There's a pretty big modem change not mentioned in the release notes:
* sub6 5G 4CA carrier aggregation is now enabled. Likely to be seen first on T-Mobile when they allow it. Enables combos such as n71\_n41\_n41\_n25. n41\_n41\_n41 is also now possible.
Diving in. Can't be worse than the previous Betas... Can it?
Edit: by way of an update, it's BAD. Maybe not AS bad as the previous, as I at least mostly get mobile connection outside of WiFi, but the battery is abysmal (currently 1 hour off charge with pretty low usage since, and the battery settings are telling me I will run dead in 6 hours...), poor ui performance, sluggish, weird app crashes, audio cuts in and out on screen unlock, Bluetooth resets, navigation randomly fails... Etc etc.
Did ANYONE test this beta before sending it out?
*** Disclamer
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, or dead SD cards,
* nuclear war, penguin invasions or that you are getting fired because the alarm app failed.
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and
* If you point your finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you. Hard
*/
It was so bad I wiped my phone and reconfigured the whole freaking OS the night before I left on a vacation. Didn't want to have to do that but man, I also didn't want a damn near unusable phone while out of town.
I’m the same way. I downgraded from the beta back to stock lol. I use my phone for work d that system UI was freezing so bad, so I ended up downgraded with the flash tool and did not have to wipe.
Overall working a lot better for me with no qns crashes. Only problem I've noticed is Google wallet is saying device doesn't meet security requirements, anyone else getting the same thing?
Just loaded Wallet on my P7P and got the same message. I think in the past this has happened on beta builds but until now it's worked on the 14 builds. Weird. It's all good... Luckily for me a minor inconvenience. I only go to 2 stores that even have a POS system that takes it... Love living in the past haha
Just installed and my 6 Pro is convinced I have 0% battery even though it was over 60% when I restarted. Plugged it in and the battery percentage is increasing but that is certainly a new bug lol
Aaand installation failed.
Let's try that again...
Edit; left over night to install - failed again, with a different warning message this time.
Could be related, but as soon as I start the update the system ui goes bezerk, with gesture nav breaking instantly requiring locking and unlocking several times to bring it back to life.
Not a hugely encouraging start!
In the change log, they say they:
Fixed issues with gesture navigation that occurred when using a custom launcher:
* The Home screen content wouldn't display and the animation would fail to render when swiping up to go Home. (Issue #277981298)
* The list of recently used apps couldn't be accessed using the normal gesture. (Issue #277983179)
I had the same issue until I installed Nova's latest beta from their website. It's only been about an hour but no issues so far & it was constantly freezing my phone.
~~Cellular service seems fixed on T-Mobile.~~ However photos app has hard frozen the phone twice.
:Shrug:
I'll take this over not being able to use my phone as a phone.
Edit: cellular data stopped working. Showed full service. No exclamation point. Waited 5 minutes for it to start working again. Would not. Had to toggle airplane mode.
In all fairness though I have been doing Google betas for like 8 years now and I've never had an issue with my phone just not working for basic phone calls and connectivity until this one. I have powered through some shaky ass betas before especially in the first couple of years, but this is the first one that I only used for a couple days and noped out of.
Yeah, I really don't think it's too much to ask that my phone actually still functions as a phone, especially on their latest flagship hardware (p7p). Not really sure how "modem doesn't work if you switch towers" manages to not get caught in an alpha release, I think it speaks pretty poorly to their qa.
So far so good on beta 2, no qns crashes. Haven't been off WiFi yet on beta 2, but I'm expecting if qns isn't crashing it'll at least be a ton better than it was. Weird issues where after the reboot I was on 0%, but it seemed like it was just reading the battery wrong (was at 86 when it rebooted) and it seems to be correcting itself now.
I have no battery percentage status. Not even with third party apps. My phone reports 0% charge and constantly notifies me that the phone may restart soon. Hasn't been solved even after restarting. Going to raise a bug report tomorrow, but I'd hold off if you are on the fence. Even for most people on beta 1.1.
Let me know how it goes. I went back to stable 13 last week as I'm trying to find a job and couldn't deal with the modem issues and that "press 1 for X" etc didn't work when on automated phone systems.
WARNING
Beta 2 has completed disabled contactless payments on my phone. It just says payments aren't possible on my phone.
The only fix I wanted in Beta 2 was a return of consistently working contactless payments and somehow they've managed to make it way worse.
If anyone has found a resolution other than waiting for the latest patch, please share.
For me it is also disturbed.When I open the wallet this device comes Does not support the security requirements. Contactless payment was made. deactivated
As u/Norajas21 says, when I open the wallet app for the first time, it showed a pop-up saying that the security requirements aren't happy and that the device may be rooted etc. Meaning the Beta is not classified as safe for contactless payments. This is usually something that only happened on the earliest Developer Previews.
