Google starts beta testing Android 16’s youthful new look

Google has announced it’s rolling retired the colorful caller Android 16 interface for beta testers arsenic reported by 9to5Google. The QPR1 beta includes the company’s Material 3 Expressive plan connection revealed officially past week and includes caller visuals for the launcher, notifications, fastener screen, and a precise Apple-inspired speedy settings page.

QPRs, oregon quarterly level releases, mostly are much feature-rich updates for Android compared to the monthly information update patches. With Android 16 expected to motorboat to everyone soon, it volition beryllium followed successful the autumn by this QPR1 update that adds the caller ocular touches. 

Users with eligible Pixel devices, including ones arsenic aged arsenic the Pixel 6 and up to the 9A, that are registered successful the Beta programme tin get entree to the caller merchandise arsenic soon arsenic it’s ready. However, if you’re already beta investigating Android 16 but you’d alternatively hold to get the caller design, you tin opt retired of this merchandise connected the Android Beta website (note: don’t instal the strategy update afterward, arsenic that volition hitch your instrumentality — conscionable hold for Android 16’s authoritative launch).

If you privation to effort the redesigned Android 16 but are not presently enrolled successful the beta, Google posted instructions connected Reddit connected however to get started:

You tin get started with Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 contiguous by enrolling your Pixel device. Eligible devices see Pixel 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7, 7 Pro, 7a, 8, 8 Pro, 8a, 9, 9 Pro, 9a, Pixel Tablet bid devices*. Once enrolled, eligible devices volition person an over-the-air (OTA) update to the latest Beta versions. If you were antecedently enrolled successful Android 16 Beta (and person not opted-out), you volition automatically person QPR1 Beta 1 and immoderate aboriginal Beta updates.*