Last week Google launched the first beta of Android 13, allowing Pixels to easily update to this preview of their next version of their operating system, announcing all the news of this new version on their blog. Instead, for the version of Android 13 for Android TV we have seen that the company has been much more discreet.
It was discovered that Google launched quietly A few days ago, on March 4, the first beta of Android 13 for TV
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Android 13 Beta 1 for Android TV
Faced with this discreet launch of Android 13 Beta 1 for TVs we see that Google did not announce any news. It’s unclear what will be new in this release beyond the use of new Android 13 APIs to improve security and privacy, such as new permissions.
Android 13 Beta 1 for TV was released in the ADT-3 development kit and in the android tv emulator
Google has limited itself to listing the latest known issues detected Android 13 Beta for TVs running ADT-3, such as 4K streaming shown only in the top quarter of the screen, there are failures in detecting Bluetooth devices , Bluetooth headphones won’t play sound in some apps, remote buttons can’t be reconfigured from settings, or Google Play Movies 4K playback is corrupted with a noisy gray screen.
Knowing what’s new in Android 13 for Android TV is a bit complicated given that Android 12 for Android TV hasn’t officially arrived on any device yet. Google announced a few months ago that Android 12 for TV would arrive early this year, but at the moment there are no TVs or devices with this version except the ADT- 3 with its Android 12 Beta for TV.
Additionally, Google’s own Chromecast with Google TV continues to work under Android 10 for TV. It has not yet been updated to Android 11, which is not understood. It doesn’t make much sense for them to announce Android 13 TV beta and keep your device going with Android 10 TV, even if the news is minimal.
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