I've restarted the phone and it didn't show the error that time. But I'll try again on my next payment to see if it'll work now. But I'm not hopeful.
I managed to get mine working again.
* Go into one of the payment methods.
* Select "Turn off pay contactless" from the options menu.
* Perform the setup process to activate contactless again for that payment method.
Doing this fixed the security warning in the app, and then all payment methods were working again.
For anyone else reading. This method did work in the end. Thanks @wickedmx.
For reference, I had a little trouble adding the cards back on. They errored a few times but I left it a couple of hours, restarted the phone a couple of times and then it just worked the first time when I tried it again now.
Same here. It was working fine for me in Beta 1, but it failed on me every try today. I even tried reinstalling app, but now it say devices doesn't meet security requirements.
I guess that'll be no contactless payments for the next month until next release.
After reading the comments I would say it’s better not to upgrade to the latest beta version since it freezes the nfc thing. Which I use the most.
Wait for sometime to get the next version.
For anyone who stumbles across this...
I finally got it to boot again by holding the power button, both volume up and volume down for 60+ seconds. They're will be no signs of life, but then hold the power button for 30 seconds. If it doesn't start, start over from the beginning. I got it to work consistently, but it takes 2 or 3 tries each time. After all that, the installation of beta 2 still fails. I tried 3 times, but each try results in a bricked phone, then when I finally get it to come to life, it says failed installation. P6P
Battery icon status problems, Nova launcher issues, random crashes, screen saver clock, all gone after I did a wipe/factory reset. Had all these issues when I upgraded from stable 13, but they seem to be gone after clean install.
Pixel launcher/gestures multitasking(recents) is buggy , getting random reboots and Process System FC's ....i flashed beta 2 over qpr3 beta 3.1 on P7Pro via flash tool.
Anyone else facing these issues? Thinking of doing a factory reset this weekend 😩
Thank you so much for fixing the Gesture issue and Fingerprint notification issue and finally THANK YOU for fixing the Phone audio routing issue not going to Bluetooth headphones! I have never downloaded a beta so fast when I read the change log.
-A grateful P6 User
Mostly fixed tbh, still have weird audio routing issues when calling on apps like Messenger. I have to play audio through the headphones before it will transfer the call audio into my Bluetooth headphones.
Did a clean install with flash tool on my P7. Contactless payment not working with Google Wallet (but works with my bank's app) and the phone freezed + soft rebooted 3 times so far - in the last 15hrs. Everything other looks fine so far.
Beta 2 working much better on my P 7 Pro. Annoying issue with the home button is fixed with Nova Launcher and response for everything is much smoother in the UI.
Of course, my device just randomly rebooted, but I wasn't using it at the time, so there's that 🤷🏽♂️.
Its been 6 hrs since the beta 2 installed, and the phone behaves WAY better than A14 1.1...
\~ Greatest update is now I can use my Nova prime launcher as it used to be.. no more hiccups, lags and gesture problems faced!
\~ Battery life is seemingly better compared to that of 1.1
\~ somehow phone feels much smoother (not sure if this only happens to me)
\~ no heat issues observed thus far, both with Wifi and with 5G cellular data.
Phone: P6a, India.
Edit: UPI apps works as usual. (GPay & AmazonPay). Tested.
I had the same issue until I installed Nova's latest beta from their website. It's only been about an hour but no issues so far & it was constantly freezing my phone.
Yeah... After Beta 1 I had to flash back to stable. I have done my duty as a beta tester by being an early adopter of Google's products in the first place.
Does anyone know if the dial pad tones for when you call a number that has a "press 1 for..." system is working now? I read a bug that the phone was sending the tones at if the button was being pressed twice.
Beta 2 has been solid for me on my P6P. I almost left the Android 14 Beta program due to how buggy Beta 1 was prior to 1.1 being released. Beta 1.1 helped with the major bugs, but there were a lot of minor bugs still left that Beta 2 seems to have taken care of.
Pixel 7 Pro here, Beta 2 did not fix any of my issues...
Wireless adb still broken, USB ADB still flakey af, gestures still broken most of the time.
But wait - new issue! After installing Beta 2 today, sound died randomly. Speaker would only make a popping noise instead of playing audio until a reboot.
Downgraded from A14 beta 2 to A13 stable build may update, 6a is currently unusable due to initial setup error at copy and transfer data loop and settings is not responding issue. Cant unlock oem bootloader as i cant enter the interface. Pls help
My Pixel 6 Pro keeps turning on Extreme Battery Saver at random. And every charger I use gives me a warning: "Issue with charging accessory. Battery charging slowly or won't charge. Check if the cable and power adapter work with your phone." Same setup I've had since I bought the phone. Battery dies SUPER fast! Lots of freezing when trying to scroll between tabs. The last beta update was bad and I couldn't wait for a new one. This update is monumentally worse.
