{"id":695644,"date":"2026-07-16T23:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695644\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T23:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T23:11:10","slug":"pixel-devices-get-fancy-new-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695644\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel Devices Get Fancy New Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two weeks ago, Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2026\/07\/01\/android-17-qpr1-beta-6-update-for-pixel-phones-just-dropped\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released<\/a> Beta 6 for Android 17 QPR1. Now we\u2019re getting Beta 7, available now to all supported Pixel devices. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suitable for everyday usage, Android 17 QPR1 became platform stable with Beta 6. This new beta appears to be more of a bug fixing update, but we\u2019re still rummaging to see if we can\u2019t spot anything major. We also aren\u2019t seeing any missing downloads for specific phones, so that\u2019s also good. Downloads for all Pixels back to the Pixel 6 lineup are available.<\/p>\n<p>Release dateJuly 15, 2026BuildsCP31.260623.005Emulator supportx86 (64-bit), ARM (v8-A)Security patch level2026-07-05Google Play services26.20.31<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The easiest route to get this update is through the Android Beta Program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/android\/beta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sign-up<\/a>). If you are into flashing images, there are OTA images available (<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/about\/versions\/17\/qpr1\/download-ota\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) too.<\/p>\n<p>Top Issues fixed in Beta 7 (July 2026)<\/p>\n<p>Battery Share from Quick Settings failed to start charging or repeatedly displayed the charging animation. (Issue #476443126,\u00a0Issue #477627747,\u00a0Issue #480701245,\u00a0Issue #484322291,\u00a0Issue #488473799,\u00a0Issue #501729379,\u00a0Issue #500638463)<\/p>\n<p>Turning off Wi-Fi created an empty gap between the battery and mobile data icons in the Quick Settings status bar. (Issue #517178332)<\/p>\n<p>A crash in the Quick Settings font size controller that prevented users from adjusting their text size from the quick access panel. (Issue #531915405,\u00a0Issue #530312544)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll be on the lookout for new features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/about\/versions\/17\/qpr1\/release-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Google<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two weeks ago, Google released Beta 6 for Android 17 QPR1. Now we\u2019re getting Beta 7, available now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-695644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}