Android Q Beta out now
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Android Q Beta has just been released for Pixel devices. Anybody brave enough to run it as a daily?
https://www.google.com/android/beta
In the past I have run Beta 2 and 3 as daily's but never the first release, apparently they are releasing 6 Beta's before public this time round.
https://9to5google.com/2019/03/13/android-q-beta-l...
https://www.google.com/android/beta
In the past I have run Beta 2 and 3 as daily's but never the first release, apparently they are releasing 6 Beta's before public this time round.
https://9to5google.com/2019/03/13/android-q-beta-l...
I've also had good experiences with beta builds on my 6P and Pixel 2, but I've always waited until circa June/July when the beta 2 builds are available.
Only hassle I've ever encountered was a slight glitch/display jerk from a third party keyboard I used to use in the past. Traditionally beta 2's and onwards have always been stable and usable. That's not to say that will always be the case.
Let's see if it brings anything worthwhile to the table and how first reports come in of the beta 1 and beta 2 builds.
Only hassle I've ever encountered was a slight glitch/display jerk from a third party keyboard I used to use in the past. Traditionally beta 2's and onwards have always been stable and usable. That's not to say that will always be the case.
Let's see if it brings anything worthwhile to the table and how first reports come in of the beta 1 and beta 2 builds.
I don't understand why anyone would put a beta OS on thier phone these days. 4 or 5 years ago you might get some nice new features, but now the changes are almost entirely cosmetic.
On top of that smart phones have become increasingly important for daily life. Contactless payments, banking apps, 2 factor authentication. I don't want to be without my phone for the hour or so it might take to do the update, let alone the days it might be if stuff goes wrong.
On top of that smart phones have become increasingly important for daily life. Contactless payments, banking apps, 2 factor authentication. I don't want to be without my phone for the hour or so it might take to do the update, let alone the days it might be if stuff goes wrong.
ging84 said:
I don't understand why anyone would put a beta OS on thier phone these days. 4 or 5 years ago you might get some nice new features, but now the changes are almost entirely cosmetic.
On top of that smart phones have become increasingly important for daily life. Contactless payments, banking apps, 2 factor authentication. I don't want to be without my phone for the hour or so it might take to do the update, let alone the days it might be if stuff goes wrong.
Hour or so for an update? Android updates in the background since P so you just go about your business, next time you restart it, it switches over. Have you read the changelog between P and Q? quite a few "new features"On top of that smart phones have become increasingly important for daily life. Contactless payments, banking apps, 2 factor authentication. I don't want to be without my phone for the hour or so it might take to do the update, let alone the days it might be if stuff goes wrong.
The only feature that really interests me, is the dark mode. However, I've seen some screenshots and to me it looks very severe, like they've literally just made everything black. I was hoping that it would be more like Mojave's dark mode which is very elegant. I don't see the dark mode being particularly useful as anything more than a battery saver or for something to use in bed with the lights off, any other time, it just looks a bit off and it'll be almost unusable in the day time.
ging84 said:
I don't understand why anyone would put a beta OS on thier phone these days. 4 or 5 years ago you might get some nice new features, but now the changes are almost entirely cosmetic.
On top of that smart phones have become increasingly important for daily life. Contactless payments, banking apps, 2 factor authentication. I don't want to be without my phone for the hour or so it might take to do the update, let alone the days it might be if stuff goes wrong.
I'm a developer, I need my apps to work with the new features when it launches.On top of that smart phones have become increasingly important for daily life. Contactless payments, banking apps, 2 factor authentication. I don't want to be without my phone for the hour or so it might take to do the update, let alone the days it might be if stuff goes wrong.
Off topic, but anybody else have an animation in the Google Pill/Search Bar on the homescreen of their Pixel. It first appeared for me yesterday, and is an animation of a spring flower popping up. Ties in with the Google Doodle from today.
I've mixed feelings about random animations appearing on my homescreen. Fine on the Google Search page or my Discover Feed, but not sure I want this to become a regular thing on my phone's homescreen.
I've mixed feelings about random animations appearing on my homescreen. Fine on the Google Search page or my Discover Feed, but not sure I want this to become a regular thing on my phone's homescreen.
Corso Marche said:
Off topic, but anybody else have an animation in the Google Pill/Search Bar on the homescreen of their Pixel. It first appeared for me yesterday, and is an animation of a spring flower popping up. Ties in with the Google Doodle from today.
I've mixed feelings about random animations appearing on my homescreen. Fine on the Google Search page or my Discover Feed, but not sure I want this to become a regular thing on my phone's homescreen.
Yes, I just noticed that a moment ago. I don't mind it.I've mixed feelings about random animations appearing on my homescreen. Fine on the Google Search page or my Discover Feed, but not sure I want this to become a regular thing on my phone's homescreen.
I installed Q beta 1 on my 2XL, everything worked fine except banking apps, back on P for now.
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