One thing we’ve noticed with the Android 11 developer previews and now the betas, Google is sending out quite a few patches. Each preview and beta has had a patch with some bug fixes sent out shortly after. And now, Android 11 Beta 2.5 is available.
This patch fixes some issues that the Pixel devices were having. The big one being a display issue that the Pixel 4 was facing. For some people, the screen would flicker when the brightness was to low.
Here’s what’s new in Android 11 Beta 2.5
As mentioned, Android 11 Beta 2.5 is a bug fixing patch for Pixel devices. So there’s no real features coming in this update, but a few bug fixes as outlined below.
Fixed issues that prevented a user from hearing or recording audio in apps after they made a VoIP call.
The notification drawer no longer fails to appear sometimes when a user swipes down from the top of the screen.
The screen no longer flickers on some devices when the screen is set to a low brightness level.
Fixed various issues that could cause devices to reboot intermittently.
The navigation bar no longer appears in cases when it wouldn’t normally display, such as during a device restart.
Some Pixel 4/XL devices that have taken more than one Android 11 update are no longer blocked from receiving an OTA back to Android 10.
Video recording is no longer interrupted sometimes when using the Camera app.
The Dialer app no longer uses the speakerphone sometimes as the default audio device.
In the Messages app, the RCS chat features no longer get stuck sometimes in the Connecting state.
When Can I download the update?
You can download the update for Android 11 Beta 2.5 right now. It is available for the Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL, Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL.
You are able to grab the factory images or the OTA from the Android Developer’s site here. It’s still a good idea not to put this onto your daily driver. And if you need some help flashing the update onto your device, you can check out our guide here.
If you don’t want to flash the OTA or the factory image, you can also just wait for the OTA to hit your device. Google has been pretty quick with sending out the patches in between new betas and developer previews to Pixel devices. So you should see it hitting your device in the next 24 hours, possibly sooner.