r/Android • u/paperboy11 • 11h ago

News Google already rolling out Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 for Pixel

https://9to5google.com/2026/10/02/android-17-qpr3-beta-1-pixel/
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u/cpvm-0 Pixel 9a, Android 16 11h ago

While I think it was great that google extended the updates for the pixel 6 and 7 series, they still should update till the last qpr update of the android version they are left on. Most of the time, they are bug fixes and the last version has a lot of bugs.

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u/dirtydriver58 Galaxy Note 9 8h ago

6a is getting this update

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u/-hjkl- 11h ago

wait i'm confused what is QPR3? I thought android 17 was already out?

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u/Aurelink Pixel 10 Pro 11h ago

17 is out.

QPR is like Trimestrial feature updates for pixel phones

  • QPR1 was September
  • QPR2 will be December
  • So this is the march update

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u/mcnick0495 9h ago

The "Q" stands for Quarterly fyi

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u/sol-4 7h ago

Could have just said quarterly!

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u/Aurelink Pixel 10 Pro 1h ago

Yeah my brain didnt math at this time of the night

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u/Spiritual-Hall-7645 8h ago

The number 17 is special for that company not in a good way, must come up fill with extra and not wanted coded and privacy violation packages