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Android 14 QPR2 (March) Beta 3 is out! List of fixes: • Fixed an issue where SPIR-V sequences of OpShiftLeft followed by OpShiftRight didn't produce the expected results for ARM Vulkan driver versions 43.0 and 44.0. • Fixed issues that sometimes caused Bluetooth…
Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.1 bugfix is out
Fixed issues:
• Issue that prevented overlays such as the Game Dashboard from opening while the device was in landscape mode.
• Device sometimes failed to unlock if always-on display mode was enabled and the user tried to use their fingerprint to unlock the device.
• Height of the Quick Settings dialog that lists Bluetooth devices sometimes expanded unexpectedly.
• Issue where the default search engine for the device would sometimes be set to the wrong provider after restoring device data from a cloud backup.
• Display area of Quick Settings didn't update correctly after changing the system display size in accessibility settings.
• Issue that sometimes caused degraded audio quality when making calls or recording using the microphone.
• Issue that sometimes prevented a user from changing device keyboard settings.
• Issue that caused some translations to be missing for various languages.
• Work profile icons were not shown for work apps when the work profile was paused.
• Issue that caused some shaders to render incorrectly.
• Issue where icons sometimes scaled incorrectly when entering picture-in-picture mode while the device was rotated.
• Issue for foldable devices where the launcher was sometimes empty if the device was locked while unfolded and then unlocked after the device was folded.
• Issue for foldable devices where, after folding or unfolding the device and then launching a pair of apps that were already open in split-screen mode, the app divider stopped responding to touch controls.
• Issue for foldable devices where the screen sometimes flickered when unfolding the device.
• Issue for tablet devices that sometimes caused a gray screen to briefly flash when dismissing some on screen activities.
• Issue for tablet devices that caused the touch targets for taskbar icons and navigation buttons to be smaller than usual.
Build number:AP11.231215.007 → AP11.231215.009
Security Patch: January 2024
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Fixed issues:
• Issue that prevented overlays such as the Game Dashboard from opening while the device was in landscape mode.
• Device sometimes failed to unlock if always-on display mode was enabled and the user tried to use their fingerprint to unlock the device.
• Height of the Quick Settings dialog that lists Bluetooth devices sometimes expanded unexpectedly.
• Issue where the default search engine for the device would sometimes be set to the wrong provider after restoring device data from a cloud backup.
• Display area of Quick Settings didn't update correctly after changing the system display size in accessibility settings.
• Issue that sometimes caused degraded audio quality when making calls or recording using the microphone.
• Issue that sometimes prevented a user from changing device keyboard settings.
• Issue that caused some translations to be missing for various languages.
• Work profile icons were not shown for work apps when the work profile was paused.
• Issue that caused some shaders to render incorrectly.
• Issue where icons sometimes scaled incorrectly when entering picture-in-picture mode while the device was rotated.
• Issue for foldable devices where the launcher was sometimes empty if the device was locked while unfolded and then unlocked after the device was folded.
• Issue for foldable devices where, after folding or unfolding the device and then launching a pair of apps that were already open in split-screen mode, the app divider stopped responding to touch controls.
• Issue for foldable devices where the screen sometimes flickered when unfolding the device.
• Issue for tablet devices that sometimes caused a gray screen to briefly flash when dismissing some on screen activities.
• Issue for tablet devices that caused the touch targets for taskbar icons and navigation buttons to be smaller than usual.
Build number:
Security Patch: January 2024
• OTA images
• Factory Images
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Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.1 bugfix is out Fixed issues: • Issue that prevented overlays such as the Game Dashboard from opening while the device was in landscape mode. • Device sometimes failed to unlock if always-on display mode was enabled and the user tried…
Android 14 QPR2 Beta 3.1 known issues:
• A native crash issue in /system/bin/surfaceflinger sometimes causes devices to reboot unexpectedly.
• A system connectivity issue sometimes causes both outgoing and incoming calls to fail to connect.
• For foldable or tablet devices, the UI navigation handle that allows a user to access the taskbar after launching an app sometimes renders too dark or too light (depending on the system theme), making it difficult to see and interact with.
• An issue with the system UI sometimes causes app icons to display in the wrong locations after setting up the device.
