Android 15 Beta 3 is here with Platform Stability, tweaks and plenty of fixes

Google released the third Beta of Android 15 for Pixel phones. With the rollout of Beta 3, Android 15 reached the Platform Stability milestone, which is a pretty exciting development. It brings us one step closer to a final and stable release later this year.

Android 15 Beta 4 might be released next month, followed by a Stable release expected by October. Google has made some notable changes in the experience and functionalities through Beta 3. The update is available for the Pixel 6 up through the newly launched Pixel 8a.

Build Details:

• Release date: June 18, 2024
• Build: AP31.240517.022
• Emulator support x86: (64-bit), ARM (v8-A)
• Security patch level: June 2024
• Google Play services: 24.16.17

Android 15 Beta 3 – What’s new?

As discovered by 9to5Google, Beta 3 of Android 15 brings a redesigned wallpaper editor, adaptive timeout, a more prominent Circle to Search off switch, Android Safe Browsing, the ability to show long app names, and an updated Android 15 system icon.

Additional user-facing changes include: the volume menu can no longer be minimized, ‘Speakers and displays’ label removed, Device & app notifications turned Notification read, reply & control, a shortcut to Color contrast preferences in Settings > Display, and Home Controls screensaver for Pixel Tablet.

Resolved issues

Resolved developer-reported issues

• Fixed an issue where disabling polling using the setDiscoveryTechnology method didn’t disable polling.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the system sharesheet from loading in some cases.
• Fixed an issue that caused the system Settings app to crash when accessing screen saver options.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the screen unlock icon to be displayed when notifications were on screen.
• Fixed an issue that prevented mobile network security settings from being changed.

Other resolved issues

• Fixed an issue with the Android Emulator that caused Simpleperf to crash when running a CPU profile.

Bluetooth resolved issues

• Resolved an issue where Bluetooth LE scans could persist in the system after an app crash.
• Fixed a bug in Bluetooth LE legacy advertising, where AdvertisingSet.setScanResponseData did not return ADVERTISE_FAILED_DATA_TOO_LARGE when scan response data exceeded the 31-byte limit.
• Fixed a bug that caused LE connection failures on the GATT server by passing the address type from BluetoothGattServer.connect to native.