Android 17 Beta 1 Release Postponed Just Before Launch

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• Google attempted to release “Android 17 Beta 1,” the beta version of the next-generation Android OS, as scheduled, but postponed it at the last minute.
• The release of “Android 17 Beta 1” was announced on the “Android Developers Blog,” Google’s official blog for Android developers.
• Immediately after the announcement, the “Android 17 Beta 1” release article was deleted, and the software update rollout was halted.

On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, a rare incident occurred where Google attempted to release “Android 17 Beta 1,” the beta version of the next-generation Android OS, as previously teased, only to postpone it at the last minute.

Just a day earlier, on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Google released “Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2.1,” a minor update to the third beta of the quarterly platform release “Android 16 QPR,” for Google Pixel devices (Pixel 6 series and later) enrolled in the pre-release “Android Beta Program.” Alongside this, they teased that “Android 17 Beta 1” would be coming soon.

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On the morning of Wednesday, February 11, 2026, the release of “Android 17 Beta 1” was announced on the official “Android Developers Blog.” It appeared that the software update was starting to roll out “Over the Air (OTA)” to Google Pixel devices enrolled in the “Android Beta Program.” However, in a sudden turn of events, the announcement post for the “Android 17 Beta 1” release was deleted, and the distribution of the software update was halted.

It is speculated that the release of “Android 17 Beta 1” was postponed due to the discovery of a critical bug, but Google has not released any specific details beyond deleting the announcement post. However, the release schedule for the next-generation “Android 17” has become clear from the briefly published article.

With “Android 16” last year, the major update was released in the second quarter of 2025, followed by a minor update, “Android 16 QPR2,” in the fourth quarter. Similarly, for the next-generation “Android 17,” the major update is scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2026, with a minor update (presumably “Android 17 QPR2”) planned for the fourth quarter of 2026.

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