Final 12 months I used to be pressured to make a troublesome choice. Due to the poor battery life on the Pixel 6 Professional, I made a decision to retire it as my day by day driver and introduced again the older iPhone 11 Professional Max to exchange it. The Pixel 6 Professional was lagging so badly that the iPhone 11 Professional Max, powered by the A13 Bionic utility processor, outperformed the Pixel. And when Apple unveiled the iPhone 15 collection, I purchased the iPhone 15 Professional Max which turned my new day by day driver.
However the Pixel 6 Professional wasn’t absolutely retired as I continued to put in each replace. Operating the cellphone off of Wi-Fi, I used the Pixel 6 Professional with a purpose to get photos, and screenshots, and to check out system apps for Android and Pixel articles. However the lagging turned worse and at occasions it was extremely irritating attempting to swipe between homescreens. The cellphone was a large number.
Google releases the primary beta replace for Android 15
As a result of beta releases should not steady, particularly the primary few variations of a brand new working system construct, we advise that you do not set up them in your day by day driver. That is as a result of options that you just depend on each day may not be working and usually the capabilities of the battery are lowered sharply through the beta testing course of. However since my Pixel 6 Professional was not my day by day driver, I went forward and put in Android 15 beta 1. Google had simply kicked off the brand new beta program and later on this article we are going to inform you how one can be a part of it.
After putting in Android 15 beta 1, I used to be in for a fairly large shock. It was as if my Pixel 6 Professional had been ingesting from the digital model of the Fountain of Youth. Swiping between pages was not a laggy, irritating expertise and unexpectedly, I discovered myself simply taking part in round with the cellphone once more. However that could be a character trait that I’ve and have skilled prior to now. If an iPhone is my day by day driver (as it’s now) I get to a degree the place I discover myself taking part in round with my final Android cellphone, and vice versa. I name this “The grass is all the time greener syndrome.”
Tips on how to set up Android 15 beta 1 in your Pixel
When you’ve got a Pixel 6 collection cellphone that you have given up for useless, set up
Android 15 beta 1 and see in case you expertise the modifications that I’ve within the handset. To put in the replace,
tap on this link or go to www.google.com/android/beta. Faucet the field that claims “View your eligible units” and it will take you to a picture of your Pixel cellphone. On the underside of the field containing the picture, choose in to obtain the
Android 15 beta. You may then wish to again up your Pixel.
As soon as that’s accomplished, wait a couple of minutes and go to Settings > System > Software program replace > System replace. Observe the instructions to put in the beta. Understand that as soon as you put in Android 15 beta 1, you can not roll again to Android 14 with out wiping your cellphone. However since you aren’t utilizing your day by day driver, it should not matter. Sadly, Android 15 is the final Android system replace that my Pixel 6 Professional will obtain (it would proceed to obtain safety updates by way of 2026).
Will the surprising and sudden efficiency enhance that my Pixel 6 Professional obtained from putting in Android 15 beta 1 lead me to change from my iPhone again to a Pixel? You by no means know. In the event you do have “The grass is all the time greener syndrome,” you understand how this works. And that is why I scratch my head when readers recommend that I’m pro-Apple or pro-Android. I am simply pro-smartphone.
In the event you do set up Android 15 beta 1 on an older, appropriate Pixel that you have “retired,” let me know if the replace improved the efficiency of your cellphone by dropping your feedback within the field beneath.
