Android Q is now on Beta 1. Available to all Google Pixel smartphone devices.

User devices are still at most is on the road on getting updated to Android 9.0 Pie, While some manufacturers took almost a year to have their devices updated, Google as it usually does finally outed the next version of Android.

Android Q is the next major version update for Android and is now available in Beta for Google Pixel devices over-the-air. These includes: Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL and the original Pixel and Pixel XL.

Devices eligible for the beta program can be enrolled here. When enrolled, users will then receive the software update over-the-air and just push through with it to experience the next version of Android.

The Android Q Beta is basically intended for developers to test their apps to support the next Android version. But regular Pixel users who doesn’t mind the bugs and hiccups in between may also experience the next generation software first hand and provide Google will real-world user feedback.

With new development in technologies, the next version of Android will bring new APIs and features to support new hardware. There will be native support for Foldable displays, biometrics and pretty much everything that’s new. There will also a major improvements in security and privacy and as expected, there will be new changes in the user interface and new behavior that will affect apps on how they’re going to work with the new operating system.