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Google Pauses Android Q Beta 5 Update (Updated: Resumed!)

Kellen July 11, 2019

UPDATE JULY 11: Google says that a "very small percentage of devices" were being rolled back to Beta 4 after multiple reboots. They don't seem worried and have gone ahead and resumed the Q Beta 5 update rollout. Google just paused the Android Q Beta 5 over-the...

Android Q Gestures are Bad.

Kellen July 11, 2019

There are a lot of things to dislike about Android Q's full gesture navigation option, but because the explanations for why it's bad are better in video form than written, I present to you this unnecessarily long video of me complaining. In this video, we...

What’s New in Android Q Beta 5?

Kellen July 10, 2019

Android Q Beta 5 brings us so close to a stable build of Android Q that we're compiling yet another list of changes. You would think that Google wouldn't be changing much at this point, but there are already a handful of changes worth noting. We'll keep...

Android Q’s Gestures Won’t Play Nicely With 3rd Party Launchers for a While (Updated)

Kellen July 10, 2019

We're only another beta away from Android Q being stable and I'm not sure that Google has fully decided what its gesture navigation should look like. Google is still adding or tweaking the way it works, like how they just added a new bottom corner swipe that...

Android Q Beta 5 Now Available for Pixel Devices! (Updated)

Kellen July 10, 2019

Android Q Beta 5 "Release Candidate" arrives The Android Q Beta 5 has been released for Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 3a XL. The newest build arrives qpp5.190530.014 and is the first "release candidate" of Q....

I Miss the Big Reveal of New Android Versions

Tim June 24, 2019

Before the Android Beta Program was launched in 2016 for Android Nougat, Google would unveil its new Android versions with much fanfare during Google I/O. After I/O, the wait would be on for the latest version of Android to be seeded out to Nexus and Pixel...

Google Posts New Android Q Beta 4 Builds, Likely Restarting Beta OTA (Updated: Yep)

Kellen June 11, 2019

After pausing the Android Q Beta 4 because some users experienced issues after attempting to install it, Google could be ready to restart things. This afternoon, Google updated the builds for Beta 4 and posted new factory image files. The new build is...

Google Pauses Android Q Beta 4 Because of Installation Issues (Updated)

Kellen June 6, 2019

Rollout of the new Android Q Beta 4 has already been paused after the update caused installation issues on a number of Pixel devices. UPDATE JUNE 11: We've got new builds that are replacing the original Beta 4 builds and should address installation issues....