Technically, Google only releases one major Android version per year – this year it was Android 17. However, the company also works on Quarterly Platform Releases (also known as QPRs), which it serves up to Pixel devices as well as in the form of AOSP images. Yesterday, Google rolled out Android 17 QPR 1 Beta 8 to Pixels and now Android QPR 2 Beta 2.
Strangely, the release notes make no mention of what has changed since QPR 2 Beta 1. Below you can find the changelog for QPR 2 Beta 1.
If you want to try out Beta 2 on your phone, you can join the Android Beta Program. OTA updates are available for the following models:
- Pixel 6a
- Pixel 7
- Pixel 7 Pro
- Pixel 7a
- Pixel Tablet
- Pixel Fold
- Pixel 8
- Pixel 8 Pro
- Pixel 8a
- Pixel 9
- Pixel 9 Pro
- Pixel 9 Pro XL
- Pixel 9 Pro Fold
- Pixel 9a
- Pixel 10
- Pixel 10 Pro
- Pixel 10 Pro XL
- Pixel 10 Pro Fold
- Pixel 10a
As promised, here is the changelog for the previous Android 17 QPR 2 Beta 1:
- Bluetooth re-pairing fails silently following a remote bond loss. (Issue #412524057)
- Media player controls briefly flashed on the lock screen upon waking the device despite the app’s notifications being disabled. (Issue #484607701)
- A system crash causing Pixel devices to unexpectedly reboot when invoking Gemini. (Issue #505750489)
- Initiating a drag-and-drop gesture with multiple fingers caused the source application to stop receiving subsequent touch events. (Issue #516836306)
- Notifications randomly became invisible in the notification shade until a system restart. (Issue #526139207, Issue #522657034)
- ML-DSA key generation fails with an exception when using the “NONE” string digest instead of the class constant. (Issue #525612735)
- An issue in AccessibilityNodeInfo.toString() where window bounds were incorrectly logged using screen bounds, which caused misleading accessibility debugging data. (Issue #520428442)
- Window-level UI blur effects failed to render and the “Allow window-level blurs” developer toggle reset after rebooting. (Issue #527376569)