Google rolled out the first beta of QPR2 last month, allowing participating Pixel owners to test out upcoming “Pixel Drop” features before they’re released on a future OTA update. This week, Google is rolling out the latest beta build with bug fixes, new emoji, and other changes. Pixels dating back to Google Pixel 4a are eligible to participate in this beta round.
New OS changes included in QPR2 Beta 2 include the latest Unicode 15.0 with a handful of new emoji, and there’s a new Google Home icon below the device controls. Meanwhile, the lava lamp effect on the media player is gone.
A bug that sometimes caused the system UI to crash was fixed in this build. A fix has also been released for a bug that caused the camera to get stuck in slow motion shooting mode after switching back to normal video mode.
Note that there are indeed some known issues with the latest QPR2 build, as can be expected with any beta release of any operating system. Recent apps have been known to crash when the device orientation is changed while in this window. The “Settings” app may crash after entering and exiting PiP (Picture-in-Picture) mode after changing the screen orientation. Finally, the System UI is prone to crashes due to a “null pointer exception”.
The next Pixel feature release is scheduled for early March. Interested Pixel owners should head to Google’s Android Beta landing page. Go to the Source link to see the QPR2 Beta2 release notes.
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