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Thursday Question: How’s the Android 14 Beta Treating You?

Tim April 13, 2023 16

As the very famous saying goes, the one that I made up just now, "New beta, new bugs." It's a riff on Biggie's Mo Money Mo Problems. Anyway, we're seeking to discover how the brand new beta for Android 14 is treating you. Why do we ask? Well, let's just say a...

Android 14 Beta 1 Bug Fixes for Missing Network Icon, Wallpaper Crash

Kellen April 13, 2023 7

The Android 14 Beta 1 threw itself onto our Pixel phones yesterday and we dove in looking for fresh changes to share with you. While there weren't really any notable changes that we hadn't already shared from the developer preview builds, there were a couple...

Android 14 Beta 1 Arrives for Pixel Phones!

Kellen April 12, 2023 31

The first Android 14 Beta is here! After a couple of Android 14 Developer Preview builds, Google has released the first Android 14 Beta 1 update for all of the supported Pixel phones. If you want to download Android 14 Beta onto your Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 5,...

Android 14 Will Intro Enhanced PIN Privacy Feature

Tim March 29, 2023 8

Fresh Android 14 details are getting disclosed ahead of official unveiling, all thanks to the tireless code digging of Mishaal Rahman. In the latest, we're learning that Android 14 will likely offer a new security setting under the Screen Lock menu called...

We Can’t Yet Use Android 14 DP2’s Best Feature: The Emoji Wallpaper

Tim March 8, 2023 2

With the release of a fresh developer preview for Android 14, we're seeing Google add in a ton of new features, some of which aren't yet accessible unless you're handy with the coding. I, personally, am not handy with the coding, but thanks to Mishaal Rahman,...

That ‘Task Killer’ App You’re Still Using Will Be Useless Starting With Android 14

Tim March 8, 2023 4

In the early days of Android, task killer apps were all the rage. Was your phone being a slow and janky piece of crap? That's an easy fix, just kill all of the ongoing tasks and it should speed right up, with the task killer designed to free up memory and kill...

What’s New in Android 14 Developer Preview 2?

Kellen March 8, 2023 3

Moments after Google posted the new Android 14 Developer Preview 2 files, we got it up and running on a Pixel 7 to see if we could find anything new and noteworthy. While Google already described the developer-related changes they made, we want to know if...

Android 14 Developer Preview 2 Arrives for Pixel Phones

Kellen March 8, 2023 6

The next release of the Android 14 Developer Preview is here as Developer Preview 2 (DP2). Since this is still a "developer preview," there may not be a bunch of fun stuff for you to play with because that's not the point. For now, Google is very much still...