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Android 14 Beta 1: open to early adopters

12 April 2023. The first beta opened the Android Beta program, and added sharesheet custom actions, queryable paths and the accessibilityDataSensitive attribute.

Beta 1 came out on 12 April 2023 and opened Android 14 to early adopters through the Android Beta program. Pixel owners already in the Android 13 QPR beta got it without doing anything.

Release date12 April 2023; Beta 1.1 on 26 April 2023
BuildUPB1.230309.014; 1.1 UPB1.230309.017 (.A1 for Pixel 6, 6 Pro and 6a on Verizon)
Security patchApril 2023 (March 2023 for Pixel 6 phones on Verizon)
DevicesPixel 4a (5G) to Pixel 7 Pro; 64-bit Android Emulator images
How to get itOver the air through Android Beta, or by flashing
Platform stabilityNo

Apps can add their own actions to the system sharesheet with ChooserAction.Builder and Intent.EXTRA_CHOOSER_CUSTOM_ACTIONS, and direct share ranking reads usage reported through pushDynamicShortcut(). Path became queryable and interpolatable, with an AndroidX library back to API 21. The accessibilityDataSensitive attribute hides a view from accessibility services that do not claim to help users with disabilities.

Gesture navigation got a larger back arrow that follows the wallpaper colors. Android Studio Giraffe Canary 7 with AGP 8.1.0-alpha07 started generating the LocaleConfig file for per-app languages.

Beta 1.1 fixed a System UI crash in “Wallpaper & style”, fingerprint unlock, a missing mobile network icon and SIM or eSIM detection.

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  • Android
  • Platform APIs
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