Android Q public beta has launched

[radioactive70]

Yes when I'm updating apps.

Is anyone else getting a pop up message about something in the background being removed in future builds?

 

[GSDer]

Files works for me. It just says downloads is empty, but if you click on the tabs it will list documents of a particular type in that folder.

Same with me

Strange. I don't even get that far.
Edit: hope you actually looked at the link I provided and are not confusing this with the 'Files' application (stupid of Google to have two apps so closely named).

 

[falexander115]

For those of you already experimenting with Android Q beta, what is its stability level? Would you recommend it for a 'daily driver' right now, or wait for the 3rd or 4th beta release? Thanks!!

 

[Nauga]

Overall, this DP1 seems remarkably stable, but it's only been two days. Who knows what tomorrow might bring? And that's the thing to keep in mind. I'm using it on my daily driver because this isn't my first beta program rodeo, but every time I find out something actually works--like call screening--it comes as a pleasant surprise. If you're OK with day-to-day insecurity and your quality of life doesn't depend upon the reliability of your phone, then this beta may be for you.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Is anyone else getting a pop up message about something in the background being removed in future builds?

Yes. I looked into it and it is something to do with APIs not allowing actions to happen without a user trigger or something like that.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Overall, this DP1 seems remarkably stable, but it's only been two days. Who knows what tomorrow might bring? And that's the thing to keep in mind. I'm using it on my daily driver because this isn't my first beta program rodeo, but every time I find out something actually works--like call screening--it comes as a pleasant surprise. If you're OK with day-to-day insecurity and your quality of life doesn't depend upon the reliability of your phone, then this beta may be for you.

Yes. If you need stability of apps and few bugs on a daily driver i would wait. I don't mind resetting my phone and am used to betas so I am happy to use it. But it is very stable for a first beta.

 

[GSDer]

For those of you already experimenting with Android Q beta, what is its stability level?

I'd suggest looking through https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...&share_tid=949713&share_fid=4950&share_type=t
and you'll be better able to decide if it's for you or not. Most of the issues reported are unlikely to be hardware specific.

 

[Nauga]

Screen unlock has been working much better than it ever did before between my Pixelbook and 2XL on Q. I always experienced a considerable lag both before the Pixelbook prompted me to unlock my phone and between the time I unlocked the phone and the time the lockscreen on the Pixelbook disappeared, something in the 5-seconds range for each. That's been shaved down to a blink now.

Knock on wood, Google won't mess that up going forward, but that's probably precisely the sort of experience that's going to vary wildly from DP to DP.

 

[phillyphreak]

Bluetooth completely broken for me now.

 

[andee1517]

I hope you don't mind me asking
I notice you use PIA VPN. I'm looking to use one and that is one I have read about. How do you like it? Works well?

Thanks.

 

[phillyphreak]

Bluetooth completely broken for me now.

Since posting this I've found that volume acts independently now. Meaning I can have full volume on my phone and 0 volume on my BT device where before they were not.

 

[phillyphreak]

Tapping on the Android version still shows the "p" animation screen.

 

[Mike Dee]

Since posting this I've found that volume acts independently now. Meaning I can have full volume on my phone and 0 volume on my BT device where before they were not.

I had separate volume when bluetooth was active prior

 

[phillyphreak]

Anyone notice this animation in the search bar?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9pWDsQo1kmyskSsH9

I don't know if this is q exclusive but I never noticed it until today.

 

[Mike Dee]

Anyone notice this animation in the search bar?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9pWDsQo1kmyskSsH9

I don't know if this is q exclusive but I never noticed it until today.

I think that was just Google messing around.

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Lol

 

[davidnc]

Anyone notice this animation in the search bar?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9pWDsQo1kmyskSsH9

I don't know if this is q exclusive but I never noticed it until today.

Google Doodles, you can turn that feature off or on ,depending on your preference.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/20/18274143/google-doodle-pixel-home-screen-search-bar-spring

 

[Rukbat]

Anyone notice this animation in the search bar?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9pWDsQo1kmyskSsH9

I don't know if this is q exclusive but I never noticed it until today.

On the first day of spring. Way to go Google - write code to make all sorts of nonsense, but don't fix what's broken.

 

[Rukbat]

At least Magisk is still usable, thanks to Topjohnwu rewriting it for us (Magisk Canary Channel - Bleeding Edge Builds). Some of the old apps need updating (Terminal Emulator still reminds that it's for an earlier version, but it works.) And it's still going to take some getting used to, to swipe notifications to the right to get rid of them.

And Link2SD (I use it to freeze apps) takes a l.o.n.g t.i.m.e to get its list of apps - longer even than in Pie.

But it's still good enough for a first beta that I'm leaving it on my daily driver for now.

 

[GSDer]

2nd Android Beta Q build has been released.