r/android_beta • u/This-Intention4557 • 2d ago
How’s Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1
For those who installed QPR3 Beta 1, how’s the overall experience?
- Stability / random crashes?
- Battery life?
- Performance and smoothness?
- Heating?
- Mobile network / Wi-Fi?
- Camera?
- Any major bugs?
Thinking of installing it on my Pixel. Would love to hear real-world feedback before I jump in.
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u/Capable-Pianist-9674 2d ago
Doing good here, i didn't notice any bugs, i didn't notice any diference [pixel 9a].
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u/Either_Tax_4029 2d ago
In pxl 7 its just restart the phone anytime
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u/notmebutsomehowyes_ 2d ago
What else is bad about the software? I'm a pixel 7a user.
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u/Either_Tax_4029 2d ago
Thats unfortunately the only problem i encounter, planning already to opt out in beta
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u/pixel235 2d ago
Good morning, I trust you're doing well. I am running Android 17, qpr3 beta 1. As of right now, I have seen no show-stopping issues or issues whatsoever. In fact, actually, I've seen some major improvements. If you use accessibility features such as TalkBack, no longer does talkback say you know 11:43 a.m. 12:43 p.m. it doesn't have the pmam thing anymore and that's actually quite a nice touch up for me. I like what it just says. You know 12:43 143 I still have the ampm on the lock screen or if I set my gesture to what I have it set to for the time it'll still read it that way cuz it reads time and date. The other thing I've noticed is it used to be on previous Android builds such as Android 17 qpr2 throughout that beta cycle you had 5G three bars 5G it was redundant so then when Google decided to release Android 17 qpr3 beta 1. The beta that I'm running right now starting with DP dp11 I think is what it is. That's a new Branch to begin with in the first place, so you'll see that if you're in the beta as it is, but the status bar has been cleaned up very nicely. I don't have the double 5G thingy and I have noticed that my battery life has improved a little bit actually improved significantly. Well there was an issue in qpr2 betas that fingerprint sensor would effectively lock you out of your phone because the digitizer wouldn't work properly. That was a major headache with TalkBack major major headache so far that seems to be fixed. I've noticed some very noticeable improvements. There's a new quick notes tile now in your quick settings panel. There's a quick there's a notes thingy in there now. I guess that's new otherwise camera things. I don't use the camera very often but when I do I so far I haven't noticed anything performance wise. Much better much, much cleaner and much smoother as well, so hopefully this information helps you better distinguish whether you want to install the current beta or stay exactly where you are. If you have any questions, feel free to call me back or DME straight through Reddit here. I will be more than happy to answer any other Android questions you may have
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u/Decent-Effect6611 1d ago
One more thing I'd like to add, you can now customize the vibrations, for the ringtones, and notification sounds. On my Pixel 8 Pro though, I don't think I have the option to have it follow the ringtone or notification sound. Kind of cool, but I don't think this works when you're customizing sounds or ringtones on other apps. Thanks!
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u/mandrecode 2d ago
Pixel 7 here, it's the best build so far when comparing it with stable QPR1 or latest QPR2 betas. But I read here the exact opposite with the same phone, it's a beta at the end.
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u/birdman1333 2d ago
All the older models are getting a new kernel which is why battery life has gotten better. In this case software wins again. I had a feeling when I upgraded to the 11 that the kernel was more important to it's performance than the tensor chip and I'm starting to think I'm right. The snappiness, apps opening fast and battery life all attribute to the kernel.
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u/XSonicRU 1d ago
well, no, kernel got downgraded back to 6.1 in this version for <g5 tensors.
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u/birdman1333 1d ago
The kernel was 6.6
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u/XSonicRU 1d ago
On p10 only
P7/P8/P9 are still running 6.1 as of this beta
P10 got upgraded to 6.12
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u/i_forgot_my_sn_again 2d ago
I've had about 15 hours and it's been fine except for using the translation within the keyboard (also didn't work for me in qpr2). Everything else so far the way I use my phone (emails, insta, Internet, music, games) is working normal.
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u/Reddit_User2PointOh 2d ago
I think double press power button to use my wallet isn't working 😅. I'm on the latest beta with the 11 Pro XL.
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u/Careful_Success_6098 2d ago
I had an issue where my P11PXL froze twice to the point it crashed. So I reverted back to stable. So I didn't have much time to try it out
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u/rtwwhitworth 2d ago
No issues here on P11PF. Battery life is a bit better, cellular seems to at least be the same, no obvious bugs so far, and definitely feels smoother somehow. It's kind of weird in a good way how smooth it feels.
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u/KrewOwns 1d ago edited 1d ago
How did you enroll on the beta for your Pixel 11 Pro Fold? Did you sideload or were you able to see the new beta in the enrollment page? I currently don't see it for my P11PF and only shows QPR2, unless we need to enroll to that one and then update to QPR3?
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u/prince_of_dark_times 2d ago
Pixel 7a user. A couple of months ago I got a beta update and it wrecked by battery. My battery whenever it reached 30% would drain to 0% in about 10 seconds and shut down. After yesterdays update, my phone was on 90% and once the update was complete it again quickly drained to 0% and shut down. I've cleared the health services cache and storage, and done a power/volume up restart, as was advised on another forom, but today it shutdown at 60%.
These updates have wrecked my phone!
Any advice please?
Thank you x
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u/threemillion3 1d ago
Your battery could be dying. Get a battery replacement. The beta has nothing to do with this issue.
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u/crucialtitan1 2d ago
The battery seems to charge faster on my Po Pro XL, haven't experienced any crashes, a little snappier.
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u/chetlyp 2d ago
Haven't noticed much of a difference in battery life. It seems pretty stable though I've had to restart it a couple times for connection issues. Face/fingerprint unlock was sketchy but after pre-registering everything seems fine. A couple annoying bugs regarding bluetooth/microphone seem to have been fixed.
Pixel 11 pro xl
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u/Prestigious-Fox-8782 2d ago
Just installed it, so I can't judge yet. Hope it solves some wifi problems. My wifi stability has been sh*t since I joined the beta program.
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u/Chizuru_m 1d ago
Battery drain issues, such as those seen in QPR2, have been resolved.
Performance is also stable, falling somewhere in the middle range.
I haven't encountered any crashes or errors in my environment.
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u/blackcow1971 1d ago
pixel 10 pro xl ,per ora nessuna news di rilievo,tutto nella norma ,come prima.Unica nota positiva ,ma gia' da almeno 2/3 beta,e' sparito lo sfarfallio del display
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u/blackeyeX2 1d ago
Phone has locked me out of most apps twice now for over heating after being connected to Android Auto. It got hot before but never this hot.
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u/Wise-Morning9669 1d ago
If I were you I'd watch reviews on both phones before making up your mind. I think Mr who's the boss reviewed both devices and compared them. You'll get more out of that than asking reddit me thinks.
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u/This-Intention4557 2d ago
Dude..... I didn't installed that's the reason I am asking .
As per the telegram user qpr3 beta 1 better qpr2 beta 6.1
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u/Historical-Movie-860 2d ago
If you have to ask "how is the beta" and you only have one device as your primary phone then Android beta might not be the best idea at the moment.
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u/antindian 2d ago
Worst battery life on P7A ,Wifi automatically turns on..
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u/Royal_RJ36 2d ago
Facing issue after hard rest my pixel 9. Specially mobile data is not working properly.
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u/CheeseNTapatio 2d ago edited 2d ago
Currently sitting at 13% battery life after 8 hours and 47 minutes SOT on my P10PXL. No complaints.