Overview
- Google began distributing Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 to enrolled Pixel testers in mid‑August, and the build is available as OTA or downloadable system images for supported phones and tablets.
- The headline feature is an anti‑fraud change that shows an OS-level confirmation when users dial call‑forwarding codes and restricts programmatic USSD/call‑forwarding through new API limits.
- QPR2 Beta 3 also introduces visible personalization: a color slider with four style presets for Material You, Quick Settings layout customization to reorder brightness/tiles/media, and new foldable app handles for windowing.
- Google documented two targeted fixes in Beta 3 that resolve notification‑shade visual corruption and unexpected restarts and remove false battery capacity degradation warnings in Device Health and Support.
- Separately, Google released Android 17 QPR1 Beta 9 with the July 2026 security patch and fixes for gesture, loud noise, reboot loop, foldable taskbar icon, and intermittent battery‑drain issues while Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are being removed from the beta program as they near end of official updates.