Android 11 Beta: What's New?

The first Android 11 Beta is here! We flashed it onto a Pixel 4 XL and had a chance to run through the big new changes. We're talking about new music controls, Pixel Launcher changes, chat Bubbles, the awesome new Power Menu, and more!

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[indiecore]

Having music controls from 2 apps is great for switching between podcast and music apps

[dmitriynikolayevich]

Google: *releases Android 11


Me: Still waiting for Android 10 to come out in my phone. 😡😣

[askidenia]

swipe up and hold for recent apps is only from the very bottom of the screen, not like before, swipe up on anywhere on the screen

[rajkamal.a]

When you are using two audio app tiles. May be you can play music from one app on your phone and music from other app on your headphones simultaneously. did you try that?

[Mattimoose]

So far it's a mix. I like some things (new media controls, power button home controls) and others no (recents which has been going downhill with each release, the spaced notifications, bubbles which I'll turn off immediately)

[selwnk]

Android 11 Beta: First 10 Things to Do! 😂

[TheAzeez]

I think the difference between screenshot and share in the recent apps menu is the share doesn’t save the photo in your gallery.

[oscarokofori-brown]

Awesome video thanks for the update I updated my 4 xl and 3a to the beta

[SilvioBritto]

Interesting thought: the way the system will handle bubbles is kinda similar with what Windows Phones used to do. Group the social interactions access in one "place", regardless the origin app.

[garageghost]

I really love the new power menu. They did a great job on that unlike the app switcher lol

[CedricBarber]

dear oneplus...google is running out of ideas and needs some serious help

[jGRite]

I like that select text.
I like that music control placement. I use KDEconnect and as I watch videos on my tablet I can play/pause and such from another device. So if I have music playing on my phone I can quickly pause one and play the other.

[jaredgodshalk]

What is the setting called in developer settings to put the music controls in the quick settings?

[DrGanja]

I actually like this update. The app drawer pull up was annoying af, rather have a button. Looks cleaner and smoother.

[brando]

Anyone know where I can find that wallpaper?

[justgiz]

13:07 You'd want to have two audio apps open if you switch between audio book, podcast, and music.

[ayushapoorva]

I don't know android updates seems very unnoticeable to me now a days, probably security part has improved but UI is more or less the same.

[tristan_talks_tech]

The app switcher/recents is much better in my opinion. I use the copy feature in the app switcher all the time and that certainly seems improved. It's easier to take screenshots of just the app, instead of cropping out the navigation bar and status bar, and you I'm not sure why you wouldn't just go home to change to another app. I'm glad they changed this, because the app switcher was my least favorite change of Android 10.

[Black-Villain]

I miss having suggested apps on the multitasking screen, really sped up workfkow. The select and screenshot buttons really aren't that useful when select was already there with a long press and screenshot is handled by hardware keys already

[originalarmo]

Great, let's make music controls even harder to reach on your massive phone. Smart thinking Google.