While not as big as the last release, Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 is a sizable update ahead of the stable December release.

Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into all of Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4’s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be at the top of this list. Be sure to check back often and tell us what you find in the comments below.) Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 screenshots appear on the left and Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 on the right.

If you want to quickly install Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 on your compatible 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, be sure to check out our step-by-step guide.

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• Private Compute Core is a “secure environment that is isolated from the rest of the operating system and apps” that Google first launched in 2021. This on-device processing powers Now Playing, Smart Reply, Live Translate, Live Caption, Google Messages Spam Detection, and Cough & Snore Detection.
• Settings > Security & privacy > Privacy dashboard > Data logging

• Settings > Security & privacy > Privacy controls > Agents

• Consolidates the AI-powered Notification summaries and organizer, as well as Notification cooldown

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CP41.260814.003.C2 is for the Pixel 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro XL, and 11 Pro Fold, but it’s not available yet as of Friday afternoon. Officially, this build “will be available soon.”

• Enabling the “render apps below the cutout area” developer setting caused a transparent status bar on the launcher after exiting fullscreen video playback. (Issue #295747911)
• A thermal management issue that caused devices to overheat and unexpectedly reboot during use. (Issue #437116407)
• An issue preventing screen mirroring to external USB-C XR glasses. (Issue #439269938)
• Gesture navigation became unresponsive when rendering apps below the display cutout. (Issue #441378954)
• The 80% battery limit optimization caused excessive charge times during the final 2% threshold. (Issue #477009501, Issue #476803337)
• A launcher UI issue where searching for apps in the app drawer failed to process text input. (Issue #505157934, Issue #527921034, Issue #530531588, Issue #537704656)
• Invoking the power menu via hardware buttons caused a missing background blur effect behind the navigation bar. (Issue #537202501)
• An issue where phone call audio defaulted to the phone speaker instead of connected Bluetooth devices. (Issue #537908014, Issue #541501134, Issue #541772860, Issue #545047074)
• A Recents app switcher rendering bug where the first task card could intermittently freeze and visually clip behind other apps during horizontal scrolling. (Issue #530484511, Issue #505564040, Issue #545574713, Issue #551022006)
• An audio service resource lock triggered during screen recording that prevented microphone usage across apps and input methods like Gboard and Gemini until a device restart. (Issue #538229807)
• A System UI visual inconsistency where turning off the screen from the home screen triggered a plain fade instead of the power-button screen-off animation. (Issue #541261786)
• A low-contrast rendering issue in dark mode where the connected Wi-Fi settings cog icon was barely visible. (Issue #536320341)
• Enabling 3D mode on connected smart glasses resulted in a blank screen. (Issue #536628506)
• A User Interface issue that prevented the notification bar from being pulled all the way down. (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 combining shadow maps with vertex color attributes by resolving an invalid memory read in the PowerVR GPU driver’s texture state processing. (Issue #541322087)
• Low-light Face Unlock failures bypassed Fingerprint Unlock and forced PIN entry. (Issue #547597971, Issue #545329611, Issue #541723970)

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