You Can Obtain Android 13 Proper Now. This is How

Android 12 was solely simply launched, however Google is already wanting ahead. In a weblog replace again in February, Google introduced the restricted launch of Android 13 Developer Preview 1 — often known as Tiramisu. This newest iteration of Android OS will introduce a number of new colour themes, improved privateness and security measures, lock and residential display updates and way more.

Google plans to launch early variations of Android 13 all through 2021, with a number of developer previews within the winter, beta releases within the spring and summer season and the ultimate launch someday within the fall. Whereas these prerelease variations of Android 13 are primarily supposed for builders to check out upcoming options which might be within the works, even should you’re not a developer, you possibly can nonetheless get your palms on this model of Android 13 proper now.

So long as you could have a suitable cellphone — which at present means it needs to be considered one of a number of of the Google Pixel telephones — you possibly can join your machine to your laptop and use Google’s Android Flash Software to fairly simply obtain and set up the Android 13 Developer Preview 1.

It is essential to notice that, like all prerelease software program, the Android 13 Developer Preview could also be unstable at instances, so should you nonetheless need to set up it, it is preferable to take action on a backup cellphone, when you have one obtainable, and never in your main machine. There may very well be bugs and different points that break performance, so do not do this on a cellphone you rely upon.

Should you’re tremendous with that, we will proceed. This is how you can obtain and set up the Android 13 developer preview in your cellphone.

Which telephones is the Android 13 Developer Preview obtainable for?

Google is anticipated to launch Android 13 this fall. At the moment it will likely be obtainable on all kinds of Android telephones, however for now you possibly can solely set up the Android 13 Developer Preview on quite a lot of suitable Pixel gadgets:

• Pixel 4
• Pixel 4 XL
• Pixel 4A
• Pixel 4A 5G
• Pixel 5
• Pixel 5A with 5G
• Pixel 6
• Pixel 6 Professional

In case your machine will not be on this listing, you will have to attend for later releases of Android 13, whether or not it is the general public beta or the general public launch. It is also attainable that different telephones will get entry to the developer preview or a beta launch at a later date.

Again up your Android machine first

So now that you’ve got a suitable Android machine, you will now have to again up your cellphone. By default, your Pixel ought to again up robotically everytime you’re linked to Wi-Fi and your cellphone has been idle and charging for two hours, however you may as well all the time do it manually. Relying on the scale of your cellphone backup, you might want a paid model of Google One for this methodology, but when not Google Drive ought to be tremendous.

To again up your Pixel, go to Settings > Google > Backup and faucet Again up now. Relying on the final backup and what number of apps and information must be backed up, this course of can take as much as a number of minutes. When you’re backed up, you are prepared to start the method of downloading and putting in Android 13.

Now you will have to allow USB debugging and OEM unlocking

To put in Android 13 in your Pixel, you will want to attach the cellphone to a pc through USB, and that requires that your Pixel be unlocked and have USB debugging enabled. Though unlocking your cellphone is straightforward sufficient, to allow USB debugging you will have to first unlock Developer choices.

1. To unlock Developer choices, go to Settings > About cellphone after which faucet Construct quantity seven instances. Enter your password when prompted, and a brand new Developer choices menu will seem in your System settings.

2. Now, allow USB debugging. Go to Settings > System > Developer choices and toggle on USB debugging. Within the notification that seems, which briefly describes what USB debugging is supposed for, hit OK. 

3. When you’re nonetheless in Developer choices, toggle on OEM unlocking. This unlocks your machine’s bootloader, which is what hundreds the working system. As soon as unlocked, you’ll select a special working system in addition up, on this case Android 13.

Flash your machine utilizing Android Flash Software in Chrome

There are two methods to flash the Android 13 Developer Preview system picture in your Pixel utilizing your laptop, however for the sake of simplicity, we’ll be utilizing the Android Flash Software, which works solely with sure internet browsers, corresponding to Chrome. Additionally, your laptop will need to have 10GB of obtainable storage for this to work.

If every part is sweet, join your Pixel to your laptop through USB, unlock your machine and go to the Android Flash Software web site in Chrome and do the next:

1. First, click on Get Began on the backside of the web site.

2. Subsequent, click on Enable ADB entry within the pop-up that seems (if there are any advert blockers, flip them off).

3. Now click on Add new machine, select your machine from the listing and hit Join.

4. In your Pixel, test the field subsequent to All the time permit from this laptop after which faucet Enable to present Android Flash Software entry to your cellphone.

5. Again in your laptop, click on Developer Preview 1 below Common builds.

6. Click on Set up construct after which click on Verify.

The pop-up that seems will warn you that putting in Android 13 will factory-reset your cellphone, however that is not a problem should you backed up your Pixel. Should you’ve not accomplished that, do it now. Additionally be certain to not contact your cellphone or disconnect it from the pc throughout this course of, or else it might brick the cellphone (make it unresponsive and ineffective). Should you obtain one other pop-up in your laptop that mentions accepting the Android 13 construct, accomplish that to proceed the method.

Now do the next:

1. Hit Begin on the pop-up that seems in your laptop.

2. Again in your Pixel, use the amount keys to decide on Unlock the bootloader after which hit the facet key, which is able to trigger your cellphone to restart.

3. The software program will start to obtain, which might take a couple of minutes relying in your web connection.

4. As soon as the set up course of is full, click on Begin within the pop-up that seems in your laptop.

5. Once more, again in your Pixel, use the amount keys to modify to Lock the bootloader after which hit the facet key.

6. And at last, in your laptop, hit Accomplished and your cellphone will restart like regular.

If every part is profitable, it ought to say “Set up full” within the Android Flash Software. Which means the Android 13 Developer Preview has been put in and you’ll safely disconnect your Pixel out of your laptop.

Now you can use Android 13 in your Pixel

As soon as your Pixel boots again up, you will see a notification that claims you are now operating the Android 13 Developer Preview. Hit OK after which arrange your cellphone simply as you’ll a brand-new cellphone, which suggests connecting to Wi-Fi, copying over apps and information out of your newest backup through Google, agreeing to phrases and circumstances, establishing a password and so forth.

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