Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 has arrived on your Pixel cellphone

With August practically behind us, Google’s September Function Drop might be practically able to arrive any day now. That’s the software program the corporate’s been testing as Android 17 QPR1, which hit its Beta 9 launch earlier this month. However that’s not all that Google’s been cooking up, and we’ve additionally been following work on what’s prone to be our huge year-end replace, in improvement now as QPR2. It’s been two weeks since QPR2 Beta 3 landed, and right now Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 is arriving proper on schedule.

Google shares that Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 is arriving right now for Pixel testers, both as construct CP41.260814.003.A2, or CP41.260814.003.B1, relying in your {hardware}.

Regardless of the Pixel 11 hitting retail availability final week, to this point Google hasn’t launched QPR2 for it, however the firm says it must be obtainable quickly. Like earlier QPR2 variations, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Professional aren’t supported, as they’ll be outdoors Google’s software program window by the point this Function Drop has its secure launch.

With this launch, Google says that QPR2 Beta 4 has reached platform stability. Right here’s what Google shares is fastened:

• Enabling the “render apps beneath the cutout space” developer setting brought on a clear standing bar on the launcher after exiting fullscreen video playback. (Situation #295747911)
• A thermal administration situation that brought on gadgets to overheat and unexpectedly reboot throughout use. (Situation #437116407)
• A difficulty stopping display screen mirroring to exterior USB-C XR glasses. (Situation #439269938)
• Gesture navigation turned unresponsive when rendering apps beneath the show cutout. (Situation #441378954)
• The 80% battery restrict optimization brought on extreme cost occasions throughout the last 2% threshold. (Situation #477009501, Situation #476803337)
• A launcher UI situation the place trying to find apps within the app drawer did not course of textual content enter. (Situation #505157934, Situation #527921034, Situation #530531588, Situation #537704656)
• Invoking the ability menu by way of {hardware} buttons brought on a lacking background blur impact behind the navigation bar. (Situation #537202501)
• A difficulty the place cellphone name audio defaulted to the cellphone speaker as a substitute of linked Bluetooth gadgets. (Situation #537908014, Situation #541501134, Situation #541772860, Situation #545047074)
• A Recents app switcher rendering bug the place the primary job card may intermittently freeze and visually clip behind different apps throughout horizontal scrolling. (Situation #530484511, Situation #505564040, Situation #545574713, Situation #551022006)
• An audio service useful resource lock triggered throughout display screen recording that prevented microphone utilization throughout apps and enter strategies like Gboard and Gemini till a tool restart. (Situation #538229807)
• A System UI visible inconsistency the place turning off the display screen from the house display screen triggered a plain fade as a substitute of the power-button screen-off animation. (Situation #541261786)
• A low-contrast rendering situation in darkish mode the place the linked Wi-Fi settings cog icon was barely seen. (Situation #536320341)
• Enabling 3D mode on linked good glasses resulted in a clean display screen. (Situation #536628506)
• A Consumer Interface situation that prevented the notification bar from being pulled all the best way down. (Situation #539244095, Situation #547801203, Situation #547017781, Situation #546896889, Situation #547163658, Situation #547281675)
• A difficulty the place WebGL functions may freeze or crash the browser course of when combining shadow maps with vertex coloration attributes by resolving an invalid reminiscence learn within the PowerVR GPU driver’s texture state processing. (Situation #541322087)
• Low-light Face Unlock failures bypassed Fingerprint Unlock and compelled PIN entry. (Situation #547597971, Situation #545329611, Situation #541723970)

We’ll even be diving in to hopefully spot any new options. In case you handle to seek out any extra modifications your self, give us a shot down within the feedback along with your discovery.

In case you’re a Pixel proprietor who’s fascinated by making an attempt out Google’s newest in-development software program, you’ll be able to go forward and register your gadget with the Android Beta Program to get began testing releases like right now’s.