android beta

Google’s first Android 17 QPR2 Beta 1 release has arrived for supported Pixel devices, but this is not a feature-heavy preview designed to transform the phone experience overnight. Instead, build CP41.260701.005 is a focused maintenance release that tackles a set of real-world reliability...

Google Keep’s long-promised lock-screen note shortcut is still not available to normal users, despite fresh signs that Google continues to work on it behind the scenes. Android Police reports that recent Android beta builds expose more of Keep’s unfinished lock-screen integration, including...

WhatsApp is testing a green online-status dot for selected Android and iPhone beta users in July 2026, with the indicator appearing on a contact’s profile photo inside the chat info screen when that person is actively using the app. The change was first tracked by WABetaInfo and has since been...

Microsoft is rolling out a “Remove PC” control in the Link to Windows Android beta, letting users delete stale or unwanted linked computers from the phone-side app without returning to the original Windows machine. The change, now visible to at least some beta testers on version...

OpenAI’s ChatGPT appears to be quietly preparing an ad-supported turn: reverse‑engineers have found ad‑related strings in a recent Android beta (APK 1.2025.329), and multiple outlets now report that the company is building the plumbing to show commerce‑style, search‑linked ads inside the...