Google’s gearing up for its March Pixel Feature Drop, and the beta program for this release is moving along quickly. Since opening access to Quarterly Platform Release 2, as it’s internally known, in late November,many new features have been addedand the resultant bugs squashed. Today, over a dozen more problems were resolved as the company issued what it’s calling a patch release.
Google announced Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.1on Reddit, noting that it has a build number ofAP11.231215.009on eligible devices, which run from the Pixel 5a 5G up through the company’s most recent flagships, the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro. The security patch level on this build is January 2024, and the Google Play Services version is 23.45.23. In itsrelease notes, Google cites the following 16 bug fixes, all of which appear to be fairly minor or specific to one-off situations:
Today we’re sending you an Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.1 patch (AP11.231215.009) which includes the following fixes:
We’re already seeing the OTA update on several devices, ranging from the Pixel 6 to the Pixel 8 Pro. It’s relatively lightweight, clocking in at 132MB on the Pixel 6, 142MB on the Pixel 7 Pro, and 152MB on the Pixel 8 Pro. To check if it’s available on your device, make sure it’senrolled in the beta programand head toSettings → System → Software updates → System update. Alternatively, you can sideload theOTAor flash thefactory images.
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Given how minor these fixes seem to be, we wouldn’t be surprised if this is the last beta update for QPR2 before the next Pixel Feature Drop goes public. QPR2 took over for Android 14’s first Feature Drop, QPR1, a bit faster than we had expected, so it’s possible we might see a beta build of QPR3, or the June Pixel Feature Drop, as soon as next month.
