What you must know
- Google rolls out Android 14 Beta 5.2 with emphasis on fixing persistent issues with the Pixel Fold and Pixel Pill.
- Each gadgets are nonetheless encountering display flickering, UI crashes, and animation woes going into the most recent beta.
- A steady launch in August is unsure as Google nonetheless works by way of its software program issues.
Google is treading flippantly with its subsequent main Android OS launch as the corporate rolls out one other beta for enrolled testers.
Introduced on Reddit, Android 14 Beta 5.2 is starting to reach bearing model quantity UPB5.230623.006 on gadgets starting from the Pixel 4a 5G to the Pixel 7a. These concerned rocking a Pixel Fold or Pixel Pill will discover replace model UPB5.230623.006.A1.
Google’s full changelog begins by stating this beta consists of varied fixes for gadgets which have stalled upon reboot. Though, the first focus of this beta is to appropriate issues nonetheless hindering the corporate’s most up-to-date large-screen gadgets. A couple of notable fixes are as follows:
- Fastened a difficulty on Pixel Fold and Pixel Pill gadgets that prompted the fingerprint sensor to be unresponsive in some instances.
- Fastened a difficulty on Pixel Fold gadgets with stuttering animations when viewing or tapping the notification for an ongoing name.
- Fastened a difficulty on Pixel Fold gadgets that generally prompted the system UI to crash after utilizing the fingerprint sensor.
- Fastened a difficulty on Pixel Fold gadgets that generally prompted the display to briefly flicker when unfolding the gadget.
Google has additionally patched a Pixel Pill drawback, which concerned customers encountering an odd (flickering) coloured bar on their show upon unlock.
In case you are enrolled, you may head into your gadget’s Settings > System > Software program replace. Google offered an extra prolonged record of issues it’s conscious of going into Beta 5.2.
The corporate has been battling odd UI glints and issues on the Fold and Pill since Beta 5 kicked off earlier this month — and even Beta 4.1. The latter tried to unravel a number of UI flickering issues customers reported with their Fold gadgets, particularly, and a few response points. Flickering was seemingly not an object throughout Beta 5 or 5.1, though we’re seeing it creep again in as soon as once more.
It is seemingly Google is extra taken with ironing out these essential person expertise issues earlier than formally launching Android 14 to the plenty. There are lower than seven days remaining in August, and Google releasing the following software program this month can go both method by this level.
The Pixel 7a is Google’s newest step into the world of smaller telephones. The gadget encompasses a 6.1-inch show with a 90Hz refresh fee. Google has packed flagship energy and efficiency into the Pixel 7a by equipping it with its Tensor G2 chip. The telephone stands by itself with Pixel-exclusive goodies in a smaller kind issue.
