Though we’re nonetheless a number of months off the official launch of Android 15 – anticipated to overlap with the disclosing of Google’s Pixel 9 smartphone household – builders (and curious tech followers) do have a method of having access to the pre-release beta model of Android 15, proper now.
On the time of writing, Google has already served up two Developer Previews and two Beta releases of Android 15 since February 2024, every constructing on the earlier when it comes to each options and fixes.
Going by the roadmap Google launched previous to DP1, Android 15’s Beta 3 is predicted in June and appears set to shore up the platform’s stability forward of additional refinement with Beta 4 in July.
We don’t have additional particulars from the corporate on any subsequent betas earlier than Android 15’s full and last launch, however earlier iterations of Android have obtained such therapy (there was an Android 14 Beta 5, for instance), so it’s not out of the realm of chance.
Supplied you’re comfy with working an experimental and unfinished construct of Android in your gadget forward of launch, nonetheless, Google already has a longtime course of to flash the most recent beta launch at present; as long as you could have a appropriate gadget which helps these developmental updates.
We’ll replace this text with every subsequent beta launch, however at present we’re specializing in tips on how to obtain and set up Android 15 Beta 2.1 in your cellphone.
Which telephones help Android 15 proper now?
It ought to come as no shock that the primary place to search for Android 15-compatible smartphones is Google’s personal Pixel gadgets. The under record can help the present beta launch of Android 15:
It’s additionally value noting that, for these curious in regards to the pill expertise Android 15 will provide up, the Google Pixel Pill can also be appropriate with the present Android 15 beta programme.
Which non-Pixel telephones & tablets help the Android 15 beta?
For those who’re eager to check out Android 15 however don’t have a appropriate Pixel, fear not.
A handful of proactive gadget makers have signed as much as develop into Android 15 ‘device-maker companions,’ which means in addition they provide early entry to Android 15, albeit with obtain strategies, timeframes and sources that differ barely to the Pixel methodology this text particulars.
Right here’s the present shortlist of third-party Android telephones that help Android 15 beta releases. You’ll be able to click on the manufacturers themselves to entry every device-makers’ respective obtain website:
Honor
iQoo
Lenovo
Nothing
OnePlus
Oppo
Realme
Sharp
Tecno
Vivo
Xiaomi
Tips on how to register to obtain the Android 15 beta in your cellphone
Earlier than you possibly can obtain the most recent Android 15 beta to your gadget, you’ll must sign up to the Android 15 beta website utilizing your Google account and select to ‘decide in’ on the gadget you wish to set up Android 15 on.
Right here’s tips on how to opt-in in a number of easy steps:
- Head to the Android Beta for Pixel website (ensuring you’re logged into your Google account)
- Scroll all the way down to the Your eligible gadgets part
- Learn the T&Cs and FAQs for solutions to any queries you will have earlier than you obtain and set up
- Choose Decide in on the gadget you wish to set up Android 15 on
- Then head over to your newly registered cellphone
WARNING: To cite the Android Beta website straight, “you will be unable to unenrol and revert again to a secure public model of Android with out first wiping all regionally saved knowledge in your gadget. You may additionally encounter points restoring a backup. We advocate reviewing the most recent launch notes for Pixel telephones earlier than enrolling in Android Beta.“
Supplied you’re proud of this caveat, merely choose Decide out underneath Your eligible gadgets, subsequent to the gadget you beforehand chosen Decide in on.
Tips on how to obtain the Android 15 beta in your cellphone
Foundry | Alex Walker-Todd
Foundry | Alex Walker-Todd
Foundry | Alex Walker-Todd
For Pixel customers, there are two methods to obtain and set up the most recent beta, the simplest being an OTA (over-the-air) replace, much like how you’ll obtain a traditional OS (working system) replace, by doing the next:
- Open the Settings menu
- Scroll down and faucet System, positioned close to the underside of the record
- Faucet Software program updates
- Then faucet System replace
- Your Pixel will then verify for out there OTA updates (if it doesn’t verify mechanically, faucet the Examine for replace button)
- As soon as it finds an out there replace able to obtain, faucet on the Obtain and set up button within the backside nook of the display screen
On the off likelihood the beta replace isn’t instantly out there, verify again in a number of hours, or just wait till your cellphone notifies you that the beta replace is able to obtain. The strategy is predicted to be largely the identical on different eligible Android telephones, however there could also be some variation.
Alternatively, you possibly can obtain the replace manually by way of the official Android Flash Instrument. Nonetheless, that is solely really useful for those who actually can’t wait or don’t wish to use the extra handy OTA methodology.