Here’s everything new in Android 15 QPR1 Beta 3 [Gallery]

Google today is rolling out Android 15 QPR1 Beta 3 for Pixel devices.

Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into all of Android 15 QPR1 Beta 3’s new features and every single change. (The newest updates will be at the top of this list. Be sure to check back often and tell us what you find in the comments below.) Android 15 QPR1 Beta 2 screenshots appear on the left and QPR1 Beta 3 on the right.

If you want to quickly install Android 15 QPR1 Beta 3 on your compatible Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, 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, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold be sure to check out our step-by-step guide.

For reference, here’s everything new in Android 15 QPR1 Beta 1 and Beta 2.

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Adaptive vibration live

• Settings > Sound & vibration > Vibration & haptics
• Launched with Android 15 stable

Pixel 9: Thicker status bar

• The is presumably due to the large front-facing camera, with everything moving down the screen as a result
• More

Themed icon tweaks

• In dark theme, Themed icons have a lighter background
• In light theme, the actual icon at the center is lighter

Old vs. new

Developer- and user-reported issues

• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused notifications to be displayed with some content that was cut off. (Issue #369022573)
• Fixed an issue with system memory paging that sometimes caused devices to crash and restart. (Issue #370281133, Issue #363067081)
• Fixed an issue where the volume buttons didn’t work when connected to certain Bluetooth devices. (Issue #370700569, Issue #362542656, Issue #362115174, Issue #369774572)
• Fixed an issue where some app icons on the home screen were displaying the default system icon instead of the app’s icon. (Issue #335579823)
• Fixed an issue that caused a device to run slowly and sometimes crash when switching back to the primary user from the secondary user. (Issue #339635839)
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the system UI to crash. (Issue #370214367)
• Fixed an issue for foldable devices where the screen sometimes went blank when unfolding the device. (Issue #367324432)

Other resolved issues

• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented users from interacting with heads-up notifications.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the system to crash while taking a bug report.
• Fixed various other issues that were impacting system stability, connectivity, and interactivity.

Bluetooth resolved issues

• Improved LE Audio volume control by enabling independent adjustment of each connected sink’s volume using the UI and limiting volume key adjustments to the primary sink.
• Fix a crash in BluetoothDevice.getType() that occurred primarily in the testing environment when Bluetooth resources were reused between virtual device instances.