Thank you to our developer community for helping shape the release of Android 13! It has provided us with thousands of bug reports and shared information that has helped us optimize APIs, improve features, fix critical bugs, and generally improve the platform for users and developers.
For developers, Android 13 Beta 4 is a "Release Candidate Build for [you're] final testing" after Platform Stability last month with API Level 33.
When you're done testing, you should release compatible updates for your apps, SDKs, libraries, tools, and game engines to ensure users who update their devices around the final version have a good user experience. You can also continue to build new functions with new features and APIs, and test your application while targeting the latest API level to spot any issues that may arise.
According to Google, the following issues are fixed in Android 13 Beta 4:
* Fixed an issue where on some devices you could see paired Bluetooth devices quickly connect and disconnect from the device.
* Resolving an issue where the Google Camera app would occasionally crash on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices.
* Resolving an issue where the system would incorrectly report Android 12 when a user checked for system updates by going to Settings > System > System update navigated as the Android version of the device even though the device was already successfully updated to a build of Android 13.[Note: also fixed in Beta 3. 3]
* Fixed an issue on Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices where the Now Playing page would sometimes hang while downloading the song database.
We haven't found any changes or additions since Beta 3.2/3 late last month.
The Android Beta Feedback app is available on Pixel phones to log issues. You can access it from the app drawer or quick settings to report bugs in Google's issue tracker while the Android beta community is on Reddit.
Android 13 Beta 4 system images are available for Pixel 4 (XL), Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 5, Pixel 5a, Pixel 6, and Pixel 6 Pro and Android emulator.
Of course, most users will install Beta 4 (TPB4.220624.005) with the July security patch from the Android Beta Program website. Those on beta 3.3 can expect an OTA update in the next few hours.