Google’s Android 15 beta program gets a minor update that fixes some fairly major bugs

After updating the stable channel with the January 2025 security patches for Pixels, Google has turned its attention to Android’s beta program with an update to what will eventually be released as the March 2025 Pixel Feature Drop. Android 15 Quarterly Platform Release 2 has now received a minor version update to squash some fairly major bugs.

Google announced Android 15 QPR2 Beta 2.1 on Reddit today, highlighting fixes for a number of issues that were causing crashes, freezes, and restarts for some beta testers. The new version has a build number of BP11.241121.013, and it brings the January 2025 Android security patches, as well as their Pixel-specific counterparts, to everyone in the Android Beta Program.

In addition to the freezing and restarting fixes, the release notes for this version mention that an issue where Emoji Workshop settings would appear unexpectedly when choosing other wallpapers has been resolved. General system stability and connectivity has also been improved.

Rollout timeline and availability

This update is being made available for the Pixel 6 series, 6a, 7 series, 7a, 8 series, 8a, 9 series, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet, provided those devices have been enrolled in the beta. Google says it may take up to 24 hours to reach all users, and you can install it by heading to Settings → System → Software updates → System update → Check for updates.

As seen on the stable channel, the January security patches fixed a number of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that were deemed to be of critical severity, including one that could allow attackers to remotely execute code on Pixels without access to the device (CVE-2024-53842). The stable update also included a fix for Google’s Material You themed icons looking washed out, to the delight of dark mode users.

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