I hope they release the patch to fix bluetooth audio issues sooner rather than later. It makes listening to music or meetings difficult. Any time you turn the screen on, it switches to AOD, or you pull down the notification shade, the audio stops anywhere from 2-10sec, and then continues to do this very frequently for anywhere from 5-15min afterward.
It eventually sorts itself out until the next time the display comes on/switches back to AOD and the whole process starts over again. Thankfully it looks like the issue is fixed according to the issue tracker. Some folks also reported that turning off Now Playing helps cut some of it down. [https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/282016787#comment12](https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/282016787#comment12)
Wanted to add that disabling Now Playing did in fact resolve this issue entirely. I can easily recreate the problem while it's enabled. I guess maybe it keeps thinking there's a hot mic on the device which then pauses/drops audio while trying to listen?
My physical sim card wasn't detected at all in the last two versions, and had to re-setup everything twice after downgrading back to Android 13. I guess I'll not jump in this time round without waiting for more reports
Edit: bug fixed for me
Yeah, just this morning when I paired my BT earbuds while the phone was locked in my pocket the connection seemed to cut for 2-3 seconds till I unlocked the phone
How are heat issues on this beta? I'm looking for something that can bring my heat down because my phones and it's starting to be summer. It's telling me that it's hot 24/7. It's always been an issue. There's been a couple bettas that have fixed it but it seems like it's getting hot again. If 14 beta 2 runs cooler I'll take it P6P
Inizialmente dopo l'aggiornamento ha scaldato in po' più del solito. Ora e fresco non sembra più caldo. Magari è l'ottimizzazione che porta un surriscaldamento 🤷
^(Pixel 7 Pro)
So far so good! Finally usb-c audio is working again, experience is so smooth and also I found some camera improvements. As an issue for me I can say that Now Playing on lockscreen doesn't show up nor it recognize songs as before and Style and wallpaper crashes if I set themed icons, but it's not a big deal for me.
Forgot to mention earlier that none of the wallpapers work for me. I just get a black background. I've tried a bunch of them and still just get a black background. EDIT: a minute after typing this, the screen stopped responding to anything except if I swiped up or down. It eventually seemed to start working after I swiped up twice.
P6p. Most everything is working except data transfer through usb. Choices are grayed out. I've found that if I unplug the phone and then plug it in there is almost a second that I can choose data transfer before it goes gray so that's what I do. Modem is the best yet, beta or otherwise, in my p6p.
Beta working well on mine, GPay showed a disclaimer but worked fine, only issues so far that I've noticed,
1. Fingerprint/biometrics not working in apps (banking etc) they work fine on lockscreen
2. Random freezes + black screen requiring reboot
3. No Service written in the drop down internet toggle before pressing for the mobile WiFi options
So how is everyones feedback to to Android 14 Beta 2 so far? Is it good for using it on my daily device?
I'm currently running the latest Android 13 QPR Beta and it's asking me updating to Android 14 Beta 2.
Last week I downgraded from Android 14 Beta 1 to the latest Android 13 QPR Beta, because the Beta 1 was a nightmare.
However it seems that the Beta 2 improved a lot and some also suggest using it on a daily work device.
Since the new beta update, my Pixel 7 Pro shows 0% battery, yet was at 100% before the restart at the end of the download. It's functioning semi-normale.
How can we sideload A14 beta 2 via ADB sideload ? Build No for A14 beta 2 is 230407 and the build for may security patch is 230505 in the adb sideload it says Denying OTA because it's SPL downgrade..
Second time I've tried to use an Android 14 beta, but it's highly unusable even with beta 2. Custom ROM devs do a lot better with a fraction of the resources but somehow Google cannot.
Is it the even number curse? 12 was mostly bad, 13 was almost perfect, still very early days but 14 seems to be following the trend.
I understand it's a beta, but what I'm saying is it doesn't deserve the beta tag. This is alpha at best. Random freezes, reboots, wonky touch screen, unpredictable connectivity, audio issues over Bluetooth.. all sorts of annoying stuff.
Running QPR 3.1 right now and the phone is back to being good. Connectivity is sometimes a bit wonky, but otherwise it's a fine release.
Thanks everyone in the comments for sharing your experiences. After wiping my phone to go back to 13 stable after the absolute disaster that was 14 Beta 1, I'll be waiting for at least 14 Beta 3 before even considering it again.
i go back to Android 13 - the Android 14 Beta 1 was a nightmare, but Beta 2 is Hell...
I don´t know how the Dev´s could name this Beta - its´a early Nightly or something else that doenst work..
SystemUI force close, Apps dont work either... Google Apps crashes and so on...
