Other new features include an updated media player that now includes album artwork. Apps can be customized by language, color, and theme. With Android 13, some third-party app icons will match the color and tint of a phone's wallpaper instead of just the icons belonging to Google apps. You also have more control over the information that apps can and cannot access including certain photographs, videos, and clipboard history.

Android 13 allows Pixel users to disable the two-line digital clock that appears when there are no notification

The update will also allow Pixel users to turn off the huge two-line digital clock when there are no notifications and have it moved to the top left-corner. And your smart home devices can now be controlled from the lock screen without having to unlock your handset. These features need to be toggled off and on, respectively. You can find these controls by going to Settings > Display > Lock screen > Double-line clock (which is enabled by default) or Control from locked device (which is disabled by default). The update includes the August security update. Those who joined the Android 13 beta program will receive a smaller update to install. For example, this writer's Pixel 6 Pro was running Android 13 Beta 4.1 and the update to Android 13 weighed in at only 31.96MB. Also, those in the beta program can choose to stay and receive beta versions of the quarterly Pixel feature drops into next year. But if you want to exit the beta program without having to wipe your phone, wait until you've installed the stable version of  Android 13. Then you will have a limited time to opt-out of the beta program without having to wipe the data from your phone. Again, once the stable version of Android 13 is installed, you go back to the Android beta program website at www.google.com/android/beta. Tap on the box that says "View your eligible devices" and select Opt out.

You must do this before you exit the Android 13 beta program to avoid having to wipe your device

Remember, you only have a limited time to escape from the Android beta program unscathed. If you want to return to the beta program, the next opportunity to do so will come in September with the QPR beta in September. This beta program will end in December with the release of the Quarterly Pixel Feature Drop; with the release of that stable update, those still members of the beta program or those who re-joined it, will be able to opt-out without having to wipe their phone.