The Stable Android 16 QPR1 stable update has started to move to Pixel smartphones earlier this month. However, users who were part of the beta program had to wait for the update “without erasing”. Although the update finally appeared a few weeks later, not all users obtained it, including several pixels users on Android 16 QPR1 BETA 3.1.
These users are now faced with more bad news, as multiple reports to have emerged On Reddit detailing an error message displayed when using Google Wallet (and Google Pay in certain markets). More specifically, this has an impact on users who have withdrawn from the Android beta program and patiently await update without erasure of data, which takes an eternity to land.
As one of the users concerned notes, the opening of Google Wallet displays an error “Your device does not meet the security requirements”, the corresponding text suggesting that the user can execute “unk -certified software”. Fortunately, Wallet does not seem to be broken, with a individual stressing that the application takes up normal features after typing “Got it“On the error message (via 9TO5GOOGLE).
Pixel VPN problems were also spotted
Meanwhile, 9TO5 people also had trouble using VPN by Google On a pixel device running QPR1 BETA 3.1. The site would have encountered an error “is not available for this account” while trying to connect. Unlike the Google Wallet bug, however, Google’s integrated VPN service does not work at all, making it a more serious problem for frequent users.
Re -registration in the beta program and upgrade to Android 16 QPR2 BETA 2 is a way to remedy this problem, as pointed out at 9TO5. However, not everyone can be willing to take this path. It should also be noted that QPR2 beta 2 is not without bug either reports emphasizing The disappearance of the multimedia player of the locking screen.
Unless you are ready to make this change, all you can do is wait for Google to deploy the update without erasing data for your Pixel phone, which may not arrive before October. No wipers OTA data generally landed shortly after the stable version of the update, but this was not the case for pixel devices on QPR1 BETA 3.1.
Although it was initially believed that the update without erasure of the data had reached the devices running Beta 3.1, this was not the case. Users on Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3 seem to have received the update, at least according to a Reddit wire Two weeks ago.
