Google’sAndroid 14beta program is nearing its end, with July being the last month in thedevelopment timelineahead of a potential stable release in August. What started five months ago with the first developer preview has evolved into a fairly polished build after countless bugs were squashed. Now, Android 14 Beta 4 has arrived with its own hefty list of bug fixes.
We thought we might see this update on Wednesday, July 5, but apparently the holiday delayed things a bit, as Google only todayannounced the new buildfor eligible Pixel devices beginning with the Pixel 4a 5G. AsMishaal Rahman noted on Twitter, the new version first showed up as a generic system image (GSI) on Google’sDSU Loaderutility, but has since become available for phones and tablets.
Today’s update carries a build number ofUPB4.230623.005along with the July security patches, and users are reporting a download size of roughly 200MB, depending on the device. That adds up, as Google has shared a massive list of bug fixes in itsrelease notes.
Developer-reported issues
Other resolved issues
Of note, this is the first beta build to be made publicly available to Google’s newPixel FoldandPixel Tabletdevices. Like any other Pixel, users only need toenroll in the beta programto start receiving prerelease updates.
This is likely the second to last beta build of Android 14 if past release cycles are anything to go by. Google releasedBeta 3in the first week of June, then came back a week later with a quick bug fix inBeta 3.1that bumped the security patch level up to June 2023. Last year’s Android 13 Beta 4 also went live in early July, then was followed by a Beta 4.1 release in late July before the stable version went public in August. We appear to be on a similar trajectory now.
Users have reported that the update has started rolling out, but we’ve learned from recent releases that it may take a week or more to reach everyone, depending on your device and carrier. If you want to speed things up, you canuse Android Flash Toolto sideload theOTAor flash thefactory imagesin about 15 minutes.
