{"id":234618,"date":"2026-04-23T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/google-releases-android-17-qpr1-beta-1-for-pixel-devices-with-four-bug-fixes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:55:16","slug":"google-releases-android-17-qpr1-beta-1-for-pixel-devices-with-four-bug-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/google-releases-android-17-qpr1-beta-1-for-pixel-devices-with-four-bug-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Releases Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1 for Pixel Devices With Four Bug Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2026\/04\/23\/google-releases-android-17-qpr1-beta-1-for-pixel-devices-with-four-bug-fixes\/\">Google Releases Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1 for Pixel Devices With Four Bug Fixes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2026\/04\/23\/google-releases-android-17-qpr1-beta-1-for-pixel-devices-with-four-bug-fixes\/\">https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2026\/04\/23\/google-releases-android-17-qpr1-beta-1-for-pixel-devices-with-four-bug-fixes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-23 04:28:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.ghacks.net\">www.ghacks.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google has released Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1 for compatible Pixel devices, marking its move into the quarterly patch update cycle while the stable release of Android 17 is still pending. Recently, Android 17 Beta 4 was launched, and QPR1 Beta 1 has followed shortly after as Google continues to accelerate its update pace.<\/p>\n<p>Android 17 is expected to be available in June or July, with more details likely to be revealed at Google I\/O 2026 on May 19 and 20.<\/p>\n<h2>What Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1 Fixes<\/h2>\n<p>The release notes for Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1 detail four fixes. There was a crash in the Default Print Service during low ink conditions that prevented users from completing print jobs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Application Not Responding error in the Terminal app caused the application and device to become unresponsive<\/li>\n<li>An audio distortion issue was caused by hardware audio processing that could not be controlled on the voice communication path in VoIP applications, resulting in distortion and phase cancellation<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, there was a failure in direct audio output on devices using the AIDL audio HAL when playing audio streams longer than five seconds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Which Pixel Devices Support It and How to Install It<\/h2>\n<p>Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1 is now available for Pixel 6 and newer devices, as well as the Pixel Tablet. To install the update, you&#8217;ll need to enroll in the Android Beta Program. Once enrolled, the update should be accessible over the air.<\/p>\n<p>Google recommends caution when installing beta builds on a primary device, as they may be unstable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2026\/04\/23\/google-releases-android-17-qpr1-beta-1-for-pixel-devices-with-four-bug-fixes\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Releases Android 17 QPR1 Beta 1 for Pixel Devices With Four Bug Fixes https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/2026\/04\/23\/google-releases-android-17-qpr1-beta-1-for-pixel-devices-with-four-bug-fixes\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ghacks.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gHacks-articles-2026-04-23T112800.015.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-234618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234620,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234618\/revisions\/234620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}