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Android Q

General info: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/03/introducing-android-q-beta.html | https://www.google.com/android/beta

Opt In/ Opt Out your Pixel device(s): https://www.google.com/android/beta#devices Enable OTA Updates (You will get the beta updates like usual updates)

System images: https://developer.android.com/preview/download

Official Reddit forum from Google: https://www.reddit.com/r/android_beta/ for Bug reporting and solutions

If you manually flashed Android Q on your device by downloading the image from developer.android.com, you won’t receive updates automatically unless that device is also opted-in to the Android Beta Program for Pixel on the Opt In URL.

Using OPT out and returning to Pie the device will be facotry reseted:

You will not be able to unenroll and revert back to a lower public release version of Android without first wiping all locally saved data on your device. You may also encounter issues restoring a backup.

You will NOT receive separate monthly security updates while on a beta build.

Update working fine from Pie. Data and settings are remain.

Rooting: https://www.xda-developers.com/root-android-q-beta-google-pixel-pixel-2/

Magisk: https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/dev-magisk-canary-channel-bleeding-edge-t3839337

Hide back Button: https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-gestures-back-button/

System seems stable. Call, SMS, Network, Bluetooth, Audio working fine.

Problems / Bugs

- Laggy Camera on all Pixel devices. (I can confirm It is MUCH slower than Pie. First pic about 4-9 sec)

- Slow(er) HDR+ picture processing. New feature: Dynamic depth format for photos

- Google is deprecating the Android Beam API used to share files with NFC

- Now playing not working (For me)

- Edit button on screenshot notification NOT working

- No options to block numbers in dialer or anywhere else

- No info about the charging estimated time

- Built in Screen recording in broken: FIX: https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/...t-in-screen-recording-but-its-broken-for-now/

- Android Q's Dark Mode Breaks Google Photos

2019. March 15.: Live wallpapers with cloud updates are broken FC in every second reported by many users

- Not working apps: https://www.reddit.com/r/android_beta/wiki/index: Some banking apps will not work in this beta, but Google Pay will work!

General App Compatibility Issues

Google Apps

Android System Webview (Beta users should leave the program)

Files by Google

3rd Party

AirWatch Hub

Boxer

Chase

Citrix Secure Hub

Evernote

Fate Grand Order

Firefox (non-nightly builds)

Huntington Bank

LastPass (app loads, major functionality issues)

Lloyds Bank

LinkedIn

Plex

PokemonGo

Samsung Galaxy Wear App

Syncthong

TELLO

Trials Frontier

WeChat

ZMODO Security Cameras

Other Notable Issues with Apps

Android Messages - MMS photo quality degraded

Google Photos & Dark Mode (Cannot read any text, logos are hidden)

MapMyRun will not work in the background (Q Location Permission Changes)

Improvements:

- "Always on" redesigned: https://9to5google.com/2019/03/13/android-q-aod-music/ Lift to wake, and double tap now ignores Always on display and get you directly to lock screen (if any) (This is no improvement for me)

- Much faster finger print reading

- Much faster face recognition

- Play Music lock screen wallpaper redesigned (It is just broken for me)

- New guesture: https://9to5google.com/2019/03/13/android-q-improved-multitasking-gesture/

New Features:

○ System-wide Dark Mode:

Solution 1:

- Use the Battery Saver to Enable Dark Mode.

Solution 2:

- Use ADB to Enable Dark Mode in Android Q

adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 2

- Use ADB to Disable Dark Mode in Android Q

adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 1

- Use ADB to AUTO Dark Mode in Android Q

adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 0

Solution 3:

Before the update set the device theme to Dark in the developer options.

The option removed in Q so you will not be able to modify it after the update.

○ Device Theming:

In the end of the Developer Settings you can find the options:

- Color

- Font

- Icon Shape​

Only a few settings. You can play around​

○ Time to read

In Settings -> Accessibility You can set the notifications timeout​

○ Sharing Shortcuts

New sharing options and redisgned interface​

○ Wi-Fi sharing via QR Code

Android Q now allows you to share your current Wi-Fi connection simply via a QR code​

○ Feature Flags in developer options

https://www.reddit.com/r/android_beta/comments/b0xmio/feature_flags_hidden_options_and_what_they_do/

https://9to5google.com/2019/03/14/android-q-beta-1-feature-flags/

Desktop mode:

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-desktop-mode/

More from Google:

Foldables and innovative new screens

More privacy protections in Android Q

Giving users more control over location

Settings Panels

Improved peer-to-peer and internet connectivity

Wi-Fi performance mode

Camera, media, graphics

Dynamic depth format for photos

New audio and video codecs

Native MIDI API

ANGLE on Vulkan​

Neural Networks API 1.2

ART performance

More to come...