{"id":71708,"date":"2026-04-16T20:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/android-17-beta-4-now-ready-for-testing-for-pixel-users\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:13:25","slug":"android-17-beta-4-now-ready-for-testing-for-pixel-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/android-17-beta-4-now-ready-for-testing-for-pixel-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 17 beta 4 now ready for testing for Pixel users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-content-wrapper=\"true\">\n<div class=\"e_f\">\n<div class=\"e_7s\" style=\"max-width:2560px\"><picture class=\"e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;aspect-ratio:2560 \/ 1440\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-17-logo-hero-8-scaled.jpg.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-17-logo-hero-8-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-17-logo-hero-8-1000w-562h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-17-logo-hero-8-1920w-1080h.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-17-logo-hero-8-1536w-864h.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-17-logo-hero-8-675w-380h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-17-logo-hero-8-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-17-logo-hero-8-1280w-720h.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/android-17-logo-hero-8-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"e_nv e_8s\">\n<p>Joe Maring\/Android Authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\" class=\"e_Ui e_e e_P\">\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Android 17 beta 4 is now available for testers to install on their Pixel 6 and newer devices.<\/li>\n<li>Android 17 has already achieved platform stability with last month&#8217;s beta 3 release.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;re probably just a few more months away from Android 17 being stable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>Android 17 is on its way, and testers have been eagerly trying out all of Google&#8217;s early beta releases over the past few months. It&#8217;s been exactly three weeks since Android 17 beta 3 arrived on our devices, and now Google is following up <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/android-developers.googleblog.com\/2026\/04\/the-fourth-beta-of-android-17.html\">android 17 beta 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_Dk e_Ck\" data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t want to miss the best of <em>Android Authority<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_am\"><picture class=\"e_em e_fm e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><picture class=\"e_em e_Vg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>Right now, Android 17 beta 4 is available for all Pixel phones and tablets, starting with the Pixel 6. Existing testers will see a notification letting them know when their update is ready to install. And if you haven&#8217;t started testing for yourself yet, all you need to do is follow the steps in our Android 17 beta guide to sign up and participate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_ik\">\n<div class=\"e_lk e_qt\">\n<h3 class=\"e_tt\">Are you excited for Android 17?<\/h3>\n<p>1471 votes<\/p>\n<div class=\"e_vt e_tk\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"e_wt\"><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I can&#8217;t wait.<\/p>\n<p>34<!-- -->%<\/p>\n<p><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"e_wt\"><\/p>\n<p>Not yet, I&#8217;m looking forward to some real new features.<\/p>\n<p>35<!-- -->%<\/p>\n<p><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"e_wt\"><\/p>\n<p>No, this is a weak update.<\/p>\n<p>15<!-- -->%<\/p>\n<p><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"e_wt\"><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t care about Android updates.<\/p>\n<p>17<!-- -->%<\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_P\">\n<p>Google made beta 4 available not too long ago, so we&#8217;re currently searching to share all the changes we can find that you might want to check out. Check back with us as soon as we update this post with any changes in the note.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_uc e_P\">\n<p>Thank you for being a part of our community. Please read our comment policy before posting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Maring\/Android Authority TL;DR Android 17 beta 4 is now available for testers to install on their Pixel 6 and newer devices. Android 17 has already achieved platform stability with last month&#8217;s beta 3 release. We&#8217;re probably just a few more months away from Android 17 being stable. Android 17 is on its way, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[1601,11607,2284,3312,9194,2079],"class_list":{"0":"post-71708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-devotionals","8":"tag-android","9":"tag-beta","10":"tag-pixel","11":"tag-ready","12":"tag-testing","13":"tag-users"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71712,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71708\/revisions\/71712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}