- Android 15 beta testers who left the program before QPR1 betas arrived can now move to Android 15 stable without wiping their devices.
- Testers on QPR1 are supposed to have to wait until that release hits stable before they’ll be able to do the same.
- Instead, some QPR testers leaving the program now are seeing the option for a no-wipe update to Android 15 stable — except it doesn’t work.
When you’re a hardcore Android enthusiast, you’re going to want to live life on the bleeding edge of Google’s very latest software. That probably means not just rocking a Pixel phone, but also making sure you’re signed up to participate in the newest Android beta. Navigating all your options for accessing Android betas can get confusing, fast, and right now Google seems to be only adding to the confusion by sending some beta testers notifications about an update they shouldn’t be getting.
Google got the Android 15 hype train started all the way back in February, with the first release of the first Developer Preview. By April, we were on to regular beta releases, and those continued to roll out over the months that followed. But then over the summer, Google also began making available the first Android 15 Quarterly Platform Release (QPR) for beta testing. This was a separate trial that extended after the regular Android 15 beta, and just because you were trying out that didn’t mean you also had to test QPR1.