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Android 14 Beta 3: platform stability

7 June 2023. The third beta reached platform stability, so SDK and NDK APIs and app-facing behaviours were final, and the Pixel 7a joined the beta.

Beta 3 came out on 7 June 2023 and reached platform stability: the developer APIs and all app-facing behaviours were final. Google asked developers to start final compatibility testing, and SDK, library and game engine developers to ship first.

Release date7 June 2023; Beta 3.1 on 14 June 2023
BuildUPB3.230519.008; 3.1 UPB3.230519.014
Security patchMay 2023; 3.1 June 2023
DevicesPixel 4a (5G) to Pixel 7 Pro, plus the new Pixel 7a; emulator
How to get itOver the air through Android Beta, or by flashing
Platform stabilityYes

The post listed what to test. For all apps: font scaling to 200%, partial photo access, which the system treats as a one-time permission once the app goes to the background, and the data safety section in permission dialogs. For apps targeting 34: foreground service types, OpenJDK 17 changes to regular expressions and UUID handling, and the security changes such as the zip path traversal check.

The foreground service list took its final shape here. health and remoteMessaging were new types, and shortService, specialUse and systemExempted were reserved for their cases.

Beta 3.1 fixed fingerprint unlock on some devices and crashes in apps that use mapping SDKs.

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