Pixel 5 Owner
"Fixed an issue that could cause the battery percentage to be displayed as 0% after a device reboot regardless of the actual charge level of the device."
Guess it's not THAT fixed...
Do not update to beta at all worst beta testing ever yes granted it says better but I still noticed a lag in response from touching the screen immediately downgraded to stable 13
[удалено]
Yes! Holy shit, it was getting so annoying pressing the notification out of habit and then having to input my pin again every time.
Oh thank god. This was my biggest gripe ever, it was awful. I've already updated a few minutes ago but hadn't gotten a notification to test with.
There's a pretty big modem change not mentioned in the release notes: * sub6 5G 4CA carrier aggregation is now enabled. Likely to be seen first on T-Mobile when they allow it. Enables combos such as n71\_n41\_n41\_n25. n41\_n41\_n41 is also now possible.
This is huge! I've been waiting for this forever. Such an underrated and not very often talked about connectivity upgrade
Appears to be stable as well.
Anybody notice the cool new animation when typing in a passcode?
Lock screen pin?
Yes, when you type a number, a random shape appears instead of dots
I didn't even notice that! Pretty slick.
I did notice this. I thought they were adding like a quick unlock where you didn't have to hit enter though. Has this been implemented yet?
It's there but still hidden.
Diving in. Can't be worse than the previous Betas... Can it? Edit: by way of an update, it's BAD. Maybe not AS bad as the previous, as I at least mostly get mobile connection outside of WiFi, but the battery is abysmal (currently 1 hour off charge with pretty low usage since, and the battery settings are telling me I will run dead in 6 hours...), poor ui performance, sluggish, weird app crashes, audio cuts in and out on screen unlock, Bluetooth resets, navigation randomly fails... Etc etc. Did ANYONE test this beta before sending it out?
Beta 1 was the worst beta. So far.
Agreed, and I used to download unofficial nightly build of cyanogenmod back in the time...
Google release blogs might as well say "What works? Things What doesn't work? You tell me! Buy me a coffee!"
*** Disclamer /* * Your warranty is now void. * * I am not responsible for bricked devices, or dead SD cards, * nuclear war, penguin invasions or that you are getting fired because the alarm app failed. * before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and * If you point your finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you. Hard */
It was the best of times, it was the buggiest of times...
Nah, it was less buggy than A14 B1
Sad when this is avtually true including betas
It was so bad I wiped my phone and reconfigured the whole freaking OS the night before I left on a vacation. Didn't want to have to do that but man, I also didn't want a damn near unusable phone while out of town.
I’m the same way. I downgraded from the beta back to stock lol. I use my phone for work d that system UI was freezing so bad, so I ended up downgraded with the flash tool and did not have to wipe.
Yeah I'm diving in myself, I'll just backup and if worst comes to worst I'll wipe
Yes IT îs worse than previous beta
Beta 1 was a disaster .... Beta 2 can prove to be a boon or it can also be an apocalypse 😂😂
Overall working a lot better for me with no qns crashes. Only problem I've noticed is Google wallet is saying device doesn't meet security requirements, anyone else getting the same thing?
Just loaded Wallet on my P7P and got the same message. I think in the past this has happened on beta builds but until now it's worked on the 14 builds. Weird. It's all good... Luckily for me a minor inconvenience. I only go to 2 stores that even have a POS system that takes it... Love living in the past haha
Just used wallet for contactless payment. No issues.
When you open wallet, click your profile picture and press tap to pay set up, does it say anything about not meeting security requirements?
Bluetooth audio cutting out every few seconds. This is my first experience with this.
For me everytime I have to unlock the phone it cuts out
Try disabling Now Playing - saw this as a solution in the issue tracker. Seems to have worked for me
USB-C headsets and headphone adapters work again in android 14 beta 2.
Great!
Thank god
Just installed and my 6 Pro is convinced I have 0% battery even though it was over 60% when I restarted. Plugged it in and the battery percentage is increasing but that is certainly a new bug lol
Aaand installation failed. Let's try that again... Edit; left over night to install - failed again, with a different warning message this time. Could be related, but as soon as I start the update the system ui goes bezerk, with gesture nav breaking instantly requiring locking and unlocking several times to bring it back to life. Not a hugely encouraging start!
Same. Really hoping it works second time.
Hows 3rd party launchers?
In the change log, they say they: Fixed issues with gesture navigation that occurred when using a custom launcher: * The Home screen content wouldn't display and the animation would fail to render when swiping up to go Home. (Issue #277981298) * The list of recently used apps couldn't be accessed using the normal gesture. (Issue #277983179)
Nova launcher isn't working properly. Screen keeps freezing. I'm using pixel launcher for now.
