Android 17 QPR1 Beta 7 Arrives With Battery Share and Quick Settings Fixes
Google has released Android 17 QPR1 Beta 7 for Pixel devices, marking its first update since the software hit Platform Stability with Beta 6 about two weeks ago.
Carrying build number CP31.260623.005, today’s release bundles the July 2026 security patch alongside a short list of targeted bug fixes rather than any new features.
What Beta 7 Actually Fixes
As 9to5 Google notes. the most notable repair addresses Battery Share, the reverse wireless charging feature accessible through Quick Settings, which had been failing to start charging or getting stuck repeatedly showing its charging animation.
Google’s release notes tie the fix to seven separate issue tracker reports, suggesting the bug affected a meaningful share of testers.
Beta 7 also fixes a cosmetic issue where turning off Wi-Fi left an empty space between the battery and mobile data icons in the status bar.
It also resolves a crash in the Quick Settings font size controller that prevented users from adjusting text size directly from the quick access panel.
A Small Taskbar Correction Worth Knowing
Android Authority notes an additional change flagged separately by Google’s Mishaal Rahman: taskbar icons are once again center-aligned when a Pixel device is connected to an external display.
Rahman clarified that the left-aligned layout some testers had been seeing wasn’t an intentional redesign but a bug, like the Android 16 bugs, one that Beta 7 quietly corrects.Â
It’s a minor detail, but one that matters for anyone regularly docking their Pixel to a monitor for desktop-style multitasking.
Availability and What Comes Next
Beta 7 system images are rolling out for the Pixel 6a and newer models, spanning the Pixel 7, 8, 9, and 10 series, along with the Pixel Tablet.
Testers can grab the update through Google’s Android Beta Program, and anyone running into new issues can file a report through the Android Beta Feedback app, found in the app drawer or Quick Settings.
With Platform Stability already locked in as of Beta 6, Google noted this release skips any new API changes entirely, focused purely on refinement.
For Pixel owners who’d rather skip the beta track altogether, all of these fixes and the underlying QPR1 changes are still set to arrive on stable firmware with the September Feature Drop, meaning today’s release is really only essential for testers actively chasing the newest build rather than the general Pixel-owning public.
