Android 17 QPR3 Beta 3 rolled out with 26 pixel fixes

Following last week’s release, Google is rolling out Android 17 QPR3 Beta 3 to Pixel devices today. This is another big bugfix.

Here’s everything new in Android 17 QPR3 Beta 3 (Gallery)

Beta 3 fixes the following issues:

• Images display with incorrect transparency when using Multiply blending mode. (Number 73186237)
• Recent preview flickers when performing a home gesture immediately after a quick app switch. (Number 237526296, Number 341680318)
• The interior screen remains black when the device is unfolded. (Number 311469796, Number 311583772)
• The Twitter app crashes when displaying thread mentions. (Number 282904709, Number 293383813)
• The display turns off and on randomly while using the device. (Number 325555461)
• Poor video quality when using the device as a webcam. (Number 313062628)
• Toast notifications do not appear intermittently under high memory pressure. (Number 321628126)
• The home screen wallpaper is not displayed correctly on the lock screen when waking the device from an open app. (Number 343002680)
• The equalizer frequency adjustment bars are cut off at the top of the screen. (Number 342124654, Number 358742436)
• The Force Stop button in app settings fails to terminate running apps. (Number 337240745)
• The colored icons flash when you return to the accessibility settings page. (Number 354424795)
• Applications fail to launch new activities when opened with an active Picture-in-Picture window. (Number 479561839)
• Inconsistent spacing between status bar icons. (Number 450097709)
• Screen recording reminder incorrectly reports active recording status after stopping screen sharing from floating controls. (Number 442801639)
• UI buttons appear as blank white squares without icons in dark mode. (Number 470561031)
• Grouped notification icons and titles appear grayed out. (Number 489219424, Number 516800663, Number 548675068, Number 568096206)
• The persistent UI message cannot be ignored. (Number 497831984, Number 517093542)
• Bubbles get stuck in a miniaturized state at the bottom of the screen when swiped to ignore them. (Number 504704002, Number 517621552)
• The navigation bar animation has issues when swiping to the recent apps screen. (Number 552037549)
• The Mobile Data Quick Settings icon displays at an incorrect size with persistent visual artifacts. (Number 508083737, Number 508904751, Number 504868272, Number 527517148, Number 544886523, Number 550178753, Number 567904796, Number 571714475)
• Display rendering issue when adjusting the font size slider in Settings. (Number 554687371)
• Missing picture action icons on recent apps screen. (Number 570996132)
• SettingsDumpService persists and consumes excessive memory after opening SIM Settings. (Number 567819031)
• The device crashes intermittently on the lock screen or shortly after startup. (Number 569613685)
• Applications crash when BluetoothLeScanner.stopScan() is called with a null callback. (Number 571626896)
• WPA-Enterprise Wi-Fi connections fail when authenticating with PEAP. (Number 572438311, Number 569431116, Number 565959472)

Report issues via the Android Beta Feedback app on Pixel devices. Access it from the app drawer or quick settings to log bugs in Google’s issue tracker. There is also the Android Beta community on Reddit.

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• DP11.261016.004: Pixel 11/XL/Pro/Fold
• DP11.261016.003: All other devices

Android 17 QPR3 Beta 3 system images are available for Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8a, Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9 Pro Fold, Pixel 9a, Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, Pixel 10a, Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL and Pixel 11 Pro Fold, as well as the Android emulator.

You can easily join through the Android beta program to get an OTA on the device.