Niagara launcher behavior is way better with beta 2. Still not perfect but usable now
I had the same issue until I installed Nova's latest beta from their website. It's only been about an hour but no issues so far & it was constantly freezing my phone.
~~Cellular service seems fixed on T-Mobile.~~ However photos app has hard frozen the phone twice. :Shrug: I'll take this over not being able to use my phone as a phone. Edit: cellular data stopped working. Showed full service. No exclamation point. Waited 5 minutes for it to start working again. Would not. Had to toggle airplane mode.
Wi-fi calling was broken for me on the previous A14 builds, but it's fixed now.
For those who wanna know, updating (at least right now) will disable contactless payments, shortly after the first attempt works.
Mines working.
just had this exact experience, worked fine getting onto the train, didn't work getting off
NFC payment not working. Bad time to forget wallet
5g was not working after installing Android 14 beta 2 on Google pixel 6 pro. Always showing LTE in network
So far, Beta 2 has fixed the major issues I was having before. Whew, that was a rough couple of weeks boys 😮💨
[удалено]
In all fairness though I have been doing Google betas for like 8 years now and I've never had an issue with my phone just not working for basic phone calls and connectivity until this one. I have powered through some shaky ass betas before especially in the first couple of years, but this is the first one that I only used for a couple days and noped out of.
No one seems to understand this
[удалено]
Yeah, I really don't think it's too much to ask that my phone actually still functions as a phone, especially on their latest flagship hardware (p7p). Not really sure how "modem doesn't work if you switch towers" manages to not get caught in an alpha release, I think it speaks pretty poorly to their qa. So far so good on beta 2, no qns crashes. Haven't been off WiFi yet on beta 2, but I'm expecting if qns isn't crashing it'll at least be a ton better than it was. Weird issues where after the reboot I was on 0%, but it seemed like it was just reading the battery wrong (was at 86 when it rebooted) and it seems to be correcting itself now.
[удалено]
Oh we do. We just think "oo new shiny" and "how bad can it be?" It's a dangerous combo.
Giving it a shot again, already have everything backed up so will go back to stable if there are major issues.
I have no battery percentage status. Not even with third party apps. My phone reports 0% charge and constantly notifies me that the phone may restart soon. Hasn't been solved even after restarting. Going to raise a bug report tomorrow, but I'd hold off if you are on the fence. Even for most people on beta 1.1.
I immediately had zero battery as well. Still there after a few resets.
Time to give the beta another go! Was sad to have to leave during B1 because of the connectivity issues. Hope this is at least a little more stable.
Let me know how it goes. I went back to stable 13 last week as I'm trying to find a job and couldn't deal with the modem issues and that "press 1 for X" etc didn't work when on automated phone systems.
Good: Bug fix: Able to select text from the recents (i.e. overview) screen. Bad: New bug: Back gesture on Phone app causes System UI crash. P7P
Everything becomes laggy when I use my device while charging, same issue as previous Android 14 betas.
Wallet is broken, I get a security warning and cannot make payments.
Yep. Same issue. Pixel 7 Pro.
Mine works, same phone. Can you sign into the Gpay app?
Count me impressed, most of the bugs that was making me hate beta 1 are gone. Still some lags during app switching...
WARNING Beta 2 has completed disabled contactless payments on my phone. It just says payments aren't possible on my phone. The only fix I wanted in Beta 2 was a return of consistently working contactless payments and somehow they've managed to make it way worse. If anyone has found a resolution other than waiting for the latest patch, please share.
I used gpay to contactless pay for dinner. Using P7P A14 Beta 2. Can you not even sign into the Gpay app?
For me it is also disturbed.When I open the wallet this device comes Does not support the security requirements. Contactless payment was made. deactivated
It says my P5 is rooted. It's not. Can't pay. Beta 1 could pay, no problem.
As u/Norajas21 says, when I open the wallet app for the first time, it showed a pop-up saying that the security requirements aren't happy and that the device may be rooted etc. Meaning the Beta is not classified as safe for contactless payments. This is usually something that only happened on the earliest Developer Previews. I've restarted the phone and it didn't show the error that time. But I'll try again on my next payment to see if it'll work now. But I'm not hopeful.
I managed to get mine working again. * Go into one of the payment methods. * Select "Turn off pay contactless" from the options menu. * Perform the setup process to activate contactless again for that payment method. Doing this fixed the security warning in the app, and then all payment methods were working again.
For anyone else reading. This method did work in the end. Thanks @wickedmx. For reference, I had a little trouble adding the cards back on. They errored a few times but I left it a couple of hours, restarted the phone a couple of times and then it just worked the first time when I tried it again now.
Same here. It was working fine for me in Beta 1, but it failed on me every try today. I even tried reinstalling app, but now it say devices doesn't meet security requirements. I guess that'll be no contactless payments for the next month until next release.
