[11][12] Android 13 includes several new features intended to enhance user privacy, both user-facing and developer-facing.

[13][14] A new media picker is added, which improves privacy by allowing users to choose which photos and videos apps have access to.

This change means that apps can now be allowed to search for nearby devices and networks without needing to request access to broader navigational systems.

[18] Small changes to dialog windows such as the Internet toggle have been added, making them fit better with the design language.

The media player has been redesigned, now using the album cover as a background, and including more user controls.

[18] Android 13 also adds support for WiFi 7, which is intended to decrease latency, buffering, lag and congestion.

Overflow notifications on the lock screen also are housed in a dynamically sized pill rather than a bar, and the 2-line stacked clock is slightly smaller.

[18] The app label font has been changed in the Pixel Launcher, and subtle haptics have been added throughout the user experience.

Android 13 ART was updated with a new garbage collector (GC) utilizing the Linux userfaultfd system call.