The most recent Android Canary construct is hitting older Pixel gadgets

Google launched April’s experimental Android Canary construct earlier this week, however just for choose gadgets. The preliminary rollout of Android Canary 2604 (ZP11.260320.007) solely included OTA photographs for the Google Pixel 8 collection and newer, excluding the older Pixel 6 collection, Pixel 7 collection, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Pill. On the time, Google stated OTA photographs for these gadgets would come at a later date. Now, Android Canary 2604 is formally out there for all eligible gadgets, together with the Pixel 6 collection and newer.

Google’s Mishaal Rahman introduced the expanded rollout for the newest Android Canary construct in a publish on X (previously Twitter) on Friday, April 17. Android Canary builds are extremely experimental, that includes pre-release Android APIs and habits adjustments with kinks that haven’t been labored out but. As such, it isn’t advisable that you just set up Android Canary 2604 in your main gadget. These ready to check this new launch safely on an older Pixel, equivalent to a Pixel 6 or Pixel 7 collection gadget, can now do exactly that.

Be warned, although, that manually putting in the Android Canary 2604 construct will lock you into the Canary launch channel for OTA updates. The one method to return to the steady channel after switching to Canary is to flash a daily Android 16 construct, which would require an entire information wipe.

Android Canary 2604 swaps the “No notifications” message in Android 17 Beta 3 for a brand new “You’re all caught up” greeting, adorned with a trophy icon. It additionally shrinks the app menus that open when their icons are long-pressed on the house display. The preliminary menu is condensed with a “Shortcuts” button that provides extra choices, and that menu now affords an “Actions” button that reveals additional options.

As a reminder, this isn’t a construct you need to set up on gadgets you depend upon. Google’s official Android Canary 2604 announcement publish on Reddit reinforces that a few of these options are actively in growth, and are prone to include bugs or points that might have an effect on your gadget’s usability.

The expanded rollout of Android Canary 2604 makes it straightforward for those who wish to expertise the most recent options and adjustments on Pixel gadgets older than the Pixel 8 collection. To put in it, use the Android Flash Device to flash the newest Android Canary construct (noting the dangers). After a profitable set up, subsequent Android Canary updates will arrive over the air.