Android Q public beta has launched

[Mike Dee]

Sign up here at your own risk

https://www.google.com/android/beta#devices

 

[Michael Detwiler]

Re: Android Q has Started

Sign up here at your own risk

https://www.google.com/android/beta#devices

Think I will wait until Beta release 3!

 

[davidnc]

Installed on my Pixel 2 XL .Since I have 2 phones

 

[mig1776]

well, risk is my middle name. I'm installing on my daily driver pixel 2xl.

 

[davidnc]

Android Q Beta

 

[Nauga]

well, risk is my middle name.

Izzat Welsh, then?

Well, I'm in for a pound, too.




And, look. Beautiful black notifications!


And a black Settings page, t'boot!


Who cares if the damn thing can even take a call, now?

(oddity #1 : Tapping on Tips & support in Settings crashes the Settings app for me.)

 

[davidnc]

Izzat Welsh, then?

Well, I'm in for a pound, too.
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And, look. Beautiful black notifications!
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And a black Settings page, t'boot!
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Who cares if the damn thing can even take a call, now?

(oddity #1 : Tapping on Tips & support in Settings crashes the Settings app for me.)

Yup same for me on Tapping Tips &Support in Settings crashing the App

 

[Nauga]

Yup same for me on Tapping Tips &Support in Settings crashing the App

And it's probably worth pointing out, in case people haven't read it elsewhere, that you have to have selected the Dark Theme in Android Pie before updating to the Q beta iff you really want the dark system theme in Q. There're currently no user-facing controls to change theming, except for a few minor tweeks at the bottom of Developer Options.

 

[illiniah]

The photos app now has a drop down next to each day to sort by picture location

 

[davidnc]

Well Google Pay works

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Installed on my P2XL. When it rebooted it failed and restarted to Android factory reset menu. I got retry and it then booted into Android beta. Whew! I thought it had totally corrupted.

 

[illiniah]

Google updates now work when running a VPN! In Pie, I had to disable my VPN for downloading app updates, this is fixed in Q.

 

[davidnc]

Installed on my P2XL. When it rebooted it failed and restarted to Android factory reset menu. I got retry and it then booted into Android beta. Whew! I thought it had totally corrupted.

I read where someone posted that in Reddit as well

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

I literally have no dark mode not even in developer options. And I never had a dark theme in my system updates either. Wonder what happened to it?

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

I just read an earlier comment. I had dark mode enabled in Our but it never properly worked for me. I had to enable it in developer mode. So now I have white theming in Q and no option to change in dev options. Oh well.

 

[illiniah]

There is a new battery status display on the pull down menu

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

But I was able to change my accent theme in dev options and now my settings are purple instead of blue.

 

[Nauga]

I just read an earlier comment. I had dark mode enabled in Our but it never properly worked for me. I had to enable it in developer mode. So now I have white theming in Q and no option to change in dev options. Oh well.

Well, if you wanna go the adb route:
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-toggle-dark-theme/

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Location has its own tab now and options

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Well, if you wanna go the adb route:
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-toggle-dark-theme/

I may do that tomorrow. Gotta go to the office outside to do it and it is 12:25am right now. But thanks for the link