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About Android 14 Developer Preview 1

Welcome to the Android 14 Developer Preview! This first release is for developers only, to help with early development, testing, and feedback. Android 14 Developer Preview 1 is an early baseline build that's still in active development, so the Android system and apps running on it might not always work as expected.

As with previous versions, Android 14 includes behavior changes to help improve performance, battery life, security, and privacy. In some cases, these changes can affect apps until they are updated to support Android 14, so you might see impacts ranging from minor issues to more significant limitations. In general, most apps will work as expected, as will most APIs and features, but please review any known issues listed on this page to get a better idea of what to expect.

How to get Developer Preview 1

You can install this release on any of the following Google Pixel devices:

• Pixel 4a (5G)
• Pixel 5 and 5a
• Pixel 6 and 6 Pro
• Pixel 6a
• Pixel 7 and 7 Pro

See Get Android 14 for details on how to get started.

Remember to update your SDK and the Android Emulator as well before you try out the latest features and changes. The best way to do this is using the SDK Manager in the latest preview version of Android Studio.

Depending on your development and testing needs, you can also get Android 14 in the following ways:

• Get Android 14 on the Android Emulator

General advisories

Be aware of these general advisories about the release:

• This release might have various stability, battery, or performance issues.
• For users with accessibility needs, this release might not be appropriate for daily use.
• Some apps might not function as expected when running on this release. This limitation includes Google's apps as well as other apps.
• Android 14 Developer Preview builds aren't Compatibility Test Suite (CTS)‑approved, but they have passed preliminary testing and provide a stable set of pre-release APIs for developers. Apps that depend on CTS-approved builds or use SafetyNet APIs might not work normally on Android 14 Developer Preview builds.

Get support

Two primary support channels are available to you when developing and testing with Developer Preview. The channel you should use to get support depends on where you are encountering your issue.

• Support for device-specific issues, system issues, and issues with Google apps: Use the Issue Tracker to create new issues and to view and track issues that you and other developers have submitted.

  Before creating your own issue, check the known issues listed on this page and search the lists of top open issues and recently created issues to see if someone else has already reported it. You can subscribe and vote for an issue by clicking star this issue .

  See Where to report issues to find an issue template that best matches the type of issue that you are encountering.

• Support for issues with other apps: Contact the app developer directly.

To discuss issues or ideas with other developers working with the Android 14 Developer Preview, join the android_beta community on Reddit.

Known issues

Based on our testing, you might encounter the following issues when using Android 14 Developer Preview 1. These issues are already known, so there's no need to file additional reports for similar issues.

Android Studio and tools

• An issue with Android Studio causes a SecurityException to be thrown when attempting to run your app or apply incremental changes any time other than the first time. To work around this issue, fully uninstall your app and then reinstall it on the test device before running your app again. A fix for this issue in included in the upcoming Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Canary 4 release.