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The first public beta of
Android 16
is scheduled to drop any day now, with Google
development schedule
showing a milestone release in January 2025. But before that kicks off, the beta that will ultimately become the March 2025 Pixel Feature Drop just received its final scheduled update.
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Google announced Android 15 QPR2 Beta 3 on Reddit today, with release notes highlighting a number of minor fixes in addition to one that addresses an issue that was causing devices to restart during phone calls. This new version has a build number of BP11.241210.004 and includes January 2025 security fixes.
Issues reported by developers and users
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Fixed issues that could cause a device to restart during a phone call. (Number 379051274, Number 390594506)
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Fixed an issue where trying to resume an app from the app preview would return to the home screen. (Number 385017194)
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Fixed issues where the language selection menu (accessed by pressing and holding the spacebar) would change the window, causing the IME to be hidden in apps that had set their
softInputModehasSTATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN. (Number 388201594, Number 386972825) -
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused clicking in the background while recording video. (Number 385998260)
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Fixed an issue that prevented wireless charging from working in some cases. (Number 379301921)
Other Fixed Issues
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Fixed an issue that could cause devices to crash after starting an exercise on a connected Wear OS device.
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Fixed an issue with null pointer exceptions that sometimes caused the system UI to crash.
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Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Android Beta Feedback app to crash when submitting a bug report.
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Fixed various other issues that affected system stability, connectivity, and interactivity.
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