What’s New In Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3?
Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 is now available, marking a significant step in the development cycle. This latest beta build brings a series of refinements and improvements, collectively working to polish the user experience. Given its timing, there's speculation this could be the final beta release before the stable version of Android 16 QPR1 rolls out to the public.
Here are the new items:
5-bar cellular status icon
Battery health returns
Settings app tweaks (Spacing and visibility)
Dynamic Color theming for Pixel Launcher shortcuts
At a Glance uses colorful weather icons
New shortcut to pin/unpin apps from the taskbar
Top resolved issues
Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 resolves the top issues that are described in the following list and includes fixes for some issues that are not noted here.
An issue around RTOS task list corruption that was causing restarts. (Issue #420999948, Issue #426316038)
Launcher not completely displaying (Issue #428088033, Issue #428405658, Issue #429817851)
Notification display issues (Issue #421792538, Issue #422749237, Issue #420418750, Issue #428896474)
The media player in the notification pulldown fails to fully display and function. (Issue #419184923, Issue #421879049, Issue #421810067, Issue #423172198, Issue #422560004, Issue #424116279)
Full phone restart due to class loader issues (Issue #427676713)
Kernel issue causing restarts (Issue #408888279, Issue #409949346, Issue #409960197, Issue #410624610, Issue #407373090, Issue #430095518)
Camera non-functional at startup with black screen (Issue #421870862, Issue #420725698)
Status bar icons missing corner padding (Issue #419573315, Issue #419134909)
Notification shade message folding breaks (Issue #421366916)
You can install Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 on any of the following Google Pixel devices:
Pixel 6 and 6 Pro
Pixel 6a
Pixel 7 and 7 Pro
Pixel 7a
Pixel Fold
Pixel Tablet
Pixel 8 and 8 Pro
Pixel 8a
Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, and 9 Pro Fold
Pixel 9a