Tech-savvy life is business as usual for Pixels
Today could unmistakably be Samsung’s, with the launch of the Galaxy S23 series still dominating our attention, but even a big event like this isn’t going to sideline Google and its efforts to bring users Pixel the latest Android enhancements. Over the past two months, we’ve been tracking Google’s progress with Android 13 QPR2 betas, ahead of the scheduled feature drop in March, and today we’re getting our latest build with the release of QPR2 Beta 3. .
If you’re under the impression that we’ve just received a new preview of QPR2, you’re not mistaken, and we’re only a few weeks away from the incremental release of Beta 2.1. This one brought some critical bug fixes, but we’re still curious to see what bigger changes might come before this beta period ends. Today’s release of QPR2 Beta 3 begins to deliver those answers.
Issues reported by developers and users
- Fixed an issue where notifications in a notification group were sometimes displayed with straight corners instead of rounded corners.
- Fixed an issue where the message in the notification shade that indicates an active VPN connection overlapped with the message on apps with active foreground services.
- Fixed an issue where the overflow menu was not accessible when editing quick settings tiles.
- Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause a vibration-enabled device to vibrate too long after receiving a notification.
Other fixed issues
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused messaging apps to crash or fail to send notifications.
- Fixed a GPU issue that prevented applications from using certain visual effects.
- Fixed an issue where quick settings tiles for a work profile were not added after setting up a new device.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Pixel launcher to crash when using the search bar in the app drawer.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented a device from being unlocked using a pattern after activating the Google Assistant.
- Fixed an issue in the com.android.qns system process that sometimes caused crashes.
- Fixed an issue with the Pixel launcher that prevented Chinese text input from being recognized when typing in the app drawer search bar.
- Fixed an issue where when entering and exiting Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode from an app after changing the screen orientation, the System Settings app would crash with a “Settings are stopping” message, then the System Settings app could not be opened.
- Fixed an issue with the System UI that sometimes caused it to crash due to a null pointer exception.
- Fixed an issue where the connection status of a Bluetooth device sometimes did not match the actual status of the device.
- Fixed an issue where the Pixel launcher would crash when a user tapped on a web search suggestion for a query term.
- Fixed an issue that caused status bar icons to overlap with date text when font and display settings are set to their maximum on a device.
Pixel owners who signed up to participate in the beta should receive their OTA updates shortly. For the impatient among you, there is always the possibility to directly download the update, or even a complete factory image.