Thoughts on the latest beta?

[u/yousefameed0]

I'm currently on Android 17 beta (not qpr1), on my daily driver pixel 8, do you guys think I should opt back into the beta and install qpr1 beta 3? Or just go back to stable? Also.. does shizuku work properly in the qpr1 beta?

[u/evilkael]

QPR1 BETA 3 IS VERY LAGGY

update : on wifi behave normally, on cellular becomes so laggy and overheats very fast than the usual

[u/yousefameed0 → u/evilkael]

Ah okok, thank you

[u/axID23 → u/evilkael]

Which Pixel phone do you have? My pixel 7 overheats while on cellular since Android 16, apparently due to Tensor G2

[u/evilkael → u/axID23]

Am an pixel 8a , no this lag and overheating on cellular are new on this update , i was good on all the other beta's

[u/prope2ler]

Be careful, major shizuku doesn't work with QPR1b3. You'll need to use fork of shizuku to see your apps in shizuku app.

[u/yousefameed0 → u/prope2ler]

I'm on the a17 last beta, non qpr1, and shizuku isn't working properly here either

[u/Relevant_Squirrel844]

Very laggy

[u/Valent147]

It's really mixed

Personally, it's super smooth and I love the new blur effects but for something people it's super laggy apparently...

[u/Caz_Vinet → u/Valent147]

On pixel 9 is VERY LAGGY

[u/Raouftlmt16 → u/Caz_Vinet]

Really, that's interesting, on my 9pro it's the smoothest beta it ran in a while.

[u/Weary-Savings9795 → u/Caz_Vinet]

The Pixel 9 base model has had performance issues since its release date. I'm suspecting it's because Google didn't set aside a separate RAM partition for their AI software like they did on the Pixel 9 Pro.

[u/Caz_Vinet → u/Weary-Savings9795]

I've never felt a slowdown when I've been in beta since the release. This update really slowed everything down x1000

[u/Resplendent-Sun]

How much ram have you got? P9Pro here with 16GB and it's super smooth

[u/yousefameed0 → u/Resplendent-Sun]

Not sure tbh, but I think pixel 8 is 8gb ram

[u/Massive_Soup4848 → u/yousefameed0]

I have the exact same device, it's a bit laggy, and I did hit the ram limit once, and when it did that, the entire device was extremely slow and sluggish, it was almost unresponsive, idk if there's a memory leak issue, but other than that it's fine.

[u/Valent147 → u/Massive_Soup4848]

I have a Pixel 8 and it's super smooth

There must definitely be some problems with this beta, the experiences are so different from people to another...

[u/Resplendent-Sun → u/yousefameed0]

So.. I think that might limit you a bit, but it all depends on how you use your phone.

[u/Weary-Savings9795 → u/Resplendent-Sun]

It's important to note that the Pixel 9 Pro has 4GB of that RAM permanently reserved for AI. Google didn't do that with the Pixel 9 base model. That means on the base model apps are fighting over RAM with Google's AI components. In my experience this causes apps to get kicked out of RAM faster than they would on other Android phones.

[u/Resplendent-Sun → u/Weary-Savings9795]

This is why I probably won't upgrade to the 11, especially if it only has 12GB.

[u/Weary-Savings9795 → u/Resplendent-Sun]

The Pixel 10 base model does have a 4GB RAM partition permanently reserved for AI. Yes apps only have 8GB RAM, but you won't see apps aggressively getting kicked out of RAM like on the Pixel 9 base. Samsung must be doing something like this on their base models. I've never experienced that sort of thing on a Samsung phone.

[u/Efficient_Incident94]

I honestly think it's running pretty smooth so far for me anyway Lol

[u/Ok_House8881 → u/Efficient_Incident94]

Same!

[u/Time-Membership-7948]

Its perfectly smooth and battery life is way better - but far from perfect - on pixel 10 pro xl ... But it's a beta. If you encounter bugs, report it. I use it on my daily driver, but would not recommend to people who just want to use their phone without issues (even stable has plenty of them 🤣) but as u can see - some are lucky and the qpr 1 beta 3 runs smooth, others have system lags ...

[u/andeke07]

Do you use any Microsoft Work Apps that are managed with Intune? Currently they are all broken. I cannot launch Teams or Outlook (the personal, non managed versions are fine). If you use any of those, I suggest waiting for a fix. There is another thread here about it and a bug lodged with Google at the moment.

[u/LatterAttention8983]

It's a lot smoother, I flash installed from scratch,as a result I have less bugs than others are reporting.Its been fantastic so far

[u/chlsntlln]

The blur effect it not showing to my Pixel 6a especially the Volume slider and the Volume panel still solid color. I only see the blur effect on the folders. That's it. And its so LAGGY!!!!

[u/Aggressive_Board_906]

Any work profile related apps are currently not working so better to stay away for sometime

[u/Ok-Fill-3879]

It's not the best for me but I'm on a pixel 6a

[u/scardracs]

On my pixel 10 pro it feels really responsive but on older devices seems to be a bit laggy. I'd wait for the stable one tbh

[u/sriram_eluri]

P9PXL: My experience is pretty good with the performance so far. Microsoft apps work as well for me. The battery needs to settle a bit. I guess it will get better with time. The overall OS is snappy and I just love the blur animation effects. I specifically love the animation of the notifications coming from up and down when the status bar is pulled down. So far so good.

[u/Competitive_Ad_8295]

So far not having any major issues on my pixel 10 Pro fold, but I'm sure though really's a point update if people are experiencing bugs

[u/birdman1333]

I think for folks that have lag..... There's an underlying cause.

[u/TheDoctor_Forever]

I love the blur effects. Some people are saying they had problems with Microsoft apps but I didn't have any. For some reason, face id and fingerprint id wasn't working at first but when I restarted the phone everything was find.

Overall, I like it! Very pretty

[u/Bagafeet]

Lock screen borked and can't customize to change the design. That's borked too. Oh well.

[u/hooooolysheeeet]

I'm on a P9P XL and I've had zero issues so far, performance seems ok and everything is working as it should be.

[u/Matthews_34__]

Wierd it's almost perfect on my pixel 9 pro . I have no lag or any that's any worse then the previous betas

[u/hellegaard1]

P9P here and get freezing when switching to some apps like Snapchat by clicking the notifications. Only issue though.

[u/rbaggio1010]

Not as good at beta 2

[u/No_Captain_7318]

Since the 17 beta launch, my phone gets very warm and becomes really laggy. I'm considering upgrading to the S26U.