If on the one hand we abandon the old operating systems and no longer guarantee support for older devices, on the other we look to the future by developing brand new OSes, updated with the most important innovations that developers can offer. Therefore, in the case of the green robot, if on July 25th Google confirmed the end of support for Android KitKat on its tenth birthday, in the hours between July 26th and 27th the same company Android 14 Beta 4.1 releasedintroducing a total of 34 fixes ahead of the stable release scheduled for September 2023.
Android 14 Beta 4.1 fixes some bugs
To confirm the release was, of course, the Big G, which with a blog post dedicated to the developers presented the Beta 4.1 patch with build number UPB4.230623.007 and Google Play Services version 23.18.18. Distributed as an over-the-air (OTA) update and weighing 44 MB, this patch makes the most fluid and secure Android 14 user experienceintroducing a series of fixes also for Pixel Tablet and Pixel Fold.
Going into detail, they can be seen in the changelog fixed problems with wifi or with the quality of the images on the display, or the reliability of the widgets. For example, in some circumstances on Pixel Fold the clock widget in the home doubled randomly.
Or again, the user interface under certain circumstances led to repeated crashes that required a restart of the device to be usable again. Among the numerous fixes, therefore, the update to Android 14 Beta 4.1 will result essential for beta testers and not only. Anyone who has downloaded Beta 4 on their Pixel 4a (5G), Pixel 5 & 5a, Pixel 6 & 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7 & 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet will be able to access it instantly, globally, by simply going to the settings and looking for the available updates.