The first beta of the following main model of Android is launching a month earlier than Google I/O 2024. Android 15 Beta 1 is rolling out to Pixel units as we speak.

Android 15 Beta 1 is the “initial beta-quality release” and the primary this cycle to be out there as over-the-air replace for these enrolled within the Android Beta Program.

We’ll have tons extra to share as we transfer by the discharge cycle; keep tuned for extra information and bulletins round Google I/O on Tuesday, May 14th.

In phrases of user-facing adjustments, “apps targeting Android 15 are displayed edge-to-edge by default on Android 15 devices.” Applications will seem behind the system states and gesture bars.

The system bars are clear or translucent and content material will draw behind by default.

Google is making official the “OS level support for app archiving and unarchiving” that went reside with DP2. This “removes the APK and any cached files, but persists user data.”

Archived apps are returned as displayable apps by the LauncherApps APIs; customers will see a UI therapy to focus on that these apps are archived. If a person faucets on an archived app, the accountable installer will get a request to unarchive it…

A brand new E2eeContactKeysManager “facilitates end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in your Android apps by providing an OS-level API for the storage of cryptographic public keys.”

The E2eeContactKeysManager is designed to combine with the platform contacts app to offer customers a centralized strategy to handle and confirm their contacts’ public keys.

In Android 15, TalkBack helps Braille shows which can be utilizing the HID normal over
each USB and safe Bluetooth, similar to mice and keyboards.

Additionally:

• “…apps can now register a fingerprint on supported devices so they can be notified of polling loop activity, which allows for smooth operation with multiple NFC-aware applications.”
• “Android 15 brings additional changes to prevent malicious background apps from bringing other apps to the foreground, elevating their privileges, and abusing user interaction, aiming to protect users from malicious apps and give them more control over their devices.”

You can go away suggestions with the Android Beta Feedback app on Pixel units. Access it from the drawer or through Quick Settings to file bugs within the Google difficulty tracker. There’s additionally the Android Beta neighborhood on Reddit.

Android 15 Beta 1 (AP31.240322.018) with the April 2024 safety patch is out there for the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, Pixel 8, and Pixel 8 Pro, in addition to the Android Emulator. Most individuals will probably be putting in through the Android Beta Program, however you can too flash or sideload.

If you’re on the Android 14 Beta Program — presently QPR3 Beta 2.1 — or 15 Developer Preview 2, you’re going to get the Android 15 Beta 1 OTA as we speak.

Devices working Android 15 DP1 (construct AP31.240119.016) or Android 14 QPR3 Beta 1 (construct AP21.240119.009) are usually not capable of sideload the pictures of the Android 15 Beta 1 construct (construct AP31.240322.018) attributable to a bug within the put in construct. If you want to sideload Android 15 Beta 1, first take the OTA replace to Android 15 DP2 (construct AP31.240223.016.A3) or Android 14 QPR3 Beta 2 (construct AP21.240305.005).

If you need assistance, right here’s our full information on putting in Android 15.