Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Android 16 Beta 3 turned obtainable for Pixel customers to check final Thursday.
- Now Google’s already bought an replace prepared, as Beta 3.1 begins heading out.
- This launch fixes a handful of bugs, together with one which induced the display to dim throughout media playback.
With regards to Google’s work getting ready Android 16 for its steady launch, we’re actually beginning to get to the top of the highway. This yr’s improvement has proceeded on an accelerated timetable, and final week we bought what we thought could be our closing beta forward of Platform Stability, with the discharge of Android 16 Beta 3. It seems Google’s getting just a little extra mileage out of those betas but, because it drops a brand new level launch replace.
Simply as we noticed Android 16 Beta 2.1 land late final month with some bug fixes that simply couldn’t look forward to Beta 3, right this moment Google pronounces that Android 16 Beta 3.1 is being deployed to testers with extra bug fixes nonetheless. Google shares the next enhancements:
- Mounted a problem that induced the system Settings app to crash repeatedly on launch if the system language was set to a language apart from English. (Situation #403303683)
- Mounted a problem that induced the display brightness to oscillate between an app-specified brightness setting and the automated, system-specified or user-specified brightness settings. (Situation #392522561)
- Mounted a efficiency problem that was inflicting extreme battery drain from excessive CPU load.
- Mounted a efficiency problem that generally induced reminiscence leaks within the system server.
The one which instantly catches our eye there’s the second, as we just lately reported on a wave of consumer complaints about sudden display dimming with apps like Netflix following the discharge of Google’s March replace for Pixels. Apparently it’s a problem with Android 16, as properly, as a result of that report Google hyperlinks to describes the exact same habits. Going ahead, not less than, Beta 3.1 ought to nip it within the bud.
Everybody already testing Android 16 Beta 3 on their Pixel telephones shall be getting 3.1 as an OTA replace, so there’s actually no motion wanted in your half past being looking out for that replace notification.