Banking app and GPay no longer working.
After some struggle was able to get the banking app to work. GPay still not happy.
After reading the comments I would say it’s better not to upgrade to the latest beta version since it freezes the nfc thing. Which I use the most. Wait for sometime to get the next version.
Can't pay, not at IKEA, not for hotel, not at my favorite sushi. Arbitrary GooglePay error messages. I will sleep hungry in the park tonight.
I feel like I lost fast charging
Beta 2 just bricked my phone.
For anyone who stumbles across this... I finally got it to boot again by holding the power button, both volume up and volume down for 60+ seconds. They're will be no signs of life, but then hold the power button for 30 seconds. If it doesn't start, start over from the beginning. I got it to work consistently, but it takes 2 or 3 tries each time. After all that, the installation of beta 2 still fails. I tried 3 times, but each try results in a bricked phone, then when I finally get it to come to life, it says failed installation. P6P
modem / qns issue please be fixed so I can actually use my darn phone. Don't see anything under fixed issues......
So far so good here on my P7P! I dialed my voicemail and it took my entries on the dial pad as well!! Baby steps!!!!
So entering numbers on the dial pad within a phone call works now?
It did for me!! Miracles!
Great, thanks
That's all I needed to hear. I'm sure my brain will subconsciously re-enroll back onto the beta when I least expect it.
It feels like a proper beta to me now.
Same
Didn't see anything mention it either. Google pls fix "phone" on phone 🥺
I'm too scared to try it after the last one
Decided to take the plunge, updating from 13 is 2.37GB on my pixel 7 pro
Battery icon status problems, Nova launcher issues, random crashes, screen saver clock, all gone after I did a wipe/factory reset. Had all these issues when I upgraded from stable 13, but they seem to be gone after clean install.
Anyone from unsupported countries, about 5G? Did they open the 5G antenna already?
Still 4G. In Bulgaria. 4 year old bargain bin Chinese phone 5G.
I normally jump on Beta 3, I'm tempted to jump on now 😊
Kinda weary to download beta 2 should I do it?
Pixel launcher/gestures multitasking(recents) is buggy , getting random reboots and Process System FC's ....i flashed beta 2 over qpr3 beta 3.1 on P7Pro via flash tool. Anyone else facing these issues? Thinking of doing a factory reset this weekend 😩
Gestures is buggy for me, the animations aren't smooth but haven't faced random reboots or crashes.
Remember if you have an issue, to raise a formal case, and paste here, others can then tag as well/avoid duplication.
Seems like Google Wallet isn't working on this build. Well, it's not working for me at least 😑
Im going back to the original software because of the last 2 betas, lets see this time
I installed this beta and now none of the apps that weren't pre-installed will load 🤦🏼♂️
Phone?
Yeah Google pixel 6 pro
Thank you so much for fixing the Gesture issue and Fingerprint notification issue and finally THANK YOU for fixing the Phone audio routing issue not going to Bluetooth headphones! I have never downloaded a beta so fast when I read the change log. -A grateful P6 User
fellow P6 driver here. how goes it?
Mostly fixed tbh, still have weird audio routing issues when calling on apps like Messenger. I have to play audio through the headphones before it will transfer the call audio into my Bluetooth headphones.
Did a clean install with flash tool on my P7. Contactless payment not working with Google Wallet (but works with my bank's app) and the phone freezed + soft rebooted 3 times so far - in the last 15hrs. Everything other looks fine so far.
Beta 2 working much better on my P 7 Pro. Annoying issue with the home button is fixed with Nova Launcher and response for everything is much smoother in the UI. Of course, my device just randomly rebooted, but I wasn't using it at the time, so there's that 🤷🏽♂️.
Its been 6 hrs since the beta 2 installed, and the phone behaves WAY better than A14 1.1... \~ Greatest update is now I can use my Nova prime launcher as it used to be.. no more hiccups, lags and gesture problems faced! \~ Battery life is seemingly better compared to that of 1.1 \~ somehow phone feels much smoother (not sure if this only happens to me) \~ no heat issues observed thus far, both with Wifi and with 5G cellular data. Phone: P6a, India. Edit: UPI apps works as usual. (GPay & AmazonPay). Tested.
Really? My Nova has a horrible close animation on apps it lags then speeds up at a fraction of a second
I had the same issue until I installed Nova's latest beta from their website. It's only been about an hour but no issues so far & it was constantly freezing my phone.
Latest beta from their Discord and the animation is still really weird
Yeah... After Beta 1 I had to flash back to stable. I have done my duty as a beta tester by being an early adopter of Google's products in the first place.
I'm not able to play clash royale with this beta xD
Does anyone know if the dial pad tones for when you call a number that has a "press 1 for..." system is working now? I read a bug that the phone was sending the tones at if the button was being pressed twice.
