-screen multitasking
feature that will allow you to save
shortcuts to specific pairs of apps so
that they open together. First reported
by 9to5Google, app pairs are another
feature you can already find in some
Android phones, but Google is now
building an official implementation.Encryption protocol WireGuard looks like it will have native support in Android 12.