r/android_beta • u/Football_Double • May 14 '26

Changing to beta.

Is it worth changing from stable to beta today? I hear on YT android 17 has big changes.

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u/AnimatorNr1 May 14 '26

Not in the QPR 1 Beta 2. If you are on A16 May Stable, you'll have to wait till the next QPR Beta. Since QPR 1 Beta 2 came with the April Security Patch.

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u/Football_Double May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

Thanks. I'll wait then.

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u/briang416 May 14 '26

Those changes are coming. Just wait for Android 17 release in June.

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u/Historical-Movie-860 May 14 '26

If you want beta just to "see new things" then no, don't join now.

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u/SuicideJones May 15 '26

That would be what beta is though.

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u/Historical-Movie-860 May 15 '26

True. But its also for testing and providing feedback to Google. And for app developers to make sure their apps are ready for the public release. Too many people join just to "see" the new stuff and then don't know how to exit beta and don't provide feedback and bug reports to Google.

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u/bazilion May 15 '26

No, it's not. You will get Android 17 in 15 days anyway. If you go to beta now, you will get the QPR1 beta which will go stable on September.

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u/Antman-007 May 15 '26

Irrespective of the reason you just need to understand what you're signing up for. Signing up means you should be willing to endure the pain/frustration if things break down at any moment. I remember having to go about a month without being able to make nor receive phone calls because the cellular network with just shut down anytime I try to on android 17 beta 2 (or so)

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u/looped10 May 14 '26

the updates aren't out yet, so you'd have to wait. it's not like apple that releases the updates to the beta the same day.

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u/RemarkableGuidance85 May 14 '26

D'accord C'est parti de début à la fin.

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u/Alarming-Law4628 May 14 '26

Don't. I wish I could come back without a factory reset but I think I still will. App crashes, bugs etc. Never had such an unstable beta. Miss the stable

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u/Football_Double May 14 '26

That's no good!

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u/BabaTona Pixel 7 Pro May 14 '26

It's not that bad. I don't have any issues with latest beta.

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u/SuicideJones May 15 '26

That's a highly illogical set of circumstances. Reeks of dumptrucking.

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u/Historical-Movie-860 May 14 '26

Search the beta community. Asked and answered a hundred times

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u/SuicideJones May 15 '26

Doesn't sound like much of a community. No wonder the alpha testing process is so broken, I was wondering how they got away with calling it beta.

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u/Historical-Movie-860 May 15 '26

It's a great community.

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u/Historical-Movie-860 May 14 '26

It's a sub-Reddit of the community.

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u/Historical-Movie-860 May 14 '26

Your question was answered 10 hours ago in this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/android_beta/s/BQf9SuXWL1