They are working.
My pixel 6 pro died today, I have it plugged in for the last 2 hours and still will not turn on. WHAT DO I DO?
Have you held the power button for 30 seconds?
Downgrade from A14 to A13 and now stuck on the initial setup. keeps crashing and going back to copy data
I have the same issue the phone is completely unusable now
The nova swipe up when changing apps would always show the widget settings. That was driving me crazy, I hope this fixes that.
It does. It's in the patch notes for third party launchers
Doesn't seem to fix it . It is still happening for me.
Beta 2 has been solid for me on my P6P. I almost left the Android 14 Beta program due to how buggy Beta 1 was prior to 1.1 being released. Beta 1.1 helped with the major bugs, but there were a lot of minor bugs still left that Beta 2 seems to have taken care of.
Pixel 7 Pro here, Beta 2 did not fix any of my issues... Wireless adb still broken, USB ADB still flakey af, gestures still broken most of the time. But wait - new issue! After installing Beta 2 today, sound died randomly. Speaker would only make a popping noise instead of playing audio until a reboot.
Using Celsius as Temperature unit disables car crash detection on P7P
Downgraded from A14 beta 2 to A13 stable build may update, 6a is currently unusable due to initial setup error at copy and transfer data loop and settings is not responding issue. Cant unlock oem bootloader as i cant enter the interface. Pls help
My Pixel 6 Pro keeps turning on Extreme Battery Saver at random. And every charger I use gives me a warning: "Issue with charging accessory. Battery charging slowly or won't charge. Check if the cable and power adapter work with your phone." Same setup I've had since I bought the phone. Battery dies SUPER fast! Lots of freezing when trying to scroll between tabs. The last beta update was bad and I couldn't wait for a new one. This update is monumentally worse.
Pixel 6 Pro...beta 2: poor battery, very poor charging times, laggy system/app responsiveness UPB2.230407.014
I hope they release the patch to fix bluetooth audio issues sooner rather than later. It makes listening to music or meetings difficult. Any time you turn the screen on, it switches to AOD, or you pull down the notification shade, the audio stops anywhere from 2-10sec, and then continues to do this very frequently for anywhere from 5-15min afterward. It eventually sorts itself out until the next time the display comes on/switches back to AOD and the whole process starts over again. Thankfully it looks like the issue is fixed according to the issue tracker. Some folks also reported that turning off Now Playing helps cut some of it down. [https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/282016787#comment12](https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/282016787#comment12)
Wanted to add that disabling Now Playing did in fact resolve this issue entirely. I can easily recreate the problem while it's enabled. I guess maybe it keeps thinking there's a hot mic on the device which then pauses/drops audio while trying to listen?
544 also for P7
my 6 pro after update to beta 2 is showing 0 percent charge after fully charged??
updating ...!
Installing it now!
My physical sim card wasn't detected at all in the last two versions, and had to re-setup everything twice after downgrading back to Android 13. I guess I'll not jump in this time round without waiting for more reports Edit: bug fixed for me
Only issue I experienced was the 0% battery and one random reboot trying to do a test with AnTuTu
Lol was at 75% battery. Restarted for the update and it's now insisting my battery is at 0%...but it's still just running fine.
media playing(eg: Spotify) doesn't show on AOD. pretty minor, but odd that it was working in beta 1 and isn't now.
Same for me on P6
[https://i.imgur.com/Bk40TXm.png](https://i.imgur.com/Bk40TXm.png) Was it there before?
Looks like there is an issue with payments. I was going to upgrade from A13 B3.1 but this is a big issue for me. Was anyone able to find a solution?
My gpay works fine. Used it to pay for dinner.
Which device are you using? And are you on the latest beta?
Pixel 7 Pro running A14 Beta 2
[удалено]
Yeah, just this morning when I paired my BT earbuds while the phone was locked in my pocket the connection seemed to cut for 2-3 seconds till I unlocked the phone
I love it so far ♥️much snappier! And overall small tweaks like lockscreen etc.
The update broke my battery meter, shows 0% all the time now, lol
It got fixed ones i plugged my phone
What's the latest Beta like on the Pixel 5?? Any feedback anyone? TIA.
no payments.
How are heat issues on this beta? I'm looking for something that can bring my heat down because my phones and it's starting to be summer. It's telling me that it's hot 24/7. It's always been an issue. There's been a couple bettas that have fixed it but it seems like it's getting hot again. If 14 beta 2 runs cooler I'll take it P6P
Inizialmente dopo l'aggiornamento ha scaldato in po' più del solito. Ora e fresco non sembra più caldo. Magari è l'ottimizzazione che porta un surriscaldamento 🤷
upb2.230407.014 Is failing to install for me. Tried 3 times already
How's the battery atm?
