Google’s beta team doesn’t rest. QPR1 Beta 8 went out to Pixels last week, and days later here comes Android 17 QPR2 Beta 2, build CP41.260701.006. Two overlapping release tracks at once – QPR1 goes stable in September as the next Feature Drop, while this QPR2 branch is aiming for December 2026.
The odd part? No release notes. Google published nothing about what changed since Beta 1, and the notes page even mislabels this as a July release. Testers digging through the build have found a couple of things anyway: the redesigned Settings app icon is now live for everyone, and the internal codename quietly changed from CinnamonBun to DEV. Beyond that, treat it as stability polish until someone finds more.
For reference, Beta 1 two weeks ago did ship a proper changelog – fixes for silent Bluetooth re-pairing failures, media controls flashing on the lock screen, Pixels rebooting when Gemini was invoked, notifications vanishing from the shade until a restart, plus some developer-facing corrections around ML-DSA key generation and window-level blur.
Eligible devices, via the Android Beta Program OTA:
| Series | Eligible models |
|---|---|
| Pixel 6 | Pixel 6a only |
| Pixel 7 | Pixel 7, 7 Pro, 7a |
| Foldable / Tablet | Pixel Fold, Pixel Tablet |
| Pixel 8 | Pixel 8, 8 Pro, 8a |
| Pixel 9 | Pixel 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, 9 Pro Fold, 9a |
| Pixel 10 | Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, 10 Pro Fold, 10a |
No Pixel 6 or 6 Pro here, and that’s permanent. Both phones age out of support before QPR2 goes stable, so their road ends with QPR1 in September. Five years, done.
