Google has been working on the Android 15 operating system, which it has been preparing to introduce for months. After the developer previews that started in February and the Beta versions that began in April, the company is very likely to release the full version of Android 15 within a month. Now, Google has released Android 15 Beta 4, offering many improvements. Here are the details…
Android 15 Beta 4 Brings Many Improvements
Although Android 15 Beta 4 released by Google does not bring many new features, it fixes many bugs through the improvements it offers. Thanks to the new update, applications can be fully integrated for developers, which can be seen as a sign that the stable version might be announced soon.
An emoji update is also among the features coming with Beta 4. Google has replaced the old PNG-based emoji font with vector-based emojis, transitioning to higher quality and higher resolution emojis. This feature, previously introduced in Android 13 and made available in Android 14, will now be applicable on Android devices like the Pixel series, which only use vector graphics.
Here are the fixes that come with Android 15 Beta 4:
Bug Fixes:
- Prevents Pixel 6 devices from becoming unusable if reset too soon after an update.
- Allows Pixel Fold owners to enroll a face in Face Unlock without issues when folding or unfolding the device.
- Fixes a contrast problem with the Quick Settings tile.
- Restores app notification settings after a device backup.
- The release includes numerous bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue with contrast that made some elements in Quick Settings Tiles hard to read. (~Issue #340944691~)
- Fixed an issue that in some rare cases caused some Pixel devices to get stuck in an unbootable state if the device was factory reset shortly after an OTA system update was installed. (~Issue #349860641~, ~Issue #349978813~)
- Fixed an issue where sometimes an Android Virtual Device (AVD) using an Android 15 system image failed to launch if the AVD was launched in embedded mode.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused app notification settings to fail to be restored when restoring a device from backup.
- Fixed an issue for Pixel Fold devices that prevented a user from continuing Face Unlock enrollment if the device was folded or unfolded during the process.
- Fixed various other issues that were impacting system stability, connectivity, performance, usability, and camera.
- Fixed a bug which prevented the Digital Car Key app from performing low latency scans when running in foreground.
- Made a fix to use custom UUIDs instead of standard HOGP service UUID in Android head-tracking service.
- Use head-tracking codec capabilities to detect transport support in LE Audio stack.
- Made a fix to prevent immediate rejection of Bluetooth pairing requests when there’s a mismatch between the API-suggested transport and the transport observed by the Bluetooth stack, potentially improving pairing success rates.
- Fixed an issue with Lockscreen Constant Pin Prompt (~Issue#348101427~).
Build Information:
- Release date: July 18, 2024
- Build: AP31.240617.009
- Emulator support: x86 (64-bit), ARM (v8-A)
- Security patch level: July 2024
- Google Play services: 24.23.35
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