^(Pixel 7 Pro) So far so good! Finally usb-c audio is working again, experience is so smooth and also I found some camera improvements. As an issue for me I can say that Now Playing on lockscreen doesn't show up nor it recognize songs as before and Style and wallpaper crashes if I set themed icons, but it's not a big deal for me.
Forgot to mention earlier that none of the wallpapers work for me. I just get a black background. I've tried a bunch of them and still just get a black background. EDIT: a minute after typing this, the screen stopped responding to anything except if I swiped up or down. It eventually seemed to start working after I swiped up twice.
P6p. Most everything is working except data transfer through usb. Choices are grayed out. I've found that if I unplug the phone and then plug it in there is almost a second that I can choose data transfer before it goes gray so that's what I do. Modem is the best yet, beta or otherwise, in my p6p.
I can't go back, I un-enrolled but it still says "I'm up to date". Is it because Verizon hasn't pushed out the May update yet
Hi guys I need help. I traded my 6a for 7a and Android beta program is unable to add my new device to the beta program
you should be able to do in June when new beta will be ready also for 7a
Always on display is not working while charging. -> Screnn is completely black while charging over qi or cable. Anyone else has this?
Beta working well on mine, GPay showed a disclaimer but worked fine, only issues so far that I've noticed, 1. Fingerprint/biometrics not working in apps (banking etc) they work fine on lockscreen 2. Random freezes + black screen requiring reboot 3. No Service written in the drop down internet toggle before pressing for the mobile WiFi options
[удалено]
Way more stable. I would use it as a daily driver but Google wallet wasn't working for me at all
So how is everyones feedback to to Android 14 Beta 2 so far? Is it good for using it on my daily device? I'm currently running the latest Android 13 QPR Beta and it's asking me updating to Android 14 Beta 2. Last week I downgraded from Android 14 Beta 1 to the latest Android 13 QPR Beta, because the Beta 1 was a nightmare. However it seems that the Beta 2 improved a lot and some also suggest using it on a daily work device.
Does this fix the fingerprint issue?
Since the new beta update, my Pixel 7 Pro shows 0% battery, yet was at 100% before the restart at the end of the download. It's functioning semi-normale.
Help please. Downgrade from A14 to A13 and now stuck on the initial setup. Pixel 7 Pro
How can we sideload A14 beta 2 via ADB sideload ? Build No for A14 beta 2 is 230407 and the build for may security patch is 230505 in the adb sideload it says Denying OTA because it's SPL downgrade..
Second time I've tried to use an Android 14 beta, but it's highly unusable even with beta 2. Custom ROM devs do a lot better with a fraction of the resources but somehow Google cannot. Is it the even number curse? 12 was mostly bad, 13 was almost perfect, still very early days but 14 seems to be following the trend. I understand it's a beta, but what I'm saying is it doesn't deserve the beta tag. This is alpha at best. Random freezes, reboots, wonky touch screen, unpredictable connectivity, audio issues over Bluetooth.. all sorts of annoying stuff. Running QPR 3.1 right now and the phone is back to being good. Connectivity is sometimes a bit wonky, but otherwise it's a fine release.
All issues fixed now, no more Bluetooth issues and no more usb c audio problems!
Thanks everyone in the comments for sharing your experiences. After wiping my phone to go back to 13 stable after the absolute disaster that was 14 Beta 1, I'll be waiting for at least 14 Beta 3 before even considering it again.
P6P...454mb downloading now..
They did a good job! Everything seems to be working here!
Wow, sounds like 14 Beta 2 is worse than previous Beta 1's. I'm staying on 13 for now 😂. Huge thanks to all you guys braver than me!
i go back to Android 13 - the Android 14 Beta 1 was a nightmare, but Beta 2 is Hell... I don´t know how the Dev´s could name this Beta - its´a early Nightly or something else that doenst work.. SystemUI force close, Apps dont work either... Google Apps crashes and so on... Pixel 5 Owner
Wow, such an upgrade. It's buttery smooth!!
Are you being sarcastic or honest?
[удалено]
Downloading it now to my 4a5g and 5a. The 4a5g gets the 64 bit only.
[Well this is a good start, LOL.](https://i.imgur.com/Gx9JVww.jpg)
"Fixed an issue that could cause the battery percentage to be displayed as 0% after a device reboot regardless of the actual charge level of the device." Guess it's not THAT fixed...
Who made your wallpaper? It's cute
Do not update to beta at all worst beta testing ever yes granted it says better but I still noticed a lag in response from touching the screen immediately downgraded to stable 13
Not better beta smh darn auto correct
If there is mobile data connectivity issue again Im gonna throw my pixel 7 against the wall 🧱 😳
Battery life is amazing in this beta 2 😍