📹 Made by Google 2024 event will take place on August 13.

The company has sent out an invitation to journalists for the in-person event, which will "showcase the best of Google AI, Android software and the Pixel portfolio of devices."

At the same time, GoogleFR X account published a video teaser of the Pixel 9 Pro. The event is expected to showcase three Pixel 9 series devices, the Pixel Watch 3 and 3 XL, and the company's next foldable device, rumored to be called the Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

The event will take place at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California on August 13 (Tuesday), at 10:00 AM PT.

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🤖 Google has released Android 15 Beta 3.1 with lock screen bug fixes.

Two weeks after the release of Android 15 Beta 3, Google is releasing a minor update Beta 3.1 with fixes for the following issues:

• Fixed issues that caused the lock screen to intercept touch input and prompt the user to unlock the device, even when interacting with elements on the lock screen that don't require the device to be unlocked.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused biometric face authentication to fail.
• Fixed other issues affecting system stability, connectivity stability, and audio quality.

Build: AP31.240517.022 → AP31.240517.031
Security patch level: June 2024

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🔗 OTA images
🔗 Sign up for the beta test for the over-the-air upgrade (you won't be able to exit without losing data until September-October)

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⬇️ July 2024 security patch has been released.

Google has started to roll out the monthly software update for July 2024. All supported Pixel devices (Pixel 5a 5G and newer) running Android 14 will receive these updates starting today, and the rollout will continue over the next week in phases. Fixed issues:

Camera
• General improvements for camera stability under certain conditions *[Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8]

System
• General improvements for system stability and performance in certain conditions *[Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8, Pixel 8a]

User Interface
• Fix for back gesture navigation not working in certain conditions *[Pixel 5a (5G), Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet]

Build Number: AP2A.240705.004 (.005 for 8-series | .A1 for Telus carrier)
Security Patch: July 2024

🔗 Android Security Bulletin — July 2024
🔗 Pixel Update Bulletin—July 2024

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Google Pixel 9 series will feature an ultrasonic under-display fingerprint scanner.

The Pixel 6 was the first Google device where the company started using Goodix's under-display optical fingerprint scanners. However, at release, users reported issues with both unlock speed and scanning reliability. Though things have improved somewhat in subsequent updates and in the next Pixel generations, the fingerprint scanner performance in current Pixel devices still leaves a lot to be desired.

According to Android Authority, Google will finally switch to an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner in the Pixel 9 series devices (except Fold with FP in power button), namely Qualcomm's 3D Sonic Gen 2 (QFS4008) — the exact same model found in the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.

Ultra sonic scanners tend to work better and faster than optical scanners, so this change in the new devices will improve the user experience when unlocking a smartphone.

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Google published a video teaser of the Pixel 9 Pro.

The official Made by Google YouTube channel has released a video titled "Introducing the Google Pixel 9 Pro" with the comment, "A phone built for the Gemini era. It can do a lot—even let your old phone down easy."

The short clip demonstrates a request to Gemini with the following text:

Write me a breakup letter. Tell them I've found something new. That actually feels magical. Not just the same old thing. Oh, and have it start, "Dear Old Phone."

At the end, we see the Pixel 9 Pro itself in Porcelain color and a reminder that the Made by Google event will take place on August 13.

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🤖 Google has released Android 15 Beta 4.

Beta 4 is the last scheduled update in the Android 15 beta testing program, which means that all APIs and system behaviors are final. Important changes in this beta:

• Removed PNG-based emoji font
Android 15 removes the legacy PNG-based emoji font file (NotoColorEmojiLegacy.ttf) meaning that some Android 15 devices such as Pixel will only have the vector-based file. With Android 13, the system used the vector variant while keeping the font with PNG for compatibility.

For adaptation, developers are advised:
• Use platform text rendering. You can render text to a bitmap-backed Canvas and use that to get a raw image if necessary.
• Make sure your text library supports COLRv1 fonts. The FreeType open source library version 2.13.0 or later supports it.
• As a last resort, you can bundle the legacy emoji font (currently 10.1MB) into your APK.

Build: AP31.240517.031 → AP31.240617.009
Security patch level: July 2024

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🐞 List of fixed issues in Android 15 Beta 4:

Developer-reported issues
• Fixed an issue with contrast that made some elements in Quick Settings Tiles hard to read. (Issue #340944691)
• Fixed an issue that in some rare cases caused some Pixel devices to get stuck in an unbootable state if the device was factory reset shortly after an OTA system update was installed. (Issue #349860641, Issue #349978813)

Other resolved issues
• Fixed an issue where sometimes an Android Virtual Device (AVD) using an Android 15 system image failed to launch if the AVD was launched in embedded mode.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused app notification settings to fail to be restored when restoring a device from backup.
• Fixed an issue for Pixel Fold devices that prevented a user from continuing Face Unlock enrollment if the device was folded or unfolded during the process.
• Fixed various other issues that were impacting system stability, connectivity, performance, usability, and camera.

Bluetooth resolved issues
• Fixed a bug which prevented the Digital Car Key app from performing low latency scans when running in foreground.
• Made a fix to use custom UUIDs instead of standard HOGP service UUID in Android head-tracking service.
• Use head-tracking codec capabilities to detect transport support in LE Audio stack.
• Made a fix to prevent immediate rejection of Bluetooth pairing requests when there's a mismatch between the API-suggested transport and the transport observed by the Bluetooth stack, potentially improving pairing success rates.

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