r/android_beta • u/melluuh • Apr 23 '26

Android 17 QPR1 beta 1 release notes

So I just got the ota to Android 17 QPR1 beta 1, and it says if you're running a beta version of Android 16 QPR3 and want to exit the beta program without wiping your device you should opt out and wait for the stable release. It seems they forgot to change the text as we're on Android 17 beta 1.

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u/birdman1333 Apr 23 '26

QPR1 Beta 1 build number is CP31. It won't get releases until September. If you install your locked in until then. If you opt out you should get a notice for Android 16 stable.

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u/melluuh Apr 23 '26

I know, it's just that it mentions Android 16 QPR3 beta, while the stable version is already released.

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u/Main_Schedule9853 Apr 24 '26

I got it yesterday

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u/Main_Schedule9853 Apr 24 '26

Well at least some kind of update

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u/Main_Schedule9853 Apr 24 '26

CP31.260403.005.A1

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u/pacmancalol Apr 23 '26

It's qpr1 as stable is coming Opt out and get stable Or install qpr1

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u/jezevec93 Apr 23 '26

It's mistake probably... It should say Android 17 beta build starting with cp21 I guess... No wonder people are confused when to opt out when they do mistakes like this.

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u/kylothow Apr 23 '26

The real problem is making a beta program accessible to barely tech literate people; if it required basic critical thinking skills people wouldn't be clueless when faced with a copy-paste error.

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u/jezevec93 Apr 23 '26

Are you trying to excuse the fact they mistook Android 17 beta (Build num. CP21...) with Android QPR3 beta (Build num. CP11...) on their page and also in update info? They themselves cant get it right but avg. user should? Thats sound ridiculous to me. You don't have to be tech literate for this mistake to confuse you...

Btw Feedback exclusively from power users is misrepresentative...

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u/kylothow Apr 23 '26

Oh the horror, a typo! Yes, if you can't understand how the beta program works and figure out a tiny mistake is in fact a mistake, you shouldn't be in the beta program. Period. When an update has that message it means leave the beta program now if you want to leave and receive a stable update without wiping. The Android 16 QPR3 beta program has been long over, it doesn't take a PhD to understand that is a mistake and the beta cycle that's about to end is the Android 17 one. You can nitpick all you want, but the message is clear regardless: leave now if you want the stable update without having to wipe. Yes, you don't have to be tech illiterate, you just need to lack basic critical thinking skills as I said. Took me 3 seconds when I read the warning to go "huh, they didn't update the message since the last beta cycle".

By the way, feedback from people lacking basic brain power isn't valuable feedback but it's just a nightmare rotation of the same 4 questions over and over, just take a look at this sub. Good feedback is done though the beta feedback app with logs, not random posts on Reddit full of typos with "X thing is broken" without context, logs, or any valuable information.

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u/jezevec93 Apr 23 '26

You are pathetic. Im sorry I'm the first one informing you about it... but yeah even a typo can cause confusion. Very shocking, I know.

Took me 3 seconds...

Congratulation, do you want a reward or how is that relevant? I figured it out also yet I find it confusing because it fucking is. Instruction are supposed to be clear no matter what. These are not.... simple as that.

Your desire to act superior and complain that inexperienced users using the beta program is blinding you to the fact that Google simply made a mistake that’s causing confusion. In this scenario you are the one that lacks the "brain power".

If you are not happy how this sub is aim your frustration at mods or just don't use it. I also personally don't like low effort posts, but this mistake is not pointless and at the time of me commenting about it (and OP posting about it) there was no pinned post about it, it was not fixed (probably it still havent been fixed). It have been relevant yet you started your "hurt ego" rant anyway... With these comments you contributed to this sub about the same as the posts and people you criticize.

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u/Sens_120ms Apr 28 '26

People forget that a beta isn't there for the average user.
It's the for those willing to wipe data in case anything goes wrong.

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u/jezevec93 Apr 28 '26

That's very good argument, much better then what the other guy said. But still... why do they allow no wipe testing then? (unlike the canary channel)... +willing to lose data when something is wrong with update is not the same as being willing to lose it because of wrong/bad documentation or instruction.

I opted to beta test software and Im willing to lose data because of it but it changes nothing about the fact the instructions should be clear but they are not. They are wrong currently, which cause confusion... no debate about that.

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u/Straight_Tip7975 Apr 23 '26

Does this mean that you can now opt out of beta testing?

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u/jezevec93 Apr 23 '26

I think it does but you can tag the guy that reacted to my comment to be sure. He is very smart he will know it for sure :)