Google rolling out Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel phones

Like last year, the first beta of the next major version of Android is launching a month before Google I/O.

Android 14 Beta 1 is rolling out to Pixel phones today.

Android 14 Beta 1 is the “initial beta-quality release”

the first this cycle to be available as over-the-air update for those enrolled in the Android Beta Program.

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what’s new, Google is highlighting a Smarter System UI tentpole in Beta 1.

Android 14 will feature a “more prominent back arrow” that (as seen in DP2) is housed in a pill that features a Dynamic Color background.

This is meant to “improve back gesture understanding and usefulness

Apps can add custom actions to system share sheets that they invoke.

Android 14 Beta 1 (UPB) with the April 2023 security patch is available for the Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 5, Pixel 5a, Pixel 6,

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Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, and Pixel 7 Pro, as well as the Android Emulator. Most people will be installing via the Android Beta Program, but you can also flash or sideload.

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