*No need to report
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• A native crash issue in /system/bin/surfaceflinger sometimes causes devices to reboot unexpectedly.
• A system connectivity issue sometimes causes both outgoing and incoming calls to fail to connect.
• For foldable or tablet devices, the UI navigation handle that allows a user to access the taskbar after launching an app sometimes renders too dark or too light (depending on the system theme), making it difficult to see and interact with.
• An issue with the system UI sometimes causes app icons to display in the wrong locations after setting up the device.
*No need to report
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Official render of the new Pixel 8 Pro's new "Minty Fresh" color has been leaked Evan Blass (evleaks) posted on X/Twitter an official render of the new Pixel 8 Pro in the "Minty Fresh" color that Google hinted at 5 days ago. Its official sales will start…
Google has officially unveiled a new colorway for the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro "Minty Fresh".
The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are now available in a new, eye-catching mint color. You can purchase them from the Google Store or Google Fi Wireless. However, they are only available in one 128GB storage capacity option.
• Pixel 8 : $699
• Pixel 8 Pro : $999
Matching color official cases went on sale back in October.
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The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are now available in a new, eye-catching mint color. You can purchase them from the Google Store or Google Fi Wireless. However, they are only available in one 128GB storage capacity option.
• Pixel 8 : $699
• Pixel 8 Pro : $999
Matching color official cases went on sale back in October.
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January 2024 Pixel Feature Drop has been released!
In addition to the new Minty Fresh color for the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, Google also released a few new features for their devices:
• Measure your body temperature with the Pixel 8 Pro
In the Thermometer app, you can now scan your forehead with your Pixel 8 Pro to accurately measure body temperature. You can also save the results to your Fitbit profile.
• New "Circle to Search" feature for Pixel 8 and 8 Pro.
With a long press the Pixel home button or navigation bar, you can scan the screen and circle, highlight,scribble or tap what you see to get more information from Search, right where you are, without switching between apps. And with multisearch’s latest AI-powered upgrades, you can ask a more complex question about an image you’re searching.
• Magic Compose for Google Messages
Use Google's generative AI technology to rewrite a drafted message in different styles with Magic Compose. (Pixel 6 and newer). And on the Pixel 8 Pro with Gemini Nano, all of this will happen right on the device.
• Photomoji in Google Messages
Photo Moji lets you turn your favorite photos into a reaction using Google's AI on your device.
• "Nearby Share" will soon be renamed "Quick share".
• Audio Switch expands to Pixel Watch
Pixel Buds Pro automatically connect when you move between paired devices — so there’s no need to switch them manually. Now, you can switch your Pixel Buds Pro from your Pixel Watch to any number of Pixel 5a and newer phones or Pixel Tablet, and get helpful notifications about where your audio is switching to.
Almost all of these features are distributed through apps and don't require a system update.
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In addition to the new Minty Fresh color for the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, Google also released a few new features for their devices:
• Measure your body temperature with the Pixel 8 Pro
In the Thermometer app, you can now scan your forehead with your Pixel 8 Pro to accurately measure body temperature. You can also save the results to your Fitbit profile.
• New "Circle to Search" feature for Pixel 8 and 8 Pro.
With a long press the Pixel home button or navigation bar, you can scan the screen and circle, highlight,scribble or tap what you see to get more information from Search, right where you are, without switching between apps. And with multisearch’s latest AI-powered upgrades, you can ask a more complex question about an image you’re searching.
• Magic Compose for Google Messages
Use Google's generative AI technology to rewrite a drafted message in different styles with Magic Compose. (Pixel 6 and newer). And on the Pixel 8 Pro with Gemini Nano, all of this will happen right on the device.
• Photomoji in Google Messages
Photo Moji lets you turn your favorite photos into a reaction using Google's AI on your device.
• "Nearby Share" will soon be renamed "Quick share".
• Audio Switch expands to Pixel Watch
Pixel Buds Pro automatically connect when you move between paired devices — so there’s no need to switch them manually. Now, you can switch your Pixel Buds Pro from your Pixel Watch to any number of Pixel 5a and newer phones or Pixel Tablet, and get helpful notifications about where your audio is switching to.
Almost all of these features are distributed through apps and don't require a system update.
