Joe Maring / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Two weeks after the release of Android 17 QPR1 Beta 4, Beta 5 becomes available to testers today.
- Although Beta 4 skipped Pixel 6 and 6 Pro support, they have now been included again.
- Google’s changelog consists mainly of bug fixes.
Last week was a big milestone for Android releases Android 17 is finally stable and is starting to roll out to Pixel devices everywhere. As we look forward to this release, testers are already gearing up for the next big update, with Google’s Android 17 QPR1 Betas giving them a taste of the changes to come with the September Feature Drop. after QPR1 Beta 4 landed two weeks ago, Google is now ready to move to QPR1 Beta 5.
Mishaal Rahman of Google shares the good news Confirms that CP31.260608.007 on X is included for testers on Pixel 6 and later devices. This is important because last time the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro were expressly excluded – although Google has promised that we’ll see support for older models return with this new release.
As you’d expect from Beta 5, Google is mostly in cleanup mode at this point, which means a lot of bug fixes. Here are the posts Google expects:
- An issue with the Game Dashboard where users cannot stop screen recordings or save video files. (Release #296368569, Release #328539170)
- An issue where the camera app temporarily freezes or stutters shortly after opening from idle. (Release #330488811)
- An issue that caused the screen to freeze with a pixelated bottom bar when waking the device from the Always On Display. (Issue #515393542, Release #515497396)
- A timeout issue where Download Manager fails to complete downloads when disconnected from an active VPN connection. (Issue #475985649)
- An issue that caused inconsistent charging completion time estimates to be displayed on the lock screen with the charging screen saver. (Issue #489503595)
- An issue that caused the Private Space UI to crash and locked private apps to not appear correctly in the launcher search results. (Release #515631415)
- System crash and device hang while downloading games. (Release #515364954)
- An issue with the non-functional bubble option appearing incorrectly in the context menu of archived apps. (Issue #514585702)
- System-level WebView regression that causes Monopoly Go to freeze and crash when trying to open mini-games. (Issue #516576731)
- Home screen widgets will disappear or become unavailable in the widget picker after device restart. (Release #488125748, Release #505117543, Issue #505671079, Release #497140330, Issue #506685943, Release #510967059)
A very nice change Rahman confirms adding a new “Don’t ask me” link when turning on mobile data:
If you want to try the QPR1 for the first time, you can get started by registering your Pixel device with Google. Android Beta Program.
On the other hand, if you’ve tested Android 17 Beta and prefer to flash to the stable without wiping all your device’s data, Google warns that no Install QPR1 Beta 5 and proceed to exit the program instead.
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