Today Google released Android 11 Beta 2 for a limited number of smartphones. Users can download the app with the full public Beta release system or with the<\/b>
\nToday Google released Android 11 Beta 2 for a limited number of smartphones. Users can download the app with the full public Beta release system or with the Android Flash Tool. Users can also run the Android 11 Beta 2 on their desktop machine using the Android Emulator inside Android Studio \u2013 or with a GSI (generic system image) on supported Treble-compliant devices \u2013 so many ways to make it weird!
While normally we might list the things Android 11 Beta 2 could do, what it might bring to the yard, how your phone could be radical beyond it\u2019s current level of non-futuristic \u2013 today we\u2019re going to do something a little different. Today we\u2019re going to give you a bit of a warning. This Android 11 Beta 2 isn\u2019t significantly more volatile than any other previous release, but it\u2019s important to remember that the word \u201cBeta\u201d means something.
In the past few years, \u201cpublic beta\u201d releases have become something of a game to users that aren\u2019t exactly developers, but aren\u2019t exactly ready to deal with the issues that can \u2013 and very well might \u2013 crop up when a Beta goes wrong. A Beta such as this isn\u2019t made JUST to give users an early look at features for their phone \u2013 it\u2019s made for you to trade your time and effort to Google for said glimpse.
If you\u2019re using Android 11 Beta 2, Google has a feedback system for users where you\u2019ll find three different sorts of categories. There you\u2019ll find Platform feedback and issues, App Compatibility, and Third-Party SKDs. There\u2019s also a full Developer Preview Issue Tracker you can browse for issues that\u2019ve cropped up before you arrived.
One example of an issue that\u2019s popped up already is in the switch between 60Hz and 90Hz image refresh rate on the Google Pixel 4. According to one user, the refresh flips endlessly between 60 and 90Hz, as shown with the system refresh rate overlay \u2013 60,90,60,90,60, forever!
That\u2019s a good example of a reason why you might want to avoid using a Beta software download here if you\u2019re not ready to send feedback to Google, or handle issues that are significantly more likely to crop up now than they normally would.
As it is with all Beta releases like this, you should NOT load the software if you have just ONE smartphone. If you\u2019re using your \u201cprimary\u201d smartphone for this \u2013 stop, and turn back! While it could go fine, the risks do, indeed, outweigh the benefits. Especially if you\u2019re getting the dreaded \u201cscreen flickering in apps\u201d, or \u201cclean the top of your phone\u201d, or \u201cBluetooth keeps stopping.\u201d And so on and so forth. If you\u2019re still ready to roll and load Android 11 Beta 2, by all means, let us know how it goes!<\/p>\n