Shortly after Samsung announced its new Galaxy Z foldables, Google decided that it was the perfect time to drop the fourth beta of Android 12 that brings ‘Platform Stability’. This means that Android 12 is in its last phase of testing and will allow developers to concentrate on polishing their apps for compatibility and design.
“Android 12 Beta 4 has reached Platform Stability, a milestone that means all app-facing surfaces and behaviors are now final in Android 12. This includes not only the official SDK and NDK APIs, but also final app-facing system behaviors and restrictions on non-SDK interfaces that may affect apps. So from Beta 4, you can confidently release your compatibility updates knowing that the platform won’t change.”
The Android 12 Beta 4 OTA files and factory images are now available to download and flash in case your Pixel hasn’t received the update notification.
If you haven’t received notification that the fourth Android 12 Beta is ready to download on your Pixel handset yet, it’s probably worth heading over to Settings to see if you can give Google’s software servers a nudge.
