{"id":1764,"date":"2025-07-18T00:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/1764\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T00:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:38:10","slug":"heres-everything-new-in-android-16-qpr1-beta-3-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/1764\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s everything new in Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 [Gallery]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-logos-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Android 16 QPR1 preview cycle continues today with Beta 3 for Pixel devices <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/17\/android-16-qpr1-beta-3-pixel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the coming hours, we\u2019ll dive into all of Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3\u2019s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be at the top of this list. Be sure to check back often and tell us what you find in the comments below.) Android 16 QPR1 Beta 2 screenshots appear on the left and QPR1 Beta 3 on the right.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to quickly install Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1  on your compatible Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8a, Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, and Pixel 9a, be sure to check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/04\/11\/how-to-install-android-15-beta-google-pixel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our step-by-step guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Updating\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Security &amp; privacy regression<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1939\" data-id=\"679168\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/02\/m3-expressive-privacy-dashboard\/android-security-privacy-redesign-1\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-Security-privacy-redesign-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-Security-privacy-redesign-1.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"681690\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/17\/android-16-qpr1-beta-3-everything-new\/android-16-qpr1-beta-3-security-privacy\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-security-privacy.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-security-privacy.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Battery health returns<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"681668\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=681668\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-battery-saver-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-battery-saver-1.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"681669\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=681669\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-battery-saver-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-battery-saver-2.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Settings app tweaks<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"681665\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=681665\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-settings.png?w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-settings.png\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"681664\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=681664\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-settings.png?w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-settings.png\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Improved toggle visibility<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1275\" data-id=\"681688\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/17\/android-16-qpr1-beta-3-everything-new\/android-16-qpr1-beta-2-toggles\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-toggles.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=867\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-toggles.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"1275\" data-id=\"681689\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/17\/android-16-qpr1-beta-3-everything-new\/android-16-qpr1-beta-3-toggles\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-toggles.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=867\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-toggles.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dynamic Color theming for Pixel Launcher shortcuts<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"585\" data-id=\"681678\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=681678\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-Pixel-Launcher-search.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-Pixel-Launcher-search.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"585\" data-id=\"681677\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=681677\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-Pixel-Launcher-search.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-Pixel-Launcher-search.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At a Glance is back to using colorful weather icons <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"681675\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=681675\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-weather.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-weather.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"681676\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=681676\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-weather.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-weather.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"500\" data-id=\"681662\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/17\/android-16-qpr1-beta-3-everything-new\/android-16-qpr1-beta-2-cell-weather\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-cell-weather.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-2-cell-weather.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"500\" data-id=\"681663\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/17\/android-16-qpr1-beta-3-everything-new\/android-16-qpr1-beta-3-cell-weather\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-cell-weather.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Android-16-QPR1-Beta-3-cell-weather.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Top resolved issues<\/p>\n<p>An issue around RTOS task list corruption that was causing restarts. (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/420999948\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #420999948<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/426316038\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #426316038<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Launcher not completely displaying (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/428088033\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #428088033<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/428405658\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #428405658<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/429817851\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #429817851<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Notification display issues (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/421792538\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #421792538<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/422749237\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #422749237<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/420418750\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #420418750<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/428896474\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #428896474<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The media player in the notification pulldown fails to fully display and function. (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/419184923\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #419184923<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/421879049\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #421879049<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/421810067\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #421810067<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/423172198\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #423172198<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/422560004\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #422560004<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/424116279\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #424116279<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Full phone restart due to class loader issues (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/427676713\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #427676713<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Kernel issue causing restarts (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/408888279\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #408888279<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/409949346\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #409949346<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/409960197\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #409960197<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/410624610\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #410624610<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/407373090\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #407373090<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/430095518\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #430095518<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Camera non-functional at startup with black screen (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/421870862\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #421870862<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/420725698\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #420725698<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Status bar icons missing corner padding (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/419573315\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #419573315<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/419134909\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #419134909<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Notification shade message folding breaks (<a href=\"https:\/\/issuetracker.google.com\/issues\/421366916\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Issue #421366916<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Android 16 QPR1 preview cycle continues today with Beta 3 for Pixel devices today. Over the coming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}