{"id":29114,"date":"2017-02-04T21:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T13:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29114"},"modified":"2020-06-27T01:46:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T17:46:33","slug":"android-beta-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/android-beta-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Beta Build of Android 7.1.2 Nougat is Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-pixels-iphone-7-story\/\">Pixel<\/a> and Nexus device owners rejoice as the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/android-developers.googleblog.com\/2017\/01\/get-sneak-peek-at-android-nougat-712.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> beta build of Android 7.1.2 Nougat<\/a> is now available to<strong> anyone who has enrolled in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/android\/beta?u=0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android Beta Program<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/running-android-on-windows\/\">How to Run Android OS on Your Windows PC<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/install-ios-public-beta-iphone-ipad\/\">beta update<\/a> has been made <strong>available to the Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, Nexus Player and Pixel C devices<\/strong>. Meanwhile, Nexus 6P users will need to wait a little longer as the update has yet to be released at the time of writing. However, you need not worry about missing out on the beta update as Google has confirmed that <strong>it will be \"coming soon\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/android-beta-update\/01-pixel-xl.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" alt=\"pixel xl\"><\/figure>\n<p>Those of you who are looking forward to new features and more with this update will be disappointed as Google has stated that this update is an <strong>\"incremental maintenance release\"<\/strong> that focuses on<strong> bugfixes, optimizations, and small enhancements <\/strong>for both carriers and users.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the arrival of Android 7.1.2 Nougat also <strong>signals the end for the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 devices <\/strong>as Google has confirmed that both devices will not be receiving Android 7.1.2, however, they will still <strong>receive regular security updates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/android-beta-update\/02-nexus-nine.jpg\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"nexus nine\"><\/figure>\n<p>For those who prefer to <strong>download a final version of Android 7.1.2 Nougat<\/strong>, the consumer-ready update will be made available in a few months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/android-nougat-711-updates\/\">What\u2019s new in Android Nougat 7.1.1<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pixel and Nexus device owners rejoice as the beta build of Android 7.1.2 Nougat is now available to anyone who has enrolled in the Android Beta Program. This beta update has been made available to the Pixel, Pixel XL, Nexus 5X, Nexus Player and Pixel C devices. Meanwhile, Nexus 6P users will need to wait&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3399,3976],"tags":[115,4152],"topic":[4523,4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beta Build of Android 7.1.2 Nougat is Now Available - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pixel and Nexus device owners rejoice as the beta build of Android 7.1.2 Nougat is now available to anyone who has enrolled in the Android Beta Program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/android-beta-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beta Build of Android 7.1.2 Nougat is Now Available\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pixel and Nexus device owners rejoice as the beta build of Android 7.1.2 Nougat is now available to anyone who has enrolled in the Android Beta Program.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/android-beta-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hongkiatcom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-04T13:01:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-26T17:46:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/android-beta-update\/01-pixel-xl.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@hongkiat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/android-beta-update\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/android-beta-update\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/25661c0ca5beef807a38c0d038894641\"},\"headline\":\"Beta Build of Android 7.1.2 Nougat is Now Available\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-04T13:01:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-26T17:46:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/android-beta-update\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/android-beta-update\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/assets.hongkiat.com\\\/uploads\\\/android-beta-update\\\/01-pixel-xl.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Android\",\"Android Nougat\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Mobile\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/android-beta-update\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/android-beta-update\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hongkiat.com\\\/blog\\\/android-beta-update\\\/\",\"name\":\"Beta Build of Android 7.1.2 Nougat is Now Available - 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