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Google Pixel 8 Pro gets body temperature measurements. But only in the US.
The Thermometer app has received a new update with the ability to measure body temperature by placing the phone against the center of your forehead and moving from it to your temple. Additional camera permission is requested.
Before measuring, you need to select an age: 0-3 months, 3-36 months, 3 years and older. The data can be synchronized with Fitbit. In Fitbit itself, there is an option to add a value manually, or measure with the Pixel 8 Pro's temperature sensor.
However, the feature has only been certified in the US, so it's only enabled in the US. The verification is based on the region of the SIM card.
🔗 How do I activate outside the US?
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The Thermometer app has received a new update with the ability to measure body temperature by placing the phone against the center of your forehead and moving from it to your temple. Additional camera permission is requested.
Before measuring, you need to select an age: 0-3 months, 3-36 months, 3 years and older. The data can be synchronized with Fitbit. In Fitbit itself, there is an option to add a value manually, or measure with the Pixel 8 Pro's temperature sensor.
However, the feature has only been certified in the US, so it's only enabled in the US. The verification is based on the region of the SIM card.
🔗 How do I activate outside the US?
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Google Pixel 8 Pro gets body temperature measurements. But only in the US. The Thermometer app has received a new update with the ability to measure body temperature by placing the phone against the center of your forehead and moving from it to your temple.…
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[No Root] How do you activate the Pixel 8 Pro's body temperature measurement feature outside of the US?
The answer is simple: change the region of the SIM card. Kamila Wojciechowska made an app that uses Shizuku to change the region of the SIM - card by editing the
• First you need to setup Shizuku (hopefully you know how).
• Next, you need to install the Carrier Vanity Name APK attached to the post.
• Once you open the APK and allow Shizuku you will see two input fields. You need the bottom field labeled 'ISO country code'. *
• In this field enter '
• Stop the Thermometer app and clear its data. The body temperature function should then be available.
• You can reset the SIM card operator region by pressing the Reset button. The body temperature function will remain active until you reset the Thermometer app data.
*The first field in the Carrier Vanity Name application allows you to change the carrier name on the lock screen
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The answer is simple: change the region of the SIM card. Kamila Wojciechowska made an app that uses Shizuku to change the region of the SIM - card by editing the
TelephonyManager.getSimCountryIso() config. • First you need to setup Shizuku (hopefully you know how).
• Next, you need to install the Carrier Vanity Name APK attached to the post.
• Once you open the APK and allow Shizuku you will see two input fields. You need the bottom field labeled 'ISO country code'. *
• In this field enter '
us' and click Set. • Stop the Thermometer app and clear its data. The body temperature function should then be available.
• You can reset the SIM card operator region by pressing the Reset button. The body temperature function will remain active until you reset the Thermometer app data.
*The first field in the Carrier Vanity Name application allows you to change the carrier name on the lock screen
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Gboard is experimenting with drawing behind the display cutout in landscape mode.
Until now, the display cutout area of the Gboard keyboard in landscape mode has remained transparent. But the latest beta version added two hidden flags
Notably, this was done after my report. Among other major competitors, such as SwiftKey or Yandex Keyboard, no one has thought about drawing behind the display cutout in landscape mode either.
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Until now, the display cutout area of the Gboard keyboard in landscape mode has remained transparent. But the latest beta version added two hidden flags
enable_display_cutout_customization andconfig_ignore_display_cutout_area. When both flags are enabled, the keyboard starts to appear behind the display cutout, but without the necessary paddings. Perhaps there will be other options for drawing behind the cutout in the future betas. Notably, this was done after my report. Among other major competitors, such as SwiftKey or Yandex Keyboard, no one has thought about drawing behind the display cutout in landscape mode either.
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Official Google's demo video of Assistant with Bard.
The arrival of Bard on Android seems to be just around the corner, as Google has prepared a special page in the Pixel Tips app to explain the features of the Bard-enabled Assistant. It also features a demo video of the UI in action.
From the video, you can see that Bard will be able to be invoked like a regular assistant, while it will also have a shortcut in the list of apps. Once invoked, you are given a choice of 3 actions: enter a query using the keyboard, speak the query with your voice, or insert an image and complete it with a query.
