Following the big launch two weeks ago, Google is rolling out Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 for Pixel devices. As of Friday afternoon, the Pixel 11 series is not yet supported, but Google says support is coming “soon.” Here’s everything new in Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 [Gallery]
Android 17 QPR2 adds status bar customization for notifications and system icons. With Beta 4, Android 17 QPR2 reached platform stability. This build fixes the following issues: Advertisement: Scroll to see more content. Enabling the developer setting “render apps below crop area” resulted in a transparent status bar in the launcher after exiting full screen video playback. (Issue #295747911) A thermal management issue that caused devices to overheat and restart unexpectedly during use. (Issue #437116407) An issue preventing screen mirroring on external USB-C XR headsets. (Issue #439269938) Gesture navigation became unresponsive when rendering apps below the screen cutout. (Issue #441378954) Optimizing the 80% battery limit caused excessive charging times during the final 2% threshold. (Issue #477009501, Issue #476803337) An issue with the launcher UI where app search in the app drawer was unable to process text input. (Issue #505157934, Issue #527921034, Issue #530531588, Issue #537704656) When invoking the power menu using the hardware buttons, a background blur effect was missing behind the navigation bar. (Issue #537202501) An issue where phone call audio was output by default to the phone’s speaker instead of connected Bluetooth devices. (Issue #537908014, Issue #541501134, Issue #541772860, Issue #545047074) A recent apps switcher rendering bug where the first task card could intermittently freeze and be visually clipped behind other apps during horizontal scrolling. (Issue #530484511, Issue #505564040, Issue #545574713, Issue #551022006) An audio service resource lock was enabled during screen recording that prevented the use of the microphone in apps and input methods such as Gboard and Gemini until the device was restarted. (Issue #538229807) A visual inconsistency in the system UI where turning off the screen from the home screen triggered a simple fade out instead of the power button’s screen off animation. (Issue #541261786) A low contrast rendering issue in dark mode where the Wi-Fi connected settings gear icon was barely visible. (Issue #536320341) Enabling 3D mode on connected smart glasses resulted in a blank screen. (Issue #536628506) A UI issue that prevented the notification bar from being fully lowered. (Issue #539244095, Issue #547801203, Issue #547017781, Issue #546896889, Issue #547163658, Issue #547281675) An issue where WebGL applications could freeze or crash the browser process when merging shadow maps with vertex color attributes when resolving an invalid memory read in the PowerVR GPU driver’s texture state processing. (Issue #541322087) Face unlock failures in low light conditions bypassed fingerprint unlock and forced PIN entry. (Issue #547597971, Issue #545329611, Issue #541723970) As always, you can report issues through the Android Beta Feedback app on Pixel devices. Access it from the app drawer or Quick Settings to log errors to the Google issue tracker. There is also the Android Beta community on Reddit. CP41.260814.003.A2: Pixel 6a Pixel 7/Pro/7a Pixel Fold Pixel Tablet CP41.260814.003.B1: Pixel 8, 8 Pro, 8a, 9, 9 Pro, 9a, Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, 10 Pro Fold, 10a CP41.260814.003.C2: Pixel 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro XL, 11 Pro Fold “Coming soon” Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 system images are available for 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 and Pixel 10a, as well as the Android emulator. You can easily join through the Android Beta Program to get an OTA on the device. FTC: We use automatic affiliate links that generate income. Further.