Google keeps the Pixel update train rolling with Android 13 QPR1 Beta 3.1
Google just released its November patchfor its currently-supported Pixels — RIP the Pixel 4 — but if you’ve already upgraded your device to the latest Android 13 QPR betas, you aren’t getting left out of the update game. Just a couple of weeks after QPR1 Beta 3 surprised us with a mid-month launch, QPR1 Beta 3.1 is out now, available for the Pixel 4a and newer devices.
As usual, theseQPR betas give us an early look into what future Pixel Feature Dropswill entail. A stable version is expected to launch as part of Google’s December patch, just a few months after Android 13 took the place of one of the quarterly updates. We already have a good idea as to what this specific release will entail, but with QPR1 Beta 3.1 — a so-called “minor update” current testers are getting a handful of bug fixes ahead of a stable launch. Here’s thefull changelog.
None of this is worth getting too excited over on its own, though it proves we’re closer than ever to a stable launch for Android 13 QPR1. It’s unclear if we’ll be getting a Beta 4, or if this surprise patch is taking the space of that particular release. Based on Google’s usual schedule, Beta 4 was presumed to be coming on Wednesday, though it’s clear that thePixel 7-supporting Beta 3 patchknocked this particular QPR off its usual trajectory.
Regardless, we’re likely just a month away from a stable patch for all supported Pixel devices, and this mini-update is a step in the right direction. You can grab theOTA filesorfactory imagesfrom Google right now, or wait for the update to roll out to every enrolled device shortly.
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