Joe Maring / Android Authority
TL;DR Some Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 testers are experiencing Quick Share crashes.
Affected users may see the availability of a Quick Share extension update.
We’re collecting feedback from testers to try and see just how widespread the issue may be.
Last fall, Google scored a major win in its ongoing efforts to break down the walls between Android and iOS users, bringing iPhone-compatible Quick Share to Pixel 10 phones. That was a fantastic start, but there was still a long way to go in terms of expanding compatibility. Earlier this month we saw Google’s efforts begin to bring the upgrade to Pixel 9 phones in Android Canary, and that’s work the company has continued with its more recent Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2 release. But as more users give QPR3 Beta 2 a try, we’re discovering some unexpected Quick Share problems.
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We first noticed something was up last Friday, when one of our team members reported trouble with their Pixel 10 Pro running QPR3 Beta 2.
Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority
A lot of the time, even testing-track Android releases are stable enough for us to use on our primary phones — but that’s far from a certainty, and when you’re running Beta software, you have to be open to the possibility that sometimes, things just aren’t going to work. And right now, for at least some testers, that includes Quick Share.
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