The Personal Safety app included in Android 14 QPR1 Beta 2 now lets you add your height, weight, and pregnancy status.

Thanks to Luca Stefani for the screenshot!

Android 14 QPR1 Beta 2 brings the "Weather" app from the Pixel 8 (package name com.google.android.apps.weather), enabling weather info to be shown in the Google Clock app and "World" clock widget!

This is available on the Pixel 5a and later.

Google is preparing to add a "Pixel Troubleshooting" app (package name com.google.android.apps.diagnosticstool, stored at /product/priv-app/DiagnosticsToolPrebuilt) that'll help users troubleshoot battery/network issues.

Screenshot credits: Kaan Akgün on Telegram. H/T Nail Sadykov.

Re: Personal Safety. In addition to adding new "Height", "Weight" and "Pregnancy status" fields, your medical information is now "synced across paired devices using the same Google Account." This info is "end-to-end encrypted" so Google can't access it.

Also, some users are telling me they have this updated version already on their Pixels running the stable Android 14 release. These changes coincide with the announcement of the Pixel Watch 2, which adds new Personal Safety features.

Here's a better look at the new "battery diagnostics" page under Settings > Battery on Pixel. This page is provided by the new "Pixel Troubleshooting" app.

Android 14 QPR1 Beta 2 prepares to let you sync app permissions between your phone and connected Bluetooth device, provided the Bluetooth device was connected using the Companion Device Manager (CDM) API and runs Android.

<string name="bluetooth_details_permissions_sync_summary">Give %1$s the same app permissions that you’ve allowed on %2$s</string>
<string name="bluetooth_details_permissions_sync_title">Sync permissions</string>

You'll find this under Bluetooth detail settings. I believe CDM permission sync requires the companion device be running Android 13, hence it'll likely work with Wear OS 4 devices like the Pixel Watch 2, Galaxy Watch 4 series and later, and later this year the Pixel Watch.

This likely isn't directly related to Android 14 QPR1 Beta 2, but I'm now seeing weather forecasts for tomorrow in the Pixel's At a Glance widget.

Let me know if you're seeing this too! (I'm seeing this on a Pixel 6 Pro running Android 14 QPR1 Beta 2. Don't be fooled by the device frame!)

Here's a first look at Android's upcoming "sync permissions" feature, which will let you sync app permissions between your phone and your connected Wear OS smartwatch!

This doesn't currently work. I had to manually surface the toggle (thanks to Nail Sadykov for testing it!)

Google Camera on the Pixel 8 not only saves photos in the new Ultra HDR format (JPEG_R) introduced with Android 14, but it also adds support for Display P3 capture!

Display P3 wide gamut capture is a new capability of Android 14. Devices can capture wide gamut color images in JPEG format without using 10-bit HDR.

There's apparently a setting in Google Camera on the Pixel 8 to opt out of wide gamut capture, whereas Ultra HDR captures are always enabled.

Thanks to anon for the tip!

I have some bad news to share: This method didn't work.

A brave person with a Pixel 8 Pro (who wants to stay anonymous) reached out to me, and we were able to easily root the device.

We overrode the property and verified the sysfs files were changed, too, but sadly there was still no display output.

This person used a USB-C to HDMI adapter and cables that they verified worked with another device (a Samsung), so it's not a cable problem.

I'm not fully ruling out display output support, but it's not looking good. Once Google releases the Pixel 8's kernel/device tree sources next week, we should hopefully find more clues.

How long has the Android Auto notification had a "disconnect" button?

I don't recall seeing this before but I may be mistaken. I'm using wireless AA if that matters.

Pretty excited by this button because if you have a family car and multiple people use wireless AA, it can be annoying to change which device to use AA on.