Since this page already exists in the Pixel Tips app (but is not yet available to users), it looks like Bard on Android will appear as early as one of the next Pixel Feature Drop.
Previously, 9to5Google has already demoed the Bard UI here and here.
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The arrival of Bard on Android seems to be just around the corner, as Google has prepared a special page in the Pixel Tips app to explain the features of the Bard-enabled Assistant. It also features a demo video of the UI in action.
From the video, you can see that Bard will be able to be invoked like a regular assistant, while it will also have a shortcut in the list of apps. Once invoked, you are given a choice of 3 actions: enter a query using the keyboard, speak the query with your voice, or insert an image and complete it with a query.
Since this page already exists in the Pixel Tips app (but is not yet available to users), it looks like Bard on Android will appear as early as one of the next Pixel Feature Drop.
Previously, 9to5Google has already demoed the Bard UI here and here.
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Assistant with Bard has appeared a bit early in the Pixel Tips app, giving us another look at how the upcoming feature will work.
But it also reveals when it'll arrive and on what devices it'll be available on. This is early info and could be wrong, but here's what I found:
1) The Assistant with Bard tip's "publication date" is 202403, which means this should go live in March alongside the March 2024 Pixel Feature Drop.
2) The Assistant with Bard tip is blocked from appearing on every Pixel device except for the Tensor-powered Pixel phones. The Pixel Tablet (tangorpro), Pixel Fold (felix), and rumored Pixel Fold 2 (comet) appear on the denylist. The tip is also blocked from appearing on devices running Android builds with IDs that start with UP1, UD1, and UQ1, which means it won't appear unless you're running the QPR2 beta (which starts with AP1) or the upcoming stable QPR2 release.
But it also reveals when it'll arrive and on what devices it'll be available on. This is early info and could be wrong, but here's what I found:
1) The Assistant with Bard tip's "publication date" is 202403, which means this should go live in March alongside the March 2024 Pixel Feature Drop.
2) The Assistant with Bard tip is blocked from appearing on every Pixel device except for the Tensor-powered Pixel phones. The Pixel Tablet (tangorpro), Pixel Fold (felix), and rumored Pixel Fold 2 (comet) appear on the denylist. The tip is also blocked from appearing on devices running Android builds with IDs that start with UP1, UD1, and UQ1, which means it won't appear unless you're running the QPR2 beta (which starts with AP1) or the upcoming stable QPR2 release.
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Wish more Android apps would go edge-to-edge, ie. take up 100% of your screen? Google has heard you, because they're working on adding a config in Android 15 that forces apps to go edge-to-edge by default!
Full details in this Android Authority article.
Full details in this Android Authority article.
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Android 15 might force more apps to take up 100% of your screen
Android apps can go edge-to-edge to take up the entire screen, but many choose not to support this. Android 15 could force them to.
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February 2024 security patch has been released.
All supported devices starting with Pixel 5a (5G) and newer get the update. Fixed issues:
Camera
• General improvements for system stability and performance in certain conditions *[Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8]
Display & Graphics
• Fix for display getting corrupted in certain conditions *[Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8]
• Fix for issue with outer display in certain conditions *[Pixel Fold]
Framework
• Fix for stability or performance with certain third party apps *[Pixel 5a (5G), Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro]
Wi-Fi
• General improvements for Wi-Fi stability and performance in certain conditions *[Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8]
Build Number: UQ1A.240205.002 (.004 for 8 series)
Security Patch: February 2024
Beta versions have a separate update channel, so this post doesn't apply to beta-testers.
🔗 Android Security Bulletin
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All supported devices starting with Pixel 5a (5G) and newer get the update. Fixed issues:
Camera
• General improvements for system stability and performance in certain conditions *[Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8]
Display & Graphics
• Fix for display getting corrupted in certain conditions *[Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8]
• Fix for issue with outer display in certain conditions *[Pixel Fold]
Framework
• Fix for stability or performance with certain third party apps *[Pixel 5a (5G), Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro]
Wi-Fi
• General improvements for Wi-Fi stability and performance in certain conditions *[Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8]
Build Number: UQ1A.240205.002 (.004 for 8 series)
Security Patch: February 2024
Beta versions have a separate update channel, so this post doesn't apply to beta-testers.
🔗 Android Security Bulletin
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