List of found changes in Android 14 Beta 4.
• New silent mode icon in the status bar. It will now show a crossed-out speaker instead of a crossed-out bell, which was previously seen in the volume control when the ringtone and notification sliders were separated.
• New Google Lens icon in the Pixel Launcher search bar.
• When setting up a 6-digit pin code, you can now enable 'Auto-confirm unlock'. When activated, the phone will unlock immediately after entering the correct pin code without having to press the confirm button.
• Under Settings / About phone / Model there is a new item “Manufactured year”.
• New Android 14 Easter Egg
• Lockscreen shortcuts and clock customisation are now available on the Pixel 4a 5G, 5 and 5a.
🔗 via Mishaal Rahman's changes Thread
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• New silent mode icon in the status bar. It will now show a crossed-out speaker instead of a crossed-out bell, which was previously seen in the volume control when the ringtone and notification sliders were separated.
• New Google Lens icon in the Pixel Launcher search bar.
• When setting up a 6-digit pin code, you can now enable 'Auto-confirm unlock'. When activated, the phone will unlock immediately after entering the correct pin code without having to press the confirm button.
• Under Settings / About phone / Model there is a new item “Manufactured year”.
• New Android 14 Easter Egg
• Lockscreen shortcuts and clock customisation are now available on the Pixel 4a 5G, 5 and 5a.
🔗 via Mishaal Rahman's changes Thread
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Google app's Assistant At a Glance widget will get a new look.
In the future it will have a pill-shaped container where the weather will be highlighted in a pie form with a colour accent. There will also be a 3-dot button on the widget to bring up a context menu. Presumably it will call the bottom sheet shown in the second picture, which also mentions the widget style change (I posted this a week ago on my Twitter).
It looks like google has decided to revamp the current outdated At a glance. However, I can't demonstrate how it works as it's not yet functional.
Keep in mind that this❗️ does not apply to the At a Glance (aka Smartspace) widget built into the Pixel Launcher.
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In the future it will have a pill-shaped container where the weather will be highlighted in a pie form with a colour accent. There will also be a 3-dot button on the widget to bring up a context menu. Presumably it will call the bottom sheet shown in the second picture, which also mentions the widget style change (I posted this a week ago on my Twitter).
It looks like google has decided to revamp the current outdated At a glance. However, I can't demonstrate how it works as it's not yet functional.
Keep in mind that this❗️ does not apply to the At a Glance (aka Smartspace) widget built into the Pixel Launcher.
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Android 14's fourth beta is out! Pixel Tablet and Fold are joining the beta test. This beta includes the new Android 14 easter egg. According to Google, the 4 and 5 betas (and others) will offer release candidate builds for your final testing, which means…
Google collects feedback on the Android 14 Beta 4.
This survey is relevant for Pixel users who have installed Android 14 Beta 4 on their devices. You can check it by going to Settings>About phone, the build number should say UPB4.230623.005.
🔗 Link to survey
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This survey is relevant for Pixel users who have installed Android 14 Beta 4 on their devices. You can check it by going to Settings>About phone, the build number should say UPB4.230623.005.
🔗 Link to survey
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Android launches a beta version of Nearby Share on Windows! First announced at CES 2022, Google is finally launching a beta version of Nearby Share on Windows that lets you share files between your PC and your Android device. This includes the ability to…
Android's 'Nearby Sharing' app for Windows is out of beta.
At the end of March, Google launched a beta version of its "Nearby Sharing" app for Windows, which allows you to seamlessly share content with Android devices. Since then, more than 1.7 million people have already installed the app.
Today, the app is out of beta testing and is adding new features:
• Display approximate time when file transfer is complete.
• Previewing the received image in notifications on your device to make sure the correct file is being transferred.
Also, Google is working with partners like HP to make Nearby Sharing pre-installed on some Windows PCs, like the HP Dragonfly Pro.
🔗 Download (for 64-bit Windows 10 and up)
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At the end of March, Google launched a beta version of its "Nearby Sharing" app for Windows, which allows you to seamlessly share content with Android devices. Since then, more than 1.7 million people have already installed the app.
Today, the app is out of beta testing and is adding new features:
• Display approximate time when file transfer is complete.
• Previewing the received image in notifications on your device to make sure the correct file is being transferred.
Also, Google is working with partners like HP to make Nearby Sharing pre-installed on some Windows PCs, like the HP Dragonfly Pro.
🔗 Download (for 64-bit Windows 10 and up)
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Google Contacts app will improve the reminders management.
A new "Reminders" tile will appear in the "Fix & manage" tab. Clicking on it will open a new page where all contacts with at least one significant date will be located.
Here you will be able to set up notifications about significant events for each contact and for each date separately.
The change is not available to users yet.
🔗 via AssembleDebug on Twitter
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A new "Reminders" tile will appear in the "Fix & manage" tab. Clicking on it will open a new page where all contacts with at least one significant date will be located.
Here you will be able to set up notifications about significant events for each contact and for each date separately.
The change is not available to users yet.
🔗 via AssembleDebug on Twitter
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Google Photos will have a new Memories feed on its home page. The new experiment features a slider above the navigation bar between "All Photos" and "Memories" in the Photos tab. When you switch to Memories, you'll see a feed with photos of certain events…
Google Photos app is testing an updated navigation design.
The bottom navigation bar was replaced by a slider consisting of photo, memories, and library tabs, with a search button to the right of it. The new memories tab looks exactly like an experiment I discovered earlier.
The button to bring up the "Share" page has been moved to the right of the top bar, and the app logo has been aligned to the left edge.
This experiment is being tested on a narrow range of Android and iOS app users.
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The bottom navigation bar was replaced by a slider consisting of photo, memories, and library tabs, with a search button to the right of it. The new memories tab looks exactly like an experiment I discovered earlier.
The button to bring up the "Share" page has been moved to the right of the top bar, and the app logo has been aligned to the left edge.
This experiment is being tested on a narrow range of Android and iOS app users.
Google News | En
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Google Maps is replacing Speech Services with Assistant voice typing.
Previously, when you clicked the microphone button in the search bar, a square speech-to-text window appeared as part of Google Speech Services. Now, however, that window has been replaced with a Google Assistant card that pops up from the bottom.
According to the onboarding message, this is a faster way to search. It also has a built-in suggestion carousel, the elements of which essentially replicate the carousel below the search bar.
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Previously, when you clicked the microphone button in the search bar, a square speech-to-text window appeared as part of Google Speech Services. Now, however, that window has been replaced with a Google Assistant card that pops up from the bottom.
According to the onboarding message, this is a faster way to search. It also has a built-in suggestion carousel, the elements of which essentially replicate the carousel below the search bar.
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Google Files is preparing another redesign of the 'Nearby Share' tab.
The page is now divided into 3 sections:
1) 'Receive Files', which activates the pending file transfer mode from another device;
2) 'Share to nearby devices' which proactively shows the nearest devices available for transfer, clicking on one of the devices opens the list of files you want to transfer;
3) 'Sharing suggestions' which displays recent files with full screen expand button and 'send' button to quickly start a file transfer.
For now, this design is just a work in progress, since not all buttons are fully functional.
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The page is now divided into 3 sections:
1) 'Receive Files', which activates the pending file transfer mode from another device;
2) 'Share to nearby devices' which proactively shows the nearest devices available for transfer, clicking on one of the devices opens the list of files you want to transfer;
3) 'Sharing suggestions' which displays recent files with full screen expand button and 'send' button to quickly start a file transfer.
For now, this design is just a work in progress, since not all buttons are fully functional.
Google News | En
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Android 14's fourth beta is out! Pixel Tablet and Fold are joining the beta test. This beta includes the new Android 14 easter egg. According to Google, the 4 and 5 betas (and others) will offer release candidate builds for your final testing, which means…
Android 14 Beta 4.1 bugfix has been released.
If you’re currently enrolled in the Android Beta Program, you will automatically get offered an over-the-air (OTA) update to Android 14 Beta 4.1. Eligible devices include Pixel 4a 5G, 5, 5a, 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7, 7 Pro, 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet series devices.
Build:UPB4.230623.005 → UPB4.230623.007
Patch: July 2023
• OTAs
• Factory Images
🔗 Android beta Programm enrollment
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If you’re currently enrolled in the Android Beta Program, you will automatically get offered an over-the-air (OTA) update to Android 14 Beta 4.1. Eligible devices include Pixel 4a 5G, 5, 5a, 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7, 7 Pro, 7a, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet series devices.
Build:
Patch: July 2023
• OTAs
• Factory Images
🔗 Android beta Programm enrollment
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Android 14 Beta 4.1 bugfix has been released. If you’re currently enrolled in the Android Beta Program, you will automatically get offered an over-the-air (OTA) update to Android 14 Beta 4.1. Eligible devices include Pixel 4a 5G, 5, 5a, 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7,…
Android 14 Beta 4.1 includes the following fixes [Part 1]:
• Fixed an issue where in some cases after a user performed the system back action to close an app, the app couldn't be launched again until the device was restarted.
• Fixed an issue with ScrollView that caused the over scroll effect to get stuck after performing a fling gesture.
• Fixed issues that prevented Wi-Fi calling from working in some cases.
• Fixed an issue that caused the system to fail to transfer an animatable icon to the client when using SplashScreen#setOnExitAnimationListener.
• Fixed an issue that prevented notification groups from expanding properly in the notification shade.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the screen to flicker when launching an app that uses activity embedding.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the system UI to crash if one app in split-screen mode was closed by swiping up from the Overview screen.
• Fixed an issue that caused the network status icon to display incorrectly in some cases after turning on or off one of the SIM cards on a device that had multiple SIM cards.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the system theme to change color after rebooting a device.
• Fixed an issue where lock screen shortcuts sometimes displayed incorrectly when using certain system theme color palettes.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the launcher UI to flicker when launching an app.
• Fixed an issue that caused Battery Share to be interrupted or fail shortly after it was enabled.
• Fixed an issue that would cause an erroneous "No installed apps work with this USB Accessory" message to display when a device was connected to their vehicle, which prevented users from launching and using Android Auto.
• Fixed an issue when unlocking a device while TalkBalk is enabled where TalkBalk sometimes erroneously stated that the device was still locked before stating that the device was successfully unlocked.
• Fixed an issue with WiFi scanning that sometimes caused scanning to continue even after exiting the Settings app, causing additional power consumption and slower WiFi connectivity until the device was restarted.
• Fixed an issue where, in some cases, Ultra HDR images didn't display correctly in Google Photos.
• Fixed an issue where, when a user who had enabled Fingerprint Unlock tried to launch an activity from Quick Settings on the lock screen on a device that has an in-display fingerprint scanner, the sensor sometimes failed to activate, forcing the user to re-lock the device and unlock the device first before accessing Quick Settings.
• Fixed an issue where, when a user who had enabled both Fingerprint Unlock and Face Unlock tried to launch an intent by tapping on a notification and then authenticated using their face, the intent didn't launch and the user was brought back to the lock screen.
• Fixed an issue where a white or black bar was sometimes displayed between the status bar and the top of an open app.
• Fixed an issue where the background color of the "Add to homescreen" dialog box was fuchsia instead of its usual color.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Tablet devices where interacting with the device while transitioning from the screen saver to the low light clock could cause the system UI to crash.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Tablet devices where the home screen sometimes only displayed the wallpaper but no app icons after unlocking the device.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold devices that caused the foreground and background colors on certain screens to have insufficient color contrast to enhance accessibility.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices where wallpapers that were applied to the lock screen displayed left-aligned instead of center-aligned on the outer display.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices where the "Tap to check phone" feature sometimes stopped working after folding and unfolding the device.
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• Fixed an issue where in some cases after a user performed the system back action to close an app, the app couldn't be launched again until the device was restarted.
• Fixed an issue with ScrollView that caused the over scroll effect to get stuck after performing a fling gesture.
• Fixed issues that prevented Wi-Fi calling from working in some cases.
• Fixed an issue that caused the system to fail to transfer an animatable icon to the client when using SplashScreen#setOnExitAnimationListener.
• Fixed an issue that prevented notification groups from expanding properly in the notification shade.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the screen to flicker when launching an app that uses activity embedding.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the system UI to crash if one app in split-screen mode was closed by swiping up from the Overview screen.
• Fixed an issue that caused the network status icon to display incorrectly in some cases after turning on or off one of the SIM cards on a device that had multiple SIM cards.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the system theme to change color after rebooting a device.
• Fixed an issue where lock screen shortcuts sometimes displayed incorrectly when using certain system theme color palettes.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the launcher UI to flicker when launching an app.
• Fixed an issue that caused Battery Share to be interrupted or fail shortly after it was enabled.
• Fixed an issue that would cause an erroneous "No installed apps work with this USB Accessory" message to display when a device was connected to their vehicle, which prevented users from launching and using Android Auto.
• Fixed an issue when unlocking a device while TalkBalk is enabled where TalkBalk sometimes erroneously stated that the device was still locked before stating that the device was successfully unlocked.
• Fixed an issue with WiFi scanning that sometimes caused scanning to continue even after exiting the Settings app, causing additional power consumption and slower WiFi connectivity until the device was restarted.
• Fixed an issue where, in some cases, Ultra HDR images didn't display correctly in Google Photos.
• Fixed an issue where, when a user who had enabled Fingerprint Unlock tried to launch an activity from Quick Settings on the lock screen on a device that has an in-display fingerprint scanner, the sensor sometimes failed to activate, forcing the user to re-lock the device and unlock the device first before accessing Quick Settings.
• Fixed an issue where, when a user who had enabled both Fingerprint Unlock and Face Unlock tried to launch an intent by tapping on a notification and then authenticated using their face, the intent didn't launch and the user was brought back to the lock screen.
• Fixed an issue where a white or black bar was sometimes displayed between the status bar and the top of an open app.
• Fixed an issue where the background color of the "Add to homescreen" dialog box was fuchsia instead of its usual color.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Tablet devices where interacting with the device while transitioning from the screen saver to the low light clock could cause the system UI to crash.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Tablet devices where the home screen sometimes only displayed the wallpaper but no app icons after unlocking the device.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold devices that caused the foreground and background colors on certain screens to have insufficient color contrast to enhance accessibility.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices where wallpapers that were applied to the lock screen displayed left-aligned instead of center-aligned on the outer display.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices where the "Tap to check phone" feature sometimes stopped working after folding and unfolding the device.
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Android 14 Beta 4.1 bugfix has been released. If you’re currently enrolled in the Android Beta Program, you will automatically get offered an over-the-air (OTA) update to Android 14 Beta 4.1. Eligible devices include Pixel 4a 5G, 5, 5a, 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7,…
Android 14 Beta 4.1 includes the following fixes [Part 2]:
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices with 3-button navigation enabled where folding and unfolding the device while on the home screen could cause the navigation buttons to become misaligned.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices where the wallpaper picker showed a blank thumbnail for the default live wallpaper option.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices that sometimes caused two clocks to display on the lock screen.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices that caused the clock on the lock screen to appear clipped.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices that caused widgets to overlap or stack on top of each other in some cases.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices where an app icon on the home screen couldn't be moved out of a folder while the device was unfolded.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Pixel launcher to crash in some cases.
• Fixed system stability issues that caused UI jank in some cases.
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• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices with 3-button navigation enabled where folding and unfolding the device while on the home screen could cause the navigation buttons to become misaligned.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices where the wallpaper picker showed a blank thumbnail for the default live wallpaper option.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices that sometimes caused two clocks to display on the lock screen.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices that caused the clock on the lock screen to appear clipped.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices that caused widgets to overlap or stack on top of each other in some cases.
• Fixed an issue on Pixel Fold devices where an app icon on the home screen couldn't be moved out of a folder while the device was unfolded.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Pixel launcher to crash in some cases.
• Fixed system stability issues that caused UI